4 - RFP PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

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Santa Ana Housing Authority Request for Proposals for Permanent Supportive Housing Page 9 Background and Objectives Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) can use up to 20 percent of their housing choice vouchers for PBVs. While PBVs reduce tenant mobility, they insure the availability of rental units at participating projects through the term of the contract, and so help a PHA to meet its basic objective of assisting its clients to obtain decent, safe and affordable rental housing. As a result, the Santa Ana Housing Authority (SAHA) Administrative Plan provides for the operation of a PBV Program utilizing up to 20 percent of its budget authority for that purpose. The Administrative Plan is available on the City’s website at: http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us/cda/HousingAuthority.asp Owners submitting responses to this RFP should be fully conversant with Chapter 17 of the Administrative Plan which details SAHA’s PBV Program. In the event of any discrepancy between the Plan and the contents of this RFP, the Plan will prevail. Solicitation and Selection of PBV Proposals The Administrative Plan requires that SAHA must decide what housing type, new construction, rehabilitation or existing housing, will be used to develop project-based housing. SAHA has determined that existing rental housing is most appropriate, and is soliciting proposals for such projects. The Plan provides for two methods by which SAHA may solicit and select owners proposing to provide affordable rental housing to receive a PBV contract: 1. SAHA request for PBV Applications. SAHA may solicit applications by using a request for proposals process to select applications on a competitive basis. SAHA may not limit applications to a single site or impose restrictions that explicitly or practically preclude owner submission of proposals for PBV housing on different sites. 2. SAHA may select applications that were previously selected based on a different competition. This may include selection of a proposal for housing assisted under a federal, state, or local government housing assistance program that was subject to a competition in accordance with the requirements of the applicable program. This Request for Proposals (RFP) is issued in accordance with the first of these two methods. Applications may be submitted for qualified projects within the City of Santa Ana. All complete proposals received by the submission deadline will be rated and ranked by a review panel composed of SAHA and City of Santa Ana staff members. As stipulated in the Administrative Plan, the review panel will use the following criteria but will not be limited to these criteria in their evaluation: • Experience as an owner in the tenant-based voucher program and owner compliance with the owner’s obligations under the tenant-based program; • Extent to which the project furthers SAHA’s goal of de-concentrating poverty and expanding housing and economic opportunities; • If applicable, extent to which services for special populations are provided on site or in the immediate area for occupants of the property; and • Extent to which units are occupied by families that are eligible to participate in the PBV program. Supportive Services One of the most important elements of permanent supportive housing is ongoing supportive services that are wrapped around homeless individuals and families placed in housing. Under this RFP, the scope of services required for service providers in the course of operating the Project-Based Voucher Program (“Program”) will include, but not be limited to: 1. Performing outreach and intake of targeted individuals (i.e. homeless and chronically homeless) for participation in the Program; 2. Making and accepting referrals of homeless individuals from the Orange County Continuum of Care Coordinated Entry System; 3. Assessing homeless individuals and families to prescribe treatment/services; 4-12