Strong HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

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

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE To give lodging with steady administrations to family units with unique needs procuring under half of region middle wage

Eligible Applicants Nonprofit associations (working at least three years) Local Governments For Profits (400 Initiative Only)

Type of Housing Emergency Shelter Transitional Housing Permanent Housing

Eligible Populations Homeless Non-Homeless with incapacities, including emotional instability, advancement handicaps, physical inabilities, substance mishandle HIV/AIDS, and so on. Survivors of aggressive behavior at home

Type of Funding 20 year and 30 year 0% Loans up to $500,000 (topped at 75% of Total Development Cost) Continuum of Care Match Loans Predevelopment Loans up to $25,000

Application Process Must timetable an application meeting and site visit preceding submittal of use Applicant and Project Team must have advancement limit Must have Site Control Preliminary Design required Supportive Services Plan required

ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2,049 Units Funded since 1994 Units Developed in 44 Counties $33.7 million put since 1994 in undertakings worth $109 million 137 Projects

CHALLENGES Capacity of Nonprofit Organizations Competition for Local Funding Lack of Rental Assistance/Operating Subsidies for Supportive Housing Reduction in HUD subsidizing for Supportive Services

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 directions Availability of buildable, moderate land

HOUSING 400 INITIATIVE

Housing 400 Initiative Purpose To give financing to no less than 400 autonomous and steady living condo for people with handicaps with salaries at or beneath 30% of middle Units must be reasonable to people on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) General Assembly dispensed $10.9 million to the Housing Trust Fund (for NCHFA) for rental lodging improvement and $1.2 million to NC Dept of Health and Human Services for working appropriation

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

Examples of Funded Projects

TROSA Modulars TROSA, Durham 16 Shared 3-Bedroom Apts. Men and Women with Substance Abuse, numerous option sentence or ex-guilty parties

Club Nova Apartments OPC Foundation & MHA, Carborro 24 Efficiency Apartments Persons with Mental Illness

LIFE House of Asheville Volunteers of America of the Carolinas 22 Apartments Persons with Physical Disabilities

Shirley Stroebel Apartments Next Step/NAMI, Durham 12 Efficiency Units Persons with Mental Illness

Homeward Bound Sandhills Community Action, Rockingham 5 Units Domestic Violence Victims

The Healing Place for Women The Healing Place, Raleigh 88 Beds Homeless Women and Children Substance Abuse Treatment Serves ex-wrongdoers

Harrington Place CASA, Raleigh 12 SRO Units Homeless Individuals with Disabilities

Ridge Apartments WNC Housing,Inc., Asheville 8 Units Persons with Mental Illness

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

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

Spring Glen Residential Services, Inc., Orange County 15 Units Elderly Persons with Developmental Disabilities

Technical Assistance Consultation Visits with NCHFA Supportive Housing Development Team NCHFA Information and Referral Services Guidance on finishing applications (e.g. numerous insufficiencies treatable) Advocacy with other subsidizing sources