Below are the eligible populations to live in Georgia's HOME-ARP Non-Congregant Shelters or Rental Housing, and to receive HOME-ARP Supportive Services.
Homeless
No fixed, regular, adequate nighttime residence.
Losing a nighttime residence within 14 days from the date of admission.
Unaccompanied youth under 25 years of age, or a family with children and youth, who qualify as homeless
At Risk of Homelessness
The Household has moved 2 or more times during the last 60 days.
The Household is living with a friend or another family member because of financial hardship.
The Household was notified in writing that the right to occupy their current housing will be terminated within 21 days.
The Household lives in a hotel or motel that they pay for.
The Household lives in a Single Resident Occupancy Unit.
The Household resides in a group home, mental health facility, foster care, etc.
Domestic Violence and Trafficking
Domestic Violence – which is defined in 24 CFR 5.2003 and includes felony or misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by:
A current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim (the term “spouse or intimate partner of the victim” includes a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim, as determined by the length of the relationship, the type of the relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship).
A person with whom the victim shares a child in common.
A person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner.
A person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction receiving HOME-ARP funds; or
Any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person's acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction.
A current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim (the term “spouse or intimate partner of the victim” includes a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim, as determined by the length of the relationship, the type of the relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship).
Dating Violence – which is defined in 24 CFR 5.2003 means violence committed by a person:
Who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; and where the existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on a consideration of the following factors:
The length of the relationship.
The type of relationship; and
The frequency of interaction between the people involved in the relationship.
Sexual Assault – which is defined in 24 CFR 5.2003 means any nonconsensual sexual act proscribed by Federal, Tribal, or State law, including when the victim lacks capacity to consent.
Stalking – which is defined in 24 CFR 5.2003 means engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to:
Fear for the person’s individual safety or the safety of others; or
Suffer substantial emotional distress.
Human Trafficking – includes both sex and labor trafficking, as outlined in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000:
Sex trafficking means the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act, in which the commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or
Labor trafficking means the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, using force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery
Other Populations/Unstably Housed
At Greatest Risk of Housing Instability is defined as a household who meets either paragraph below:
Has annual income that is less than or equal to 30% of the area median income, as determined by HUD and is experiencing severe cost burden (i.e., is paying more than 50% of monthly household income toward housing costs);
Has annual income that is less than or equal to 50% of the area median income, as determined by HUD, AND meets one of the following conditions from of the “At risk of homelessness” definition below:
Has moved because of economic reasons two or more times during the 60 days immediately preceding the application for homelessness prevention assistance;
Is living in the home of another because of economic hardship;
Has been notified in writing that their right to occupy their current housing or living situation will be terminated within 21 days after the date of application for assistance;
Lives in a hotel or motel and the cost of the hotel or motel stay is not paid by charitable organizations or by Federal, State, or local government programs for low-income individuals;
Lives in a single-room occupancy or efficiency apartment unit in which there reside more than two persons or lives in a larger housing unit in which there reside more than 1.5 persons reside per room, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau;
Is exiting a publicly funded institution, or system of care (such as a health-care facility, a mental health facility, foster care or other youth facility, or correction program or institution); or
Otherwise lives in housing that has characteristics associated with instability and an increased risk of homelessness, as identified in the recipient's approved consolidated plan
