HOME Rehab - Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

Replay: HOME REHAB TRAINING 5/24/23

Document: HOME Rehab Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).pdf
 

HOME Rehab Overview:

MFA receives Federal HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) funds through a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) formula grant and allocates a portion of these funds to the HOME Rehabilitation Program. The HOME Rehabilitation program provides essential home repair and improvements that are non-luxury in nature to income eligible homeowners. The purpose of this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) is to invite the submittal of qualification statements from service providers in accordance with applicable guidelines set forth in this NOFA and established MFA minimum qualifications. MFA is looking for qualified, capable service providers, who are knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced in managing federal funding and can provide HOME Rehabilitation services. Service providers will be selected based on their capacity, experience, and the ability to provide program services.

The 2023 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HOME award allocations were approved by the MFA Board on May 17, 2023. The HOME Rehabilitation Program received $4,997,360 for the program year. The balance and the amount available for release under this NOFA is $4,497,360 which includes a three (3) percent administrative award to the service providers.

MFA will award HOME Rehabilitation Program funding to eligible Applicants to include, but not limited to, public and private non-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, governmental housing agencies, authorities, entities, or instrumentalities, regional housing authorities, tribal governments or housing agencies, developers, builders, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, joint ventures, syndicates, associations, or other entities that can assume contractual liability and legal responsibility through execution of a Performance Agreement and/or other written agreements with MFA. Individual homeowners are not eligible for the HOME Rehabilitation Program. Applicants must be approved by MFA and must have demonstrated experience and capacity to conduct eligible activities that meet the requirements of 24 CFR 92 HOME investment Partnerships Program.

Trainings:

HOME Rehab Training to be held 5/24/23 at 9:30am, please follow the link below to join live. This training will also be recorded and linked here for those who are unable to attend:

REPLAY: HOME REHAB TRAINING 5/24/23

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Timeline:

Questions:

Questions pertaining to this NOFA and application must be submitted via MFA’s website.

The FAQ will open on May 18, 2023 and will CLOSE June 9, 2023.

To submit your questions, scroll down to the “Ask a question” section, enter your name, email address, and type your question in the “Question” box. MFA will make every attempt to post response to questions within 48 hours of submission.

*Note: Questions may not be asked outside of this format in order for all applicants to have equal opportunity to obtain information.

Question : Question one from NOFA training:
Does Veteran Rehab funds also have to be fully expended in order to access the 2023 HOME rehab funding or is it just prior HOME rehab awards that need to be expended?

Answer:
We would like to strongly encourage you to utilize your Veteran rehab funding with urgency as there is an approaching expiration date. However, Veterans rehab is a separate program, so it would not directly affect your ability to use the 2023 HOME funds.

Question : Question two from NOFA training:
If we are already receiving funds, do we need to fill out an application? Or are we automatically eligible for this NOFA funding?

Answer:
Yes, you will need to re-apply as this is a new notice of funding availability(NOFA) However, because this is an "open NOFA" you may request additional funding upon 80% completion of the current award as long as funds last.

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