Housing and Livelihood Assistance Fund
A fund providing emergency financial aid for LGBTQI+ migrants facing immediate insecurity.
About the Housing and Livelihood Assistance Fund
The Housing and Livelihood Assistance Fund (HLAF) provides emergency cash assistance grants directly to LGBTQI+ asylum seekers and other LGBTQI+ migrants in the US and Canada who are experiencing financial hardship. Currently, the Fund is accessible by Rainbow Railroad’s partner organizations, who are invited to either apply on behalf of eligible clients or share this link directly with eligible clients to apply themselves.
This HLAF application portal will be open from the 1st through 4th of each month. The Fund will prioritize first-time applicants. Applicants can expect to be contacted by Rainbow Railroad within 2 weeks regarding their application submission.
Please note that filling out this application does not guarantee that the applicant will receive funds.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be members of the LGBTQI+ community; Applicants must be an asylum seeker (U.S.) or refugee claimant (Canada) or have another form of tenuous (impermanent) legal status in the United States or Canada;
- Applicants must be an asylum seeker (U.S.) or refugee claimant (Canada) or have another form of tenuous (impermanent) legal status in the United States or Canada;
- Queer migrants with permanent legal status (such as legal permanent residents, asylees, refugees, etc) may be eligible on a case-by-case basis;
- Applicants must be experiencing financial hardship;
- Applicants must be directly referred to the HLAF by one of our partner organizations;
- Applicants receiving other categories of direct cash assistance from Rainbow Railroad are not eligible;
- Eligible applicants from any location in the US and Canada will be considered.
Application Form
Applications for the Housing and Livelihood Fund are now closed.
Data privacy: All information is stored securely and personal information will be used solely for the purposes of assessing applications.
Language and Accessibility: Your browser should allow you to translate this webpage into the language of your choice. For open response questions, you can respond in your preferred language. If you need help completing the form, you are welcome to have someone you trust assist you in completing the form. For any other issues you can contact hlaf@rainbowrailroad.org.