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AS OF JUNE 24, 2021 <br />including for small businesses and individuals seeking to start small businesses after the <br />start of the COVID-19 public health emergency. For example: <br />• A recipient could assist small business startups with additional costs associated <br />with COVID-19 mitigation tactics (e.g., barriers or partitions; enhanced cleaning; <br />or physical plant changes to enable greater use of outdoor space). <br />• A recipient could identify and respond to a negative economic impact of COVID- <br />19 on new small business startups; for example, if it could be shown that small <br />business startups in a locality were facing greater difficult accessing credit than <br />prior to the pandemic, faced increased costs to starting the business due to the <br />pandemic, or that the small business had lost expected startup capital due to the <br />pandemic. <br />• The Interim Final Rule also discusses eligible uses that provide support for <br />individuals who have experienced a negative economic impact from the COVID- <br />19 public health emergency, including uses that provide job training for <br />unemployed individuals. These initiatives also may support small business <br />startups and individuals seeking to start small businesses. <br />2.21. Can funds be used for eviction prevention efforts or housing stability services? <br />[6/24] <br />Yes. Responses to the negative economic impacts of the pandemic include "rent, <br />mortgage, or utility assistance [and] counseling and legal aid to prevent eviction or <br />homelessness." This includes housing stability services that enable eligible households to <br />maintain or obtain housing, such as housing counseling, fair housing counseling, case <br />management related to housing stability, outreach to households at risk of eviction or <br />promotion of housing support programs, housing related services for survivors of <br />domestic abuse or human trafficking, and specialized services for individuals with <br />disabilities or seniors that supports their ability to access or maintain housing. <br />This also includes legal aid such as legal services or attorney's fees related to eviction <br />proceedings and maintaining housing stability, court -based eviction prevention or <br />eviction diversion programs, and other legal services that help households maintain or <br />obtain housing. <br />Recipients may transfer funds to, or execute grants or contracts with, court systems, non- <br />profits, and a wide range of other organizations to implement these strategies. <br />3. Eligible Uses — Revenue Loss <br />3.1. How is revenue defined for the purpose of this provision? [appendix added 6/23] <br />The Interim Final Rule adopts a definition of "General Revenue" that is based on, but not <br />identical, to the Census Bureau's concept of "General Revenue from Own Sources" in the <br />Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances. <br />12 <br />