Housing Information Services and Permanent Housing Placement activities are tracked separately from other HOPWA Supportive Services.
This is because they play a direct role in securing stable housing for HOPWA participants. Grantees and sponsors
will need to be sure to capture expenditure and performance data for these activities separately from other supportive services
for reporting to HUD. During monitoring, it is important to ensure that: Housing information services and permanent
housing placement are identified as specific and separate housing support activities in the contract with the project sponsor
and in the sponsor's regular or annual reports to the grantee; Permanent housing placement costs, such as security deposits
or first and last month's rent, are tracked, billed, and reported separately from both rental assistance and Sturm-u costs;
Permanent housing placement costs, including deposits, are billed and reported as supportive services, rather than housing assistance;
Permanent housing placement assistance does not exceed the value of two months' rent.