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Transitional Housing Program Fact Sheet

Transitional Housing Program

The Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking (Transitional Housing Program) supports programs that provide 6 to 24 months of transitional housing with support services for victims who are homeless or in need of transitional housing as a result of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking, and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.

Funded Activities

  • Transitional housing assistance for 6 to 24 months;
  • 3 to 12 months of follow-up support services after exit;
  • Legal assistance in housing, employment, and certain other matters;

Voluntary support services are designed to enable survivors to locate housing, secure employment, and integrate into a community. Survivors must not be required to engage in services to receive housing support.

Housing models

  • Scattered: Rental units in multiple locations
  • Clustered: Multi-unit property managed by program
  • Communal: Property with common spaces managed by a program

Eligible applicants

Eligible applicants are states, units of local government, Indian tribes, and organizations with a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

Required partnerships

A Tribe, state, or unit of local government must partner with a victim service provider and a housing provider. A victim service provider or any other organization with a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking must partner with at least one other organization, such as a housing provider, homelessness coalition, or other social service provider serving low-income households.

Underserved populations statutory priority

OVW gives priority consideration to projects primarily serving underserved populations. The term “underserved populations” means populations who face barriers in accessing and using victim services, and includes populations underserved because of geographic location, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, underserved racial and ethnic populations, and populations underserved because of special needs (such as language barriers, disabilities, alienage status, or age).

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Updated March 12, 2025