Enables states, local governments, and nonprofit organizations to use suitable and available federal properties, which are categorized as unutilized, underutilized, excess, or surplus, to assist persons experiencing homelessness.

Nature of Program: HUD collects information from federal landholding agencies about their unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus properties and determines which are suitable for use to assist persons experiencing homelessness. HUD reviews property information that the landholding agency submits to HUD. HUD posts the suitability determination in a weekly Suitability Determination Listing on the HUD Exchange. If a property is listed on the Suitability Determination Listing as suitable and available, eligible applicants have 30 days from the date the suitability determination was posted to notify the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of its interest in a property, because HHS is the federal entity responsible for the conveyance process for the Title V program. If a property is listed on the Suitability Determination Listing as unsuitable, a homeless service provider has 20 days from the date the suitability determination is posted to submit an appeal request to HUD.

Legal Authority: Title V of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 11411-11412).

Regulations are at 24 CFR part 581.

Applicant Eligibility: States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations.

Information Sources: Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, local HUD field offices, GSA, and HHS. Further information on a specific property is available from the landholding agency. For the name and contact at these agencies, send inquiries to title5@hud.gov or call HUD's toll-free number at (800) 927-7588.

On the Web: https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/title-v/

Current Status: Active.