Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Program

The Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) administers the federally-funded Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Program to increase the number and quality of emergency shelters and transitional housing facilities for homeless individuals and families, to operate these facilities and provide essential social services, and to help prevent homelessness. 

The Program Description explains the requirements and the application process for the ESG Program. ESG funds are awarded on a competitive basis to cities, counties and non-profit organizations outside the CDBG entitlement communities that receive their own ESG funding directly from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Tennessee entitlement communities that receive their own allocation of ESG funds are Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville-Davidson County.

 An applicant must apply for at least $35,000 and may apply for a maximum of $75,000 in ESG funding. 

For more information, you may contact Coralee Holloway, Director of Community Programs at (615) 815-2030.