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') Housing Authority <br />"" www.santa-ana.org/community-development <br />Item # 3 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />July 18, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Pre -Commitment of Affordable Housing Funds for Illumination Foundation <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve a pre -commitment of $2,021,319 in Homeless Housing, Assistance and <br />Prevention funds, and eight (8) project -based vouchers for Illumination Foundation for <br />the development of the Intergenerational Housing Project located at 918 N. Bewley <br />Street (Contingent upon approval of City Council) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />HOUSING AUTHORITY <br />Approve an award of eight (8) project -based vouchers and authorize the Executive <br />Director of the Housing Authority to execute an Agreement to Enter into a Project -Based <br />Vouchers Housing Assistance Payments Contract with Illumination Foundation for the <br />development of the Intergenerational Housing project located at 918 N. Bewley, Santa <br />Ana, CA 92703, (APN 198-231-10), subject to non -substantive changes approved by <br />the Executive Director of the Housing Authority and Authority General Counsel. <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION <br />At its regular meeting on June 28, 2023, the Community Development Commission <br />recommended approval of Recommended Action # 1 for City Council and <br />Recommended Action # 1 for the Housing Authority, by a vote of 6:0 with 1 vacant seat. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On October 25, 2022, the Community Development Agency (CDA) released a Request <br />for Proposals (RFP # 22-119) to develop an affordable housing project for homeless <br />transitional age youth in the City of Santa Ana with available funds from the Homeless <br />Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Program and Project -Based Voucher <br />Program. The State Department of Housing and Community Development requires that <br />the HHAP Round 1, 2, and 3 funds made available in this Request for Proposal (RFP) <br />be used for transitional age youth, so, the RFP required that a portion of the units be <br />designated for homeless transitional age youth (TAY) aged 18 to 24 years old. The <br />project -based vouchers were included in the RFP to supplement the HHAP funds in <br />order to successfully finance a project with supportive services. <br />The RFP was prepared in compliance with the City's Affordable Housing Funds Policies <br />and Procedures, published on the City's website and Planet Bids, and emailed to <br />nonprofit organizations who had previously expressed an interest in developing housing <br />