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Guest House RFP# 15-129 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 4 | Page PROJECT DESCRIPTION Detailed and concise narrative describing the proposed project, including at a minimum and as appropriate information about the site or a description (with photographs) of the building, building square footage, number of units/bedrooms, proposed rents and tenant incomes, the number of current tenants (if applicable), and the services to be provided to the tenants. PROJECT NARRATIVE The Guest House is an existing 77-unit multi-family property located at 2151 E 1st St. in Santa Ana. The units are comprised of 11 studios and 66 one-bedrooms contained within a 32,342 square foot, two-story building constructed in 1971. In addition to the units, the property includes a lobby, management office, conference room, community laundry, swimming pool and 61 surface parking spaces. Each unit at the property is equipped with hard surface floors and a full set of kitchen appliances (range/oven, refrigerator). Subject to an award of Project Based Vouchers (PBVs) pursuant to this proposal, all units set aside for chronically homeless residents will be rented fully furnished at no additional cost to tenants. The property is currently owned by CDP (applicant/owner), and therefore no site control risk exists. Both the property manager and maintenance supervisor currently live onsite. CDP is requesting 71 project-based vouchers, targeting chronically homeless households with a preference for chronically homeless Veterans. The lead service provider at the property will be Mercy House, a Santa Ana based non-profit service provider with 25 years’ experience. Mercy House will work closely with CDP’s asset management and ownership team to provide the highest level of services, with the goal of improving tenants lives by providing and helping maintain stable homes for those who are currently homeless. The property is managed by Solari Enterprises, Inc., an Orange County based property management company experienced in managing permanent supportive housing properties. Solari will continue to manage the property after the HAP contract is put in place. A project management plan is included with this proposal, further detailing the coordination between the team. Currently, only 17 units are tenant occupied, which allows for minimal displacement of in-place tenants should the PBV HAP be awarded and executed. Solari is currently collecting the existing tenant income information to qualify the tenants as low-income tenants under the proposed affordability levels (shown below). The goal is to keep as many of the current tenants at the property as possible. CDP believes the majority of the tenants will qualify under the proposed underlying affordability levels. CDP is open to discussions with Santa Ana Housing Authority (HA) regarding adjusting the proposed AMI levels in order to better comply with the City and HA’s target income levels. 3-12