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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. NC Department of Correction Statewide Conference on Offender Reentry: Shaping the Future of Transition May 1-3, 2007. PROGRAM OBJECTIVE.

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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

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  1. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM NC Department of Correction Statewide Conference on Offender Reentry: Shaping the Future of Transition May 1-3, 2007

  2. PROGRAM OBJECTIVE • To provide housing with supportive services for households with special needs earning less than 50% of area median income

  3. Eligible Applicants • Nonprofit organizations (operating a minimum of three years) • Local Governments • For Profits (400 Initiative Only)

  4. Type of Housing • Emergency Shelter • Transitional Housing • Permanent Housing

  5. Eligible Populations • Homeless • Non-Homeless with disabilities, including mental illness, development disabilities, physical disabilities, substance abuse HIV/AIDS, etc. • Survivors of domestic violence

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. ACCOMPLISHMENTS • 2,049 Units Funded since 1994 • Units Developed in 44 Counties • $33.7 million invested since 1994 in projects worth $109 million • 137 Projects

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. HOUSING 400 INITIATIVE

  12. Housing 400 Initiative Purpose • To provide financing for at least 400 independent and supportive living apartments for persons with disabilities with incomes at or below 30% of median • Units must be affordable to persons on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) • General Assembly allocated $10.9 million to the Housing Trust Fund (for NCHFA) for rental housing development and $1.2 million to NC Dept of Health and Human Services for operating subsidy

  13. Housing 400 Initiative • Capital Funds for SHDP 400 and PLP 400 • Rental Assistance for SHDP 400, PLP 400 and Key Program

  14. Examples of Funded Projects

  15. TROSA ModularsTROSA, Durham • 16 Shared 3-Bedroom Apts. • Men and Women with Substance Abuse, many alternative sentence or ex-offenders

  16. Club Nova ApartmentsOPC Foundation & MHA, Carborro • 24 Efficiency Apartments • Persons with Mental Illness

  17. LIFE House of AshevilleVolunteers of America of the Carolinas • 22 Apartments • Persons with Physical Disabilities

  18. Shirley Stroebel ApartmentsNext Step/NAMI, Durham • 12 Efficiency Units • Persons with Mental Illness

  19. Homeward BoundSandhills Community Action, Rockingham • 5 Units • Domestic Violence Victims

  20. The Healing Place for WomenThe Healing Place, Raleigh • 88 Beds • Homeless Women and Children • Substance Abuse Treatment • Serves ex-offenders

  21. Harrington PlaceCASA, Raleigh • 12 SRO Units • Homeless Individuals with Disabilities

  22. Ridge ApartmentsWNC Housing,Inc., Asheville • 8 Units • Persons with Mental Illness

  23. Exodus HomesExodus Outreach Foundation, Hickory • 23 Beds • Men and Women with Substance Abuse • Ex-Offenders

  24. Servant House & Glenwood HousingThe Servant Center, Greensboro • 26 Units Transitional Housing and 8 SRO Units of Permanent Housing • Persons with Chronic Illness/Veterans

  25. Spring GlenResidential Services, Inc., Orange County • 15 Units • Elderly Persons with Developmental Disabilities

  26. 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

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