1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bridge to End Homelessness Act of 2019 . 2. Temporary housing grant program (a) Establishment The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this Act referred to as the Secretary ) shall establish a competitive grant program to provide grants to eligible entities under subsection (b) to provide interim housing to individuals experiencing homelessness. (b) Eligibility To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), an entity shall— (1) be a governmental entity at the county, city, regional, or locality level; (2) submit a plan for targeted outreach to individuals experiencing homelessness within the jurisdiction of the entity or a partner of the entity; and (3) submit to the Secretary an application that includes a plan and assurances to provide for— (A) identifying unused property or land that— (i) is located within the entity’s jurisdiction or partner entity’s jurisdiction; and (ii) will be converted into a facility for interim housing for such individuals; (B) furnishing such facility with on-site mental health, employment, substance use disorder, and wellness resources, except that for services that cannot be furnished on-site, the plan shall provide for direct linkage to transportation services to appointments for such services; (C) accommodation of service animals and pets at such facility; (D) permanent, on-site supervision of such facility; (E) coordination of such facility with public services agencies and law enforcement; and (F) keeping the administrative entity for the local Continuum of Care under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) informed. (c) Requirements Each entity provided a grant under this section shall— (1) employ trauma-informed principles; (2) employ a Housing First approach that prioritizes permanent housing to people experiencing homelessness