Module 2 provides information on how to monitor and oversee each eligible HOPWA activity. There are five units to cover the various
eligible HOPWA activities. You can view all of the units in Module 2, or choose to view those that are relevant to your HOPWA program.
The topics addressed in this module and in Module 3, which focuses on financial management, closely follow the topics
and key oversight elements found in the HOPWA Grantee Oversight Resource Guide. The Guide, in turn, closely mirrors the questions
contained in the tool that HUD uses to monitor HOPWA grantees. It is worth repeating that this training is not intended
as an all-encompassing training on every aspect of the HOPWA program. Rather, it focuses on specific topics that are at the
heart of successful HOPWA grant management. Viewers of this training are encouraged to access the substantial library of
HOPWA program technical assistance materials on the HUD Exchange website. The five units in this module are: Unit 1,
Common HOPWA Elements, looks at basic HOPWA grant management items that apply to all projects, regardless of activity,
including items such as eligibility determination, housing assessments and plans, confidentiality policies, termination procedures,
and conflict of interest. Unit 2 covers Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, or TBRA. TBRA is a rental subsidy used to help participants
obtain permanent housing in the private rental market. This unit provides information about monitoring ongoing rental assistance
to HOPWA participants, including items such as resident rent calculations, leases, housing quality standards, lead paint
requirements, rent reasonableness, and fair market rent. Unit 3 covers monitoring and oversight of Short-Term Rent,
Mortgage and Utility Assistance (or STRMU) and Short-Term Supported Housing. STRMU is rent, mortgage, and/or utility assistance
paid on a participant’s behalf for a limited time to prevent homelessness. Short-Term Supported Housing involves paying for a participant’s
stay at a short-term facility like a detoxification or emergency shelter facility. This unit covers key monitoring items for
STRMU and Short-Term Supported Housing, such as documentation of need, time limits on assistance, and housing need assessments
and plans. Unit 4 deals with Facility-Based Housing. Facility-Based Housing can include rental of a housing project or
facility to house participants, operating costs for a housing facility, and/or capital funds for the acquisition,
rehabilitation, conversion, lease, and repair of facilities, or new construction (with certain limitations). This unit covers monitoring aspects such as supervision of care and support, resident rent calculations, prohibitions on fees,
housing quality standards, third-party agreements, and capital development standards. Unit 5 discusses specific
monitoring and oversight activities for HOPWA Supportive Services. Supportive services can include case management;
services related to physical, mental, and behavioral health; education and employment assistance; life skills; transportation;
and others, with the goal of stabilizing HOPWA participants in housing. Topics in this unit include identification of eligible
supportive service activities, adequate documentation for services, and compliance with health care expense limitations.