OHCS 2020 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) - PowerPoint Presentation

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OHCS2020 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Veteran GHAP New Construction

Presenting;

Ed Brown, Program Analyst

John Wright, Policy Analyst

Amy Cole, State Development Resources Manager

Agenda

Important Dates

Vets NOFA Review

Highlights

Funding Sources

NOFA Application Process

Procorem WorkCenter

Full App Submission

NOFA Charge submission

Administrative and Threshold Review

Scoring Overview

Scoring Criteria Review

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Questions

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NOFA

Dates to Remember

Pre-app close date:

Sep 25

Full App released to Procorem:

Sep 29

FAQ stop date:

Oct 28

NOFA due date:

Nov 5, 4:00pm

NOFA

Charge due date:

Nov 12

, 4:00pm

Admin and Threshold Review:

Roughly

Nov 12 – 23

Scoring and

Allocation:

Nov – Dec

State Housing Stability Council:

Planned for Jan 2021

Veterans NOFA Highlights

New Construction

All units in project must serve Veterans

Restricting 100% of the project

PSH

services/rent assistance offered (100 slots)

Regional set-asides for Rural and Urban

Homelessness focus

Funding Sources

GHAP $6.5 million (Veterans set-aside)

Rural: $3.5 million

Urban: $3.0 million

Subsidy per unit type limits:

*

these are the limits used in Scoring “lower subsidy per unit”

PSH

(100 slots with Rent assistance)

Unit Types

Studio

1 Bedroom

2 Bedroom

3 Bedroom

Subsidy Limits

$150,000

$210,000

$265,000

$325,000

Additional Funding Sources

OAHTC $4 million

Applied toward loans to reduce the interest rate by up to 4%

The reduction in interest payments is passed through to tenant rents for 20 years.

Serving Households at or below 70% AMI. MEP – Project specific

https://oregonmultifamilyenergy.com

Dan.Elliot@oregon.gov

PH: (503) 986-2016

LIHTC 4% - Non competitive

NOFA Application Process

Procorem WorkCenter

OHCS sent welcome emails with Procorem WorkCenter login credentials.

You should have access to Procorem by now

Full NOFA application and attachment docs are located in your

WorkCenter

Limited permissions during application stage

To submit: Upload your application, supplemental documents and required evidence to “Final Submission”

If selected, your WorkCenter will continue to be used through the project development lifecycle

View and complete tasks and events

NOFA Application ProcessFull Application Overview

An Excel Workbook with many worksheets (aka tabs)

Auto-populates many fields

Substantially self-scoring

Review the Instructions SheetIt’s a “Smart Document” Locked and formatted to be used with Prolink. Do not attempt to change or modify any cells or formulas – risk of application failure

You may not copy from older applications and paste into this application.

By submitting an application you are agreeing by electronic signature to all terms and conditions of the NOFA and application

NOFA Application Process Application Charge Submission

Mail payment separately with Charge Transmittal form (located in the application)

Application Charges due

Nov 12 @ 4pm PST

Hard Due Date

No hand deliveries (OHCS offices are closed

to the public)

Mail Application Charges to:

Attn: Affordable Rental Housing/VGHAP Application

Oregon Housing and Community Services

725 Summer St. NE, Suite B

Salem, OR 97301

NOFA Application ProcessAdministrative and Threshold Review

Each application is reviewed for completeness on a pass/fail basis. This review isn’t to score the project but to ensure the application has everything required:

Board of Director's Resolution (if applicable)

Organizational Documents

Application Charge is on time and in the correct amount

Evidence of Publicly Supported Housing

Federal Project Resources Status

Development Schedule/Readiness to Proceed

Core Development Documents (

CDDs

) submitted

Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Financial Feasibility: pro forma and fund commitments

Resident Services Plan

Scoring Overview 100 points possible

60 point minimum

Ranked by

Region

ScoreFunding AvailabilityTie breakersSame points available in each region (urban and rural)Internal scoring committeeAll categories are “up to” the total maximum points

Only whole points awarded (no fractions)

Scoring Criteria Financial (11 points)

The Financial Assumptions area in the Narratives tab can be useful for defending some decisions, or values that might otherwise seem out of the norm.

Resident Services Description (20 points)

Different from the thorough Resident Services Plan you must provide after reservation

The Application form mirrors the scoring section of the NOFAAnswer as realistically as possible but this is not the final plan

Scoring Criteria MWESB (4 points)

Scored based on the narrative responses in the MWESB Outreach Tab

Location Efficiency (10 points) Self-Scored and Verified

Walk-ability (2 points) – Just the walk score “Car-dependent”

Food Access (2 points)Use link in App, or google “USDA food access”Default map settings show green highlights for food deserts.

Use the description field to back your finding

Medical Access (2 points) –

Use the description field to back your finding

Public Transit (2 points)

Use the description field. State which method used.

Education for family housing (2 points) Use the description field

Weighted averaging will be by units

Community need (6 points)- Narrative

Scoring Criteria Collaboration (8 points) – Narrative Barrier Reduction (9 points) – Narrative

Automated Scoring

Serving lowest incomes AMI (5 points)

Rental Assistance (5 points)

Focus on Homeless Veterans (4 points)Lower Subsidy per Unit (8 points) Team Development (10 points)

Questions – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

All questions about the NOFA and your project must go to

MFNOFA@Oregon.gov

Phone calls and emails to staff will be redirected to the email.

Answers to questions submitted to the MFNOFA email are published in your project

WorkCenter

weekly, as needed.

Any questions asked in this training will be published in the FAQ.

Questions Happy to take questions now or you can always send them to us through the MFNOFA email.

Thank you for attending