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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
NC Department of
Correction Statewide
Conference on Offender
Reentry: Shaping the Future
of Transition
May 1-3, 2007
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE
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To provide housing with supportive services
for households with special needs earning
less than 50% of area median income
Eligible Applicants
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Nonprofit organizations (operating a
minimum of three years)
Local Governments
For Profits (400 Initiative Only)
Type of Housing
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Emergency Shelter
Transitional Housing
Permanent Housing
Eligible Populations
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Homeless
Non-Homeless with disabilities, including
mental illness, development disabilities,
physical disabilities, substance abuse
HIV/AIDS, etc.
Survivors of domestic violence
Type of Funding
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20 year and 30 year 0% Loans up to
$500,000 (capped at 75% of Total
Development Cost)
Continuum of Care Match Loans
Predevelopment Loans up to $25,000
Application Process
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Must schedule an application meeting and
site visit prior to submittal of application
Applicant and Project Team must have
development capacity
Must have Site Control
Preliminary Design required
Supportive Services Plan required
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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2,049 Units Funded since 1994
Units Developed in 44 Counties
$33.7 million invested since 1994 in projects
worth $109 million
137 Projects
CHALLENGES
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Capacity of Nonprofit Organizations
Competition for Local Funding
Lack of Rental Assistance/Operating
Subsidies for Supportive Housing
Reduction in HUD funding for Supportive
Services
CHALLENGES (cont.)
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Uncertainty Related to Area MH/DD/SA
Programs and Mental Health Reform
Continuing Problems with NIMBY
Supportive Housing Viewed as Low Priority
by Local Governments
Local zoning regulations
Availability of buildable, affordable land
HOUSING 400 INITIATIVE
Housing 400 Initiative
Purpose
 To provide financing for at least 400 independent
and supportive living apartments for persons with
disabilities with incomes at or below 30% of median
 Units must be affordable to persons on
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
 General Assembly allocated $10.9 million to the
Housing Trust Fund (for NCHFA) for rental housing
development and $1.2 million to NC Dept of Health
and Human Services for operating subsidy
Housing 400 Initiative
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Capital Funds for SHDP 400 and PLP 400
Rental Assistance for SHDP 400, PLP 400 and Key
Program
Examples of Funded Projects
TROSA Modulars
TROSA, Durham
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16 Shared 3-Bedroom Apts.
Men and Women with
Substance Abuse, many
alternative sentence or exoffenders
Club Nova Apartments
OPC Foundation & MHA, Carborro
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24 Efficiency
Apartments
Persons with Mental
Illness
LIFE House of Asheville
Volunteers of America of the Carolinas
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22 Apartments
Persons with
Physical
Disabilities
Shirley Stroebel Apartments
Next Step/NAMI, Durham
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12 Efficiency Units
Persons with Mental
Illness
Homeward Bound
Sandhills Community Action, Rockingham
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5 Units
Domestic
Violence
Victims
The Healing Place for Women
The Healing Place, Raleigh
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88 Beds
Homeless Women
and Children
Substance Abuse
Treatment
Serves ex-offenders
Harrington Place
CASA, Raleigh
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12 SRO Units
Homeless
Individuals with
Disabilities
Ridge Apartments
WNC Housing,Inc., Asheville
 8 Units
 Persons with
Mental Illness
Exodus Homes
Exodus Outreach Foundation, Hickory
 23 Beds
 Men and Women
with Substance
Abuse
Ex-Offenders
Servant House & Glenwood Housing
The Servant Center, Greensboro
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26 Units Transitional
Housing and 8 SRO
Units of Permanent
Housing
Persons with Chronic
Illness/Veterans
Spring Glen
Residential Services, Inc., Orange County
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15 Units
Elderly Persons with
Developmental
Disabilities
Technical Assistance
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Consultation Visits with NCHFA Supportive
Housing Development Team
NCHFA Information and Referral Services
Guidance on completing applications (e.g.
many deficiencies curable)
Advocacy with other funding sources