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North Carolina Housing Finance Agency. Our mission is to create affordable housing opportunities for North Carolinians whose needs are not met by the market.. Supportive Housing Development Program. To provide housing with supportive services for households with special needs earning less than 50% of area median income.
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1. NCHFA SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Re-Entry Conference
Chapel Hill
March 2008
2. North Carolina Housing Finance Agency Our mission is to create
affordable housing opportunities for North Carolinians whose needs are not met by the market. Logo should be PMS 327 (teal) background should be dark blue; insert white line around logo if necessary to make it show upLogo should be PMS 327 (teal) background should be dark blue; insert white line around logo if necessary to make it show up
3. Supportive Housing Development Program To provide housing with supportive services for households with special needs earning less than 50% of area median income
4. Eligible Applicants Nonprofit organizations (operating a minimum of three years with two years of audited financial statements)
Local Governments
5. Types of Housing Emergency Shelter
Transitional Housing
Permanent Housing
6. Eligible Populations Homeless
Non-Homeless with disabilities, including mental illness, development disabilities, physical disabilities, substance abuse HIV/AIDS, etc.
Survivors of domestic violence
7. Type of Funding 20 year and 30 year 0% Loans up to $500,000 (capped at 75% of Total Development Cost)
Continuum of Care Match Loans
Predevelopment Loans up to $25,000
8. Application Process Must schedule an application meeting and site visit prior to submittal of application
Applicant and Project Team must have development capacity
Must have Site Control
Preliminary Design required
Supportive Services Plan required
9. ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2,184 Units Funded since 1994
Units Developed in 49 Counties
$43.4 million invested since 1994 in projects worth over $120 million
152 Projects
10. CHALLENGES Capacity of Nonprofit Organizations
Competition for Local Funding
Lack of Rental Assistance/Operating Subsidies for Supportive Housing
Reduction in HUD funding for Supportive Services
11. CHALLENGES (cont.) Uncertainty Related to Area MH/DD/SA Programs and Mental Health Reform
Continuing Problems with NIMBY
Supportive Housing Viewed as Low Priority by Local Governments
Local zoning regulations
Availability of buildable, affordable land
12. SHDP 2008 Program Year Available funds – $4 million
Application deadlines
Pre-application site visits must occur no later than Thursday, March 20, 2008
Complete applications are due at NCHFA by 5:00 PM, Friday, April 18, 2008
13. Examples of Funded Projects
14. TROSA ModularsTROSA, Durham 16 Shared 3-Bedroom Apts.
Men and Women with Substance Abuse, many alternative sentence or ex-offenders
15. Club Nova ApartmentsOPC Foundation & MHA, Carrborro 24 Efficiency Apartments
Persons with Mental Illness
16. LIFE House of AshevilleVolunteers of America of the Carolinas
17. Shirley Stroebel ApartmentsNext Step/NAMI, Durham
18. Homeward BoundSandhills Community Action, Rockingham
19. The Healing Place for WomenThe Healing Place, Raleigh
20. Harrington PlaceCASA, Raleigh
21. Ridge ApartmentsWNC Housing,Inc., Asheville
22. Servant House & Glenwood HousingThe Servant Center, Greensboro 26 Units Transitional Housing and 8 SRO Units of Permanent Housing
Persons with Chronic Illness/Veterans
23. Spring GlenResidential Services, Inc., Orange County 15 Units
Elderly Persons with Developmental Disabilities
24. Technical Assistance Consultation Visits with NCHFA Supportive Housing Development Team
NCHFA Information and Referral Services
Guidance on completing applications (e.g. many deficiencies curable)
Advocacy with other funding sources
25. SHDP Staff