U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Emergency Solutions Grants Program & Civil Legal Aid Programs:
Administrative Barriers & Promising Practices
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program plays a crucial role in assisting people to quickly regain housing stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness. ESG allows its recipients to use funds for legal assistance. Unfortunately, there are several unintended administrative barriers to using ESG for legal assistance, when civil legal aid programs are ESG recipients.
NLADA and Kofman & Associates, LLC have been working together to compile best practice findings from civil legal aid programs. This page provides resource information for programs and communities interested in learning about promising practices to navigate those barriers and to get people the legal help they need to get and stay housed. Please see the factsheets below.
