Rental Subsidies

2. Rental Subsidies

3. Agenda • Missouri Housing Trust Fund • Housing First Program • Balance of State Continuum of Care • Questions

4. Joselyn Pfliegier Community Initiatives Coordinator Missouri Housing Development Commission

5. Missouri Housing Trust Fund (MHTF)

6. General InformationMissouri Housing Trust Fund • The Trust Fund was created in 1994 to help meet the housing needs of very low-income households • Serve persons at or below 50% of area median income (AMI) with 50% of the funds must be used for persons at or below 25% AMI • Funded by the set-aside of $3 recording fees on all real estate documents filed in the state of Missouri

7. MHTF Application OverviewFY 2015 • $3.2 Million for FY 2015 • Must apply annually • Grant year time frame: April 1, 2015 – April 30, 2016 • FY 2015 Application Due September 5, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. • Application can be found at: http://www.mhdc.com/housing_trust_fund/index.htm

8. MHTF Application OverviewFY 2015 - Timeline • NOFA/Application on MHDC Website: June 23, 2014 • Proposal Deadline: September 5, 2014 • Staff Recommendations: December 5, 2014 • Awards Notification: January 2015 • Funded Training: February 2015 • Grant Year Begins: April 01, 2015

9. MHTF Application OverviewFY 2015 – Grant Types • Rental Assistance* • Operating Funds • Home Repair or Modifications • Construction/Rehabilitation • Emergency Assistance* *Offer rental subsidies

10. Rental Assistance • Eligible Uses: • Rental Assistance • Current month’s rent only • Ongoing rental subsidy for permanent housing • Participants required to pay 30% of gross income • 10% Administration Fee

11. Emergency Assistance • Eligible Uses: • Rental Payments • Rental Deposits • Rental Arrears • Utility Payments, Deposits, and Arrears • 10% Administration Fee

12. Application Submission • The deadline for application is September 5, 2014, 4:30 p.m. MHDC-Kansas City (no exceptions). • Hard-Copy Application • Submit original hard-copy of the application and all required supplemental documentation in a 1-inch, 3-ring, hard-covered binder. • Electronic Application • Submit the completed Excel application(.xlsx ONLY) to ci.applications@mhdc.com. Both a Hard Copy and Electronic version of the application must be submitted

13. Housing First Program (HFP)

14. General InformationHousing First Program • Established in 2011 by Community Initiatives Department • Serve persons at or below 50% of area median income (AMI) • Supported by Missouri Housing Development Commission Fund Balance

15. What is Housing First? • Housing persons in crisis before other services or treatment begins (aka rapid re-housing) • Provides a link between housing and other services, but participation is strictly voluntary • Will provide support and assistance to those who are chronically homeless

16. HFP Application OverviewFY 2015 • $420,000 for FY 2015 • Must apply annually • Grant year time frame: April 1 – April 30 • Application can be found at: http://www.mhdc.com/ci/hfp/index.htm

17. Housing First Program • Eligible Uses: • Rental Assistance • Rental Deposits • Rental Arrears • Utility Assistance, Deposits, and Arrears • 10% Administration Fee

18. 2015 Funding Cycle Timeline • NOFA posted: June 23,2014 • Proposal deadline: September 5, 2014 • Commission review meeting: December 5, 2014 • Awards notification: January 2015 • Funding training: February 2015 • Contracts awarded: April 2015 • Deadline to disbursefunds: March 31, 2016

19. Application Submission • The deadline for application is September 5, 2014, 4:30 p.m. MHDC-Kansas City (no exceptions). • Hard-Copy Application • Submit original hard-copy of the application and all required supplemental documentation in a 1-inch, 3-ring, hard-covered binder. • Electronic Application • Submit the completed Excel application(.xlsx ONLY) to ci.applications@mhdc.com. Both a Hard Copy and Electronic version of the application must be submitted

20. Contact Information Joselyn Pfliegier Community Initiatives Coordinator 3435 Broadway Kansas City, MO 64111 Phone: (816) 759-7228 Email: jpfliegier@mhdc.com

21. Dustin Allen Community Initiatives Coordinator Missouri Housing Development Commission

22. What Is a Continuum of Care (CoC)? • The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act) amended the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Among other changes, the HEARTH Act consolidated the three separate McKinney-Vento homeless assistance programs (Supportive Housing program, Shelter Plus Care program, and Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation SRO program) into a single grant program known as the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program.

23. Eight Continua of Care in Missouri What is a Continuum of Care? Pro Rata Need (PRN) and applying for continuum funds Missouri Continua of Care

24. Missouri Continua of Care (Continued) • More information on Missouri Continua are posted on the Governor’s Committee to End Homelessness website at http://www.mo-ich.org/22.html

25. Program Components • Permanent Housing (PH) • Defined as community-based housing without a designated length of stay in which formerly homeless individuals and families live as independently as possible • Transitional Housing • The transitional housing (TH) project component may be used to cover the costs of up to 24 months of housing with accompanying support services • Supportive Services Only • The supportive services only (SSO) program component is limited to recipients and sub-recipients providing services to individuals and families not residing in housing operated by the recipient

26. Eligible Activities • Acquisition • Rehabilitation • New Construction • Leasing • Rental Assistance • TBRA • SBRA • PBRA

27. Eligible Activities (Continued) • Supportive Services • Operating • HMIS • Administration

28. Match Requirements • All eligible funding costs, except leasing, must be matched with no less than a 25 percent cash or in-kind contribution • No match is required for leasing • Match must be met on an annual basis • In-kind match • Third party services

29. Timeline • NOFA: Mid 2015 • Project Applications Submitted for 2014: Fall • Technical Submissions: Due within one month of the date received from local HUD field office for new projects only, and for renewals with changes. • Site Control: Required within one year of conditional award letter. This is a statutory requirement and cannot be extended. • Operating Start Date: For new grants, the first day of the month in which the grantee or sponsor begins incurring eligible costs.

30. CoC Contacts • Balance of State CoC- Dustin Allen, MHDC (816)759-6614 • Kansas City/Independence/Lee’s Summit/Jackson County CoC - Vickie Riddle, Homeless Services Coalition of Greater Kansas City (816) 924-7997 • St. Joseph/Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb Counties CoC- Randy Sharp (816)238-4511 Ext 233 • Jasper/Newton County CoC- Tammy Walker- (417) 499-5292 • Springfield/Green, Christian, Webster Counties CoC- Michelle Garand or Randy McCoy(417) 888-2020 • St. Louis County CoC-Tom Fee (interim) (314) 615-4404 • St. Louis City CoC- Antoinette Triplett (314) 612-5933 • St. Charles, Lincoln and Warren Counties C0C (636) 978-2277 More information on Missouri’s CoCs can be found at http://www.mo-ich.org/22.html

31. Contact Information Dustin Allen Community Initiatives Coordinator 3435 Broadway Kansas City, MO 64111 Phone: (816) 759-6614 Email: dallen@mhdc.com

32. Questions?