HUD Funds Housing and Rental Assistance for Elderly and Disabled.

HUD Funds Housing and Rental Assistance for Elderly and Disabled. Information Bulletin # (12/11)

HUD recently announced the non-profit recipients by State and City that have been awarded 2011 grants for construction, rehabilitation and rental assistance. These grants were pursuant to the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act for disabled individuals and the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act.

There will be 3829 units of housing for the elderly under Section 202 and 984 units for persons with disabilities under Section 811..

HUD allocated $545m in capital funds and $54m in rental assistance (vouchers to supplement rent) for these 3,829 units for the elderly. HUD allocated $137m in capital funds and $13m in rental assistance for these 984 units for persons with disabilities.

The capital funds are “federal assistance” so that Section 504 applies. “Federal assistance” triggers “accessibility” requirements in both the Section 202 and the 811 developments. Make sure these units are built accessible for persons with physical and sensory disabilities.

In addition to the capital funds, there are Project-based Rental Assistance Contracts. Unlike tenant-based rental assistance (vouchers which supplement the person’s rental payments) where the person controls the housing voucher, Project-based vouchers are attached to the units – not the individual.

According to the HUD release, the Project-based Rental Assistance is funding “to cover the difference between the residents’ contributions toward rent and the cost of operating the project.” Residents of the units must be “very low income” – with most households having less than 30 percent of the median income.

While this is great, please remember that persons on SSI are far below the 30 percent of the median income; persons on SSI are about at 18% of the median incomes. It is important for advocates to ensure that lowest income persons with disabilities, i.e., those on SSI, will actually – not theoretically - reside in those units. If the Project-based rental assistance covers persons on SSI, then “affordability” will be satisfied. If not, then advocates must take on this issue.

The HUD press release announcing these awards noted that the nonprofit grant recipients will receive federal assistance for “vulnerable” elderly and disabled persons. While it is not crystal clear, it looks like almost all of these 202 and 811 projects will be segregated because the units will be buildings with only elderly and/or only disabled. They are not in “integrated” housing.

Obviously, elderly and disabled persons need “accessible, affordable” housing and these grants should achieve this. Advocates should contact the Grantees listed below so that persons on SSI are on the top of any waiting list for these units.

Here are the recipients:

Section 202 Grant Awards 2011 STATE CITY GRANTEE Arkansas Hamburg -8 units Community Directions, Inc. McGehee-12 units Community Directions, Inc. Paragould-12 units Paragould Housing Development Corporation California Duarte -43 Southern California Presbyterian Homes Fresno -68 Southern California Presbyterian Homes Gardena -33 WASET, Inc. Los Angeles – 75 Retirement Housing Foundation Los Angeles -80 Retirement Housing Foundation Oroville – 50 Petaluma Ecumenical Properties Petaluma -43 Petaluma Ecumenical Properties San Diego -30 BRIDGE Housing Corporation San Francisco -98 Tenderloin Neighborhood Dev. Corp. Connecticut Canaan -10 Geer Corporation Southington -40 Mutual Housing Association of South Central CT Delaware Wilmington -26 Ingleside Ho, Inc Wilmington -35 The Minister of Caring Inc Florida Cocoa -68 Presbyterian Retirement Communities Labelle -29 Rural Neighborhoods, Incorporated Miami -50 CODEC, Inc. Pompano Beach-62 Archdiocese of Miami St. Petersburg -68 Diocese of St. Petersburg Georgia Atlanta -44 Mercy Housing Southeast Harlem -8 Georgia Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. Waycross -14 VOA Southeast, Inc. Illinois Chicago – 43 St Edmunds Redevelopment Corp Chicago -63 Catholic Charities Housing Development Corp Chicago -24 Catholic Charities Housing Development Corp Chicago -34 Elderly Housing Development & Operations Corp Chicago -43 Englewood Cooperative Apartments Pittsfield -15 W Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging Iowa Burlington - 15 W Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging Kansas Wichita -24 Mental Health Assn of S Central Kansas, Inc. Kentucky Louisville -30 Catholic Charities of Louisville Murray-20 Wesley Corporation of Memphis Louisiana Shreveport -50 Volunteers of America National Services Maine Waterville -20 Diocesan Bureau of Housing, Inc. Waterville-20 Diocesan Bureau of Housing, Inc. Maryland Baltimore -86 CSI Support and Development Services Baltimore -57 Associated Jewish Fed Baltimore -60 Associated Catholic Charities Emmitsburg -31 Ho for America, Inc. Massachusetts Boston – 40 Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services Inc Tewksbury-33 Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley, Inc. Winthrop -27 EBCDC, Inc. Michigan Detroit -50 Presbyterian Villages of Michigan East Jordan- 10 Northern Homes Community Development Corporation Pontiac -77 CSI Support & Development Services Stephenson – 14 Stephenson Non Profit Housing Corporation Minnesota Chaska – 54 Aeon Minneapolis-60 CommonBond Communities Rochester -40 CommonBond Communities St. Paul -50 Episcopal Corp. for the Elderly Missouri St. Louis -45 National Church Residences St. Louis -31 Lutheran Senior Services Nebraska Papillion -40 Immanuel New Hampshire Lancaster -20 SNHS Management Corporation Manchester -16 SNHS Management Corporation New Jersey Garwood -72 Westfield Senior City Housing Corp Lyndhurst -50 The Domus Corp Millstone -10 Affordable Housing Alliance, Inc New York Amherst – 50 Menorah Campus Inc Bronx -79 Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty Jamaica -73 The Jamaica Hospital Brooklyn 81 East Brooklyn Churches Sponsoring Committee Henrietta -40 Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation Inc New Rochelle – 32 UGC Foundation Inc. Syracuse – 24 Loretto Management Corporation Yonkers – 72 Westhab, Inc. North Carolina Hendersonville – 24 Housing Assistance Corporation Lexington -30 United Church Homes & Services Inc. Winston-Salem-12 NC Housing Foundation Inc. North Dakota Grand Forks -30 Valley Homes and Services Ohio Cincinnati -96 Sal Army, a NY Corp Cincinnati -15 Over-the-Rhine Community Housing Dayton -40 St. Mary Development Corporation Hubbard -34 TRUMBULL COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORP. Maples Heights -38 CLEVELAND HOUSING NETWORK, INC. Whitehall -32 Columbus Housing Partnership, Inc. Pennsylvania Butler – 25 Comm Action Partnership of Mercer Co Natrona Heights-40 Comm Action Partnership of Mercer Co Philadelphia -40 Intercommunity Action, Inc Philadelphia -49 Philadelphia Pres Ho & Ser for the Aging Puerto Rico Utuado -32 PathStone Community Development Corp. of PR Rhode Island North Kingstown-16 Church Community Housing Corporation Pawtucket – 20 The ARC of Blackstone Valley, Inc. South Carolina Elloree-10 Orangeburg City Council on Aging Tennessee Oak Ridge -24 CRDC Texas Dallas-36 Juliette Fowler Homes, Inc. Houston-41 Avenue Community Development Corporation Houston-61 Retirement Housing Foundation San Antonio-33 Merced Housing Texas San Antonio-49 Retirement Housing Foundation Vermont Burlington -28 Cathedral Square Corp. Washington Bremerton -65 ABHOW Colville-14 Shalom Ecumenical Center Seattle-51 Low Income Housing Institute Walla Walla -13 Blue Mountain Action Council TOTAL Section 811 Grant Awards 2011 STATE CITY GRANTEE Alabama Dothan -8 units Wiregrass Rehabilitation Center, Inc. Alaska Fairbanks -8 units Fairbanks Resource Agency Soldotna -8 units Kenai Peninsula Housing Initiatives, Inc. Arkansas Hamburg – 12 Community Directions, Inc. Harrison -10 Boone County Special Services Little Rock -14 Easter Seals Arkansas California Marina -21 Interim, Inc. Reseda – 6 San Fernando Valley Assoc for Retard San Francisco -14 Mercy Housing California San Francisco -16 Mercy Housing California Van Nuys -25 Homes for Life Foundation Colorado Broomfield -6 Imagine! Steamboat Springs-8 Horizons Specialized Services, Inc Connecticut New London -12 The Connection Fund, Inc Florida Chipley – 15 Goodwill Industries - Big Bend Clearwater-14 Boley Centers, Inc. Clewiston-14 Goodwill Industries of SW FL Cocoa-7 Abilities of Florida Inc. Ft. Myers-14 Goodwill Industries of SW FL Lake City-14 Volunteers of America of Florida, Inc. Georgia Augusta -12 Georgia Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. Austell-4 Right In The Community, Inc. Austell-4 Right In The Community, Inc. Milledgeville-12 Georgia Behavioral Health Services, Inc. Oglethorpe-5 Camellia Manor, Inc Reynolds-5 The Water Oaks, Inc Idaho Coeur d'Alene-14 St. Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau Illinois Alton—12 Wellspring Resources Crete-6 SouthStar Services Freeport-25 Accessible Space, INC Joliet-6 Cornerstone Services Inc Shorewood-6 Cornerstone Services Inc Shorewood-6 Cornerstone Services Inc Indiana Griffith -15 Southlake Center for Mental Health, Inc. Kentucky Louisville-9 Cedar Lake Lodge Inc Winchester-11 Bluegrass Regional MH/MR Board Inc Louisiana Sulphur-9 Calcasieu Association for Retarded Citizens Maine Lewiston-2 John F. Murphy Homes, Inc. Mechanic Falls-2 John F. Murphy Homes, Inc. Maryland Frederick- 8 Way Station Germantown-10 Vesta, Inc. Takoma Park-7 Montgomery County Coalition Massachusetts Haverhill-5 Career Resources Westfield-5 The Association for Community Living Westfield-5 The Association for Community Living Michigan Auburn Hills-15 Community Housing Network Port Huron-12 Innovative Housing Development Corporation Mississippi Louisville-14 Focus Outreach Community Development Corp. Missouri Branson-15 Dignity Now, Inc. Cuba-14 Pathways Community Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. Farmington-14 East Missouri Action Agency, Inc. Kansas City-15 reStart Inc. Nebraska Bellevue-11 Sheltering Tree, Inc. New Jersey Absecon-8 CARING, Inc Blackwood-6 Collaborative Supp Program of NJ Inc Blackwood-8 Collaborative Supp Program of NJ Inc Egg Harbord Township-10 ARC of Atlantic Co, Inc Middletown-8 Allies, Inc New York Bronx-14 UCP Assn. of New York State, Inc. Cheektowaga-7 Community Services for the Development Dis Inc East Meadow-12 Nassau Assn. for Help of Ret. Children, Inc. Hamburg-12 Suburban Adult Services Lake Grove-15 Options for Community Living, Inc. North Carolina Chapel Hill-6 The Arc of North Carolina, Inc. Charlotte-13 Catholic Diocese of Charlotte Housing Corp. Charlotte-8 The Affordable Housing Group of NC Inc King-12 Christian Village, Inc. Monroe-5 The Arc of North Carolina, Inc. Shelby-15 Reinvestment in Communities of Gaston County, Inc Ohio Bellefontaine-13 Housing Service Alliance TOLEDO-12 Luther Home of Mercy WAUSEON-12 Filling Memorial Home of Mercy, Inc. Oklahoma Muskogee-10 Greater Muskogee Comm Found Oregon Portland-14 Robison Jewish Home (dba Cedar Sinai Pennsylvania Philadelphia-7 Columbus Property Management & Development Spring City-9 KenCrest Centers Rhode Island North Smithfield-8 NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley Providence-10 AIDS Care Ocean State Westerly-10 Operation Stand Down Rhode Island Tennessee Knoxville-9 Breakthrough Corporation Texas Austin-10 Easter Seals Central Texas Beaumont-15 Spindletop MHMRServices Cleveland-15 Tri-County Mental Health Mental Retardation Services Virginia Gloucester-12 Middle Peninsula- Northern Neck Community Services Washington Kennewick- 15 Shalom Ecumenical Center Seattle -21 Community Psychiatric Clinic Seattle-6 Plymouth Healing Communities Spokane-15 Community Frameworks West Virginia Charleston-14 Human Resource Development and Employment Wisconsin Madison-11 Movin' Out, INC Waukesha-8 Hebron House of Hospitality, INC Waukesha-8 Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin a TOTAL Steve Gold, The Disability Odyssey continues Back issues of other Information Bulletins are available online at http://www.stevegoldada.com with a searchable Archive at this site divided into different subjects. 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