Homelessness Prevention

Our housing and homelessness initiatives provide a continuum of services to not only increase and maintain affordable housing options but also prevent evictions, build financial stability and break the cycle of homelessness.

Our homelessness prevention programs include:

  • Dallas Frequent Users Systems Engagement (FUSE) Collaborative: provides funding for caseworkers who directly engage people experiencing chronic homelessness, place them in supportive housing and connect them to a variety of support services
  • Dallas Rental Assistance Collaborative: encourages housing stability by offering rental and utility assistance to families who have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Targeted Eviction Prevention Program: delivers direct cash payments and other resources to families at risk of eviction to ensure they can stay in their homes and their children can stay in school

Results & Impact

  • 7,131

    households
    received rental or utility assistance since 2020
  • $30.1

    million
    in rental and utility assistance provided to local families

7,131

households
received rental or utility assistance since 2020

$30.1

million
in rental and utility assistance provided to local families

Dallas Rental Assistance Collaborative is a partnership of:

  • City of Dallas
  • DHA, Housing Solutions for North Texas
  • United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
Dallas Frequent Users Systems Engagement (FUSE) Collaborative enjoys the generous support of:
  • Austin Street Center
  • The Bridge
  • CitySquare
  • Homeward Bound
  • Parkland Memorial Hospital
  • The Salvation Army
  • Texas Instruments
  • United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

Targeted Eviction Prevention Program is a partnership of:

  • Carter’s House
  • Child Poverty Action Lab
  • CitySquare
  • Dallas Independent School District
  • ForOakCliff
  • Harmony CDC
  • TR Hoover CDC
  • United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
  • UpTogether

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