What is Dallas R.E.A.L. Time Rapid Rehousing?
The Dallas R.E.A.L. Time Rapid Rehousing Initiative, or DRTRR, aims to rehouse over 2,700 individuals experiencing homelessness. Housing Forward is administering and leading the strategy for the DRTRR program. An unprecedented amount of money has flowed through our system to house our neighbors experiencing homelessness. We leveraged federal dollars and housing vouchers from the American Rescue Plan Act and collected private funding for a total commitment of $72 million.
DRTRR rehouses our neighbors through Rapid Rehousing utilizing temporary and, in some cases, permanent subsidies. Rapid Rehousing is designed to quickly obtain housing for our neighbors, connect them with needed services, like supportive case management and job training, increase their self-sufficiency and help them stay housed.
Rapid Rehousing relies on support from our private and philanthropic community for flexible funds to ensure we can remove all barriers to housing. Housing Forward administers the Flex Fund program, which eliminates those one-time fees such as application fees, security deposits, and pet deposits so that we can end a person’s homelessness. The Flex Fund also ensures that our neighbors move into a home that has the basic furniture and household items needed to make a house a home.
649
Individuals Housed
1,078
Enrolled
$000,000
Flex Funds Administered
DRTRR has two components: Rapid Rehousing through temporary subsidies and through permanent subsidies.
Temporary Subsidie
Situationally homeless individuals who are assessed and likely to succeed in stable housing in the long term, will be placed in apartments of their choosing and their rent will be paid for 12 months. During that period, clients will be provided case managers, who will be charged with facilitating access to supportive services, from food assistance to mental healthcare to job training and placement.
Permanent Subsidies
For clients who are chronically homeless, or who, through an in-depth assessment are determined to be unlikely to be able to sustain housing after one year, DRTRR will utilize Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs). EHVs provide permanent rental subsidies and services for as long as a client qualifies financially. With the 758 EHVs available to DRTRR, approximately 100 will be provided to survivors of domestic violence; 100 will be provided to families experiencing homelessness, and the remaining vouchers will be provided to unsheltered individuals who will need subsidies for longer than one year. Recipients of EHVs will receive the case management services for up to two years.
Key Partners
our partners
These key partners are working together to ensure we leverage on this opportunity to reduce chronic unsheltered homelessness, as well as house families and survivors of domestic violence:
- City of Dallas
- City of Grand Prairie
- City of Mesquite
- City of Plano
- Dallas County
- Dallas Housing Authority
all neighbors Coalition Participants
We are grateful to the members of the All Neighbors Coalition who participate in the DRTRR program:
- Austin Street
- Catholic Charities
- CitySquare
- Family Gateway
- Family Place
- Harmony Community Development Corporation
- Hope Restored Mission
- MetroRelief
- Salvation Army, Dallas
- Salvation Army, McKinney
- Shared Housing Center
- The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center
- The Stewpot
- Under 1 Roof
- Wellness Center for Older Adults
Our Donors
We are grateful for the donors in the business and philanthropic community who enabled us to raise flexible private dollars to serve our neighbors:
- Bank of America
- Baron and Blue
- Beck
- W. W. Caruth, Jr. Foundation Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas
- Constantin Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas
- Dallas Citizens Council
- Dallas Foundation
- Dallas Regional Chamber
- Downtown Dallas, Inc
- Headington Companies
- Hoblitzelle Foundation
- JP Morgan Chase
- Lyda Hill Philanthropies
- Meadows Foundation
- Muse Family Foundation
- Oncor
- Erle Nye
- Perot Foundation
- Ryan LLC
- Todd Interests/The National
- Toyota USA Foundation
- United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc
- Woods Capital
- Independent Financial
- Rainwater
DALLAS R.E.A.L. TIME RAPID REHOUSING FAQ
You must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Homeless
- Fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking
- Recently homeless and for whom providing rental assistance will prevent the family’s homelessness or having high risk of housing instability
MDHA accepts referrals for EHV vouchers through our Coordinated Assessment System (CAS). To obtain information about our CAS process and/or if you believe you may be eligible for EHV assistance, please check the I Need Help page.
