# 24 CFR § 576.103: Homelessness prevention component

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.103

## Section

- **Citation:** 24 CFR § 576.103
- **Heading:** Homelessness prevention component
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 24—Housing and Urban Development > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban Development > CHAPTER V—OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT > SUBCHAPTER C—COMMUNITY FACILITIES > PART 576—EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS PROGRAM > Subpart B—Program Components and Eligible Activities

## Text

ESG funds may be used to provide housing relocation and stabilization services and short- and/or medium-term rental assistance necessary to prevent an individual or family from moving into an emergency shelter or another place described in paragraph (1) of the “homeless” definition in § 576.2. This assistance, referred to as homelessness prevention, may be provided to individuals and families who meet the criteria under the “at risk of homelessness” definition, or who meet the criteria in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of the “homeless” definition in § 576.2 and have an annual income below 30 percent of median family income for the area, as determined by HUD. The costs of homelessness prevention are only eligible to the extent that the assistance is necessary to help the program participant regain stability in the program participant's current permanent housing or move into other permanent housing and achieve stability in that housing. Homelessness prevention must be provided in accordance with the housing relocation and stabilization services requirements in § 576.105, the short-term and medium-term rental assistance requirements in § 576.106, and the written standards and procedures established under § 576.400.

## Nearby sections

- [24 CFR § 576.1 § 576.1 Applicability and purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.1.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.2 § 576.2 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.2.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.3 § 576.3 Allocation of funding.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.3.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.100 § 576.100 General provisions and expenditure limits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.100.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.101 § 576.101 Street outreach component.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.101.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.102 § 576.102 Emergency shelter component.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.102.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.103 § 576.103 Homelessness prevention component.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.103.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.104 § 576.104 Rapid re-housing assistance component.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.104.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.105 § 576.105 Housing relocation and stabilization services.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.105.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.106 § 576.106 Short-term and medium-term rental assistance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.106.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.107 § 576.107 HMIS component.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.107.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.108 § 576.108 Administrative activities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.108.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.109 § 576.109 Indirect costs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.109.md)
- [24 CFR § 576.200 § 576.200 Submission requirements and grant approval.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-576.200.md)

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