Homeless Housing Assistance Program (HHAP)
Type
Capital
Source
State
Procurement Agency
New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA)
Total Annual Award
$30 million.
Eligible Populations
People who are homeless or at risk of homelessness who are unable to secure housing without special assistance. Populations include: veterans, people living with HIV/AIDS, people struggling with substance abuse, with mental illness, ex-offenders, the chronically homeless, victims of domestic violence and runaway and homeless youth.
Eligible Projects
Permanent supportive housing, transitional housing and emergency shelters.
Funding Award Details
HHAP is the sole program of the Homeless Housing Assistance Corporation (HHAC), a public benefit corporation established as a subsidiary of NYS Homes and Community Renewal. HHAC has an annual competitive request for proposals (RFP) process that stays open throughout the year until all the funding is allocated.
At least $5 million must be awarded each year for HIV/AIDS housing. OTDA also makes awards in accordance with geographic diversity and has a priority for NY/NY III housing for the New York City proposals.
Rate Details
13 projects were funded in state fiscal year 2010-11. Funding per project ranged from $570,000 to $3,000,000.
Term of Service/Length of Grant
The project must remain in service for a term of up to 25 years.
Limitations
HHAP funds can only be awarded for units in a building that houses homeless people. Applicants should not apply if the project is not ready to begin development activities. No single sponsoring organization can receive more than 25% of the funds available in a fiscal year. No single geographic region can receive more than 60% of the funds, unless HHAC determines it is in the best interest of the state to do so. For these purposes, HHAC divides New York State into three separate regions: New York City (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Richmond), suburbs (Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk) and the rest of the state.
Network Notes
HHAP can fund 100% of the capital cost, though this is more typical of projects outside New York City. In New York City, HHAP funding is often viewed as critical seed money or gap financing to secure capital financing for projects.
Technically, OTDA has a rolling RFP process. However, with such high demand, most if not all of the funding is allocated to the most competitive projects in the first batch of proposals. Last year, available funds were committed to project applications received within one month of the application window opening.
HHAP has been an excellent source for supportive housing for survivors of domestic violence. It is one of the few agencies that include domestic violence as a special need.
For More Information
Read the grant application here.
Contact
NYS OTDA
Colleen Salvagni
Assistant Director
40 North Pearl Street, 10-B
Albany, New York 12243
colleen.salvagni@otda.state.ny.us
(518) 473-2529
Last updated: 09/15/2011
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