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Continuum of Care reports on Code Purple season, HUD NOFO changes and new prevention funding
Summary
COC lead presenter Lacey summarized Code Purple operations (80 nights, avg. 48 people/night, single‑night high of 133), warned that a new HUD FY26 NOFO changes funding priorities and may reduce renewal support for some permanent supportive housing, and described a $6 million Right at Home prevention partnership with applications due in August.
Lacey, presenting on behalf of the Continuum of Care, reviewed the county's winter shelter operations and larger homelessness funding outlook and planning.
"We ended up having 80 nights of Code Purple this year, with an average use per night of 48 individuals, and a maximum use on a single night of 133 individuals," Lacey told commissioners, summarizing utilization and noting that overflow sites and separate emergency funding were used during peak demand. She said Buncombe County and the City of Asheville each contributed funding for Code Purple operations and that the COC expects to present an updated plan to the COC board in August.
On federal funding, Lacey said a previously released HUD notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) had been rescinded amid litigation and replaced with a new FY26 NOFO released on June 1 that shifts national priorities toward transitional housing and treatment‑linked supportive services. "These changes reflect new national priorities from HUD centered around transitional housing and supportive services with required treatment programming included," she said, and warned that some previously funded programs may lose renewal support under the new structure.
Lacey also outlined two near‑term funding processes: an Emergency Solutions Grant window (local funds available $130,000; applications due Aug. 24) and the Right at Home homelessness prevention partnership (regional allocation increased to $6,000,000, RFA due Aug. 14 and anticipated launch in November). She said the prevention partnership emphasizes flexible funding and substantial case management capacity among providers.
