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III. PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana (SAHA) is soliciting applications from developers who are planning to acquire and rehabilitate 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 to serve homeless individuals and families. Applications may be submitted by individuals, firms, or partnerships that individually or collectively have the knowledge, resources and experience necessary to develop and operate rental housing in accordance with the requirements of a HAP Contract. Projects which have already begun construction are not eligible for consideration. Depending upon the quality of submittals, SAHA may choose to enter into a PBV Agreement with one or more of the respondents, or with none of the respondents. The proposed Agreement to Enter into a HAP Contract (AHAP) will commit SAHA to making project based vouchers available for the selected project. The total number of vouchers available for commitment is 50. Continued availability of the vouchers will depend upon the developer's continued compliance with the requirements of the contract, and the continued availability to SAHA of sufficient numbers of vouchers to meet all such contractual obligations. 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 rehabilitated 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 HAP 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. City of Santa Ana Community Development Agency Request for Proposals for Affordable Housing Development Page 14 19E -16