Housing: Rental Allowance Program (RAP) Fact Sheet 2010

By Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration

The purpose of the Rental Allowance Program (RAP) is to provide grants to local governments to provide flat rent subsidies to low-income families who either are homeless or have an emergency housing need. The goal of the program is to enable these households to move from homelessness or temporary emergency housing into more permanent housing and to return to self-sufficiency.