SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

• NC Department of Correction Statewide Conference
  on Offender Reentry Shaping the Future of
  Transition
• May 1-3, 2007

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PROGRAM OBJECTIVE

• To provide housing with supportive services for
  households with special needs earning less than
  50 of area median income

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Eligible Applicants

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

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Type of Housing

• Emergency Shelter
• Transitional Housing
• Permanent Housing

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Eligible Populations

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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HOUSING 400 INITIATIVE
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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

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Housing 400 Initiative

• Capital Funds for SHDP 400 and PLP 400
• Rental Assistance for SHDP 400, PLP 400 and Key
  Program

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SHDP 400 Program Design

• Loans up to 1.2 million
• Construction loans available
• For profits eligible
• Rental assistance available

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SHDP 400 Current Status

• 78 Letters of Intent received
• 40 Site Visits by SHDP staff completed in January
• 15 Applications were submitted by February 28,
  2007

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Examples of Funded Projects
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TROSA ModularsTROSA, Durham

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

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Club Nova ApartmentsOPC Foundation MHA,
Carborro

• 24 Efficiency Apartments
• Persons with Mental Illness

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LIFE House of AshevilleVolunteers of America of
the Carolinas

• 22 Apartments
• Persons with Physical Disabilities

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Shirley Stroebel ApartmentsNext Step/NAMI, Durham

• 12 Efficiency Units
• Persons with Mental Illness

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Homeward BoundSandhills Community Action,
Rockingham

• 5 Units
• Domestic Violence Victims

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The Healing Place for WomenThe Healing Place,
Raleigh

• 88 Beds
• Homeless Women and Children
• Substance Abuse Treatment
• Serves ex-offenders

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Harrington PlaceCASA, Raleigh

• 12 SRO Units
• Homeless Individuals with Disabilities

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Ridge ApartmentsWNC Housing,Inc., Asheville

• 8 Units
• Persons with Mental Illness

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Exodus HomesExodus Outreach Foundation, Hickory

• 23 Beds
• Men and Women with Substance Abuse
• Ex-Offenders

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Servant House Glenwood HousingThe Servant
Center, Greensboro

• 26 Units Transitional Housing and 8 SRO Units of
  Permanent Housing
• Persons with Chronic Illness/Veterans

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Spring GlenResidential Services, Inc., Orange
County

• 15 Units
• Elderly Persons with Developmental Disabilities

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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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SHDP Staff

• Mary Reca Todd, Manager of Supportive Housing
• [phone] or mrtodd_at_nchfa.com
• Michael H. Mittenzwei, Supportive Housing
  Development Officer
• [phone] or mmittenzwei_at_nchfa.com
• Margrit Bergholz, Supportive Housing Development
  Officer
• [phone] or mcbergholz_at_nchfa.com