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Santa Ana Housing Authority Request for Proposals for Permanent Supportive Housing Page 8 SANTA ANA HOUSING AUTHORITY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING EXHIBIT A – SCOPE OF SERVICES I. INTRODUCTION In order to meet the Housing Authority and City’s goals, the Santa Ana Housing Authority is soliciting proposals for permanent supportive housing from owners together with at least one service provider who are experienced, very knowledgeable of HUD programs and its requirements, and financially capable of managing and maintaining high quality housing for persons experiencing homelessness. The Housing Authority will entertain proposals for Existing Multifamily Rental Units only. Permanent Supportive Housing is defined as permanent housing with comprehensive supportive services for people who are chronically homeless with disabilities or other substantial barriers to housing stability. Through this RFP, the Santa Ana Housing Authority will be awarding up to 100 Project-Based Vouchers for Permanent Supportive Housing. Applications for this RFP must: (1) be for units located in the City of Santa Ana; (2) request a minimum of ten (10) PBVs; and (3) propose to only serve households with individuals or families who qualify as homeless as certified by the Orange County Continuum of Care Coordinated Entry System. Proposers must be owners of existing multifamily rental units who will enter into an agreement for supportive services with a qualified service provider (unless the service provider is also the owner). SAHA will evaluate the quality and location of the prospective housing as well as the experience of the service provider and proposed services. Proposals from owners who cannot demonstrate such an agreement for supportive services will not be reviewed. The maximum funding available will be 100 Project Based Vouchers from the Santa Ana Housing Authority for existing multifamily rental units. The financial data provided in this RFP is not guaranteed, and the availability of such funds is subject to change at any time. The Santa Ana Housing Authority makes no guarantee of the availability of funding for any particular applicant or project. The submission of a proposal in response to this RFP does not commit the Housing Authority or City to providing any funding to a proposed project. The Housing Authority and City reserves the right to determine at its sole discretion how to disburse available funds, if at all. II. PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS The Santa Ana Housing Authority (SAHA) is soliciting applications from owners of existing rental housing within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Santa Ana and who wish to secure Project Based Vouchers (PBVs) for their project. Applications must be submitted by a partnership between an owner and service provider that collectively have the knowledge, resources and experience necessary to operate rental housing in accordance with the requirements of a Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Contract (unless the owner is the service provider). New Construction or Rehabilitation Projects are not eligible for consideration. Incomplete applications and applications submitted after the submission deadline will not be eligible for consideration. Depending upon the quality of proposals, SAHA may choose to enter into a PBV HAP Contract with one or more of the respondents, or with none of the respondents. The proposed Agreement will commit SAHA to awarding project based vouchers to the selected project(s). The total number of vouchers available for commitment is 100. Continued availability of the vouchers will depend upon the owner’s continued compliance with the requirements of the HAP Contract, and the continued availability to SAHA of sufficient numbers of vouchers to meet all such contractual obligations. 4-11