24 CFR § 576.1 - Applicability and purpose.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s576.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 576.1 - Applicability and purpose."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "576.1"
section_name: "Applicability and purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "COMMUNITY FACILITIES"
part_number: "576"
part_name: "EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 1701x, 1701 x-1; 42 U.S.C. 11371 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 75974, Dec. 5, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "576"
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# 576.1 Applicability and purpose.
This part implements the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program authorized by subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371-11378). The program authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to States, units of general purpose local government, and territories for the rehabilitation or conversion of buildings for use as emergency shelter for the homeless, for the payment of certain expenses related to operating emergency shelters, for essential services related to emergency shelters and street outreach for the homeless, and for homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing assistance.