Helping households move quickly from homelessness into stable rental housing
Rapid Re-Housing (RRH)
Rapid Re-Housing helps people leave homelessness quickly by combining housing search, landlord support, short- or medium-term rental assistance, and practical services. The goal is to help a household move into permanent housing and build enough stability to keep that housing after assistance ends.
What problem does this solve?
Many households do not need permanent support, but they do need help getting past the immediate barriers to renting: deposits, rent, documents, landlord concerns, income instability, or a recent crisis. RRH solves that gap by helping people get housed quickly and stabilize.
This may be a good fit if...
You can help households find rental units and work with landlords.
You can provide practical, housing-focused case management.
You can track housing placement, exits to permanent housing, returns to homelessness, and income progress.
You have staff who can move quickly when a household is ready for housing.
This may not be the best fit if...
Your program is designed as long-term housing assistance with no planned step-down.
You do not have landlord relationships or a plan to build them.
Your services are not focused on housing search, move-in, and stabilization.
You cannot manage rental assistance documentation and payment timing.
What would the program actually do?
A household is matched through coordinated entry or another approved local pathway.
Staff help gather documents, search for units, and talk with landlords.
The project helps with eligible rent or move-in costs while the household enters permanent housing.
Case management focuses on income, budgeting, landlord communication, and crisis prevention.
Assistance gradually steps down as the household can maintain housing.
What can funding usually support?
Rental assistance for eligible households.
Housing search, placement, and stabilization services.
Supportive services tied to housing stability.
HMIS data entry and reporting.
Project administration.
What should you have ready?
Do you already help people find housing or work with landlords?
Can you document housing placements, income changes, and exits?
Can you manage rental assistance payments and compliance paperwork?
Do you have a plan for what happens when assistance ends?
Can you coordinate with local referral and data systems?
Think this might fit?
Start with a Letter of Intent
If your organization can help households move quickly into rental housing and stabilize, submit a Letter of Intent so the local team can review the fit.