13-Attachment A - Small Multi-Family Rehabilitation Projects Instructions Revised.pdf

Hillsborough County CDBG-DR Multifamily Rehabilitation for Small Projects

SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY

(NOFA)

Instructions for Multifamily Rehabilitation of:

Small Projects

(CDBG-DR)

Hurricanes Helene and Milton

Audrey Ziegler, Department Director

Hillsborough County received Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds from the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under Federal Register Notice 90 FR 4759, to support long-term disaster recovery efforts resulting from the effects of Hurricanes Helene and Milton to assist in the development, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of affordable multifamily housing for low-to moderate -income households. Eligible applications under this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) will need to meet the requirements of CDBG-DR funding.

Successful applications must meet the guidelines provided in this NOFA. To submit an application for consideration, complete the submission requirements listed here within. By submitting the attached application, the Proposer acknowledges its understanding of and agrees to adhere to all Federal, state, and local requirements associated with these funds.

General Information Hillsborough County is designated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as an entitlement community. Pursuant to the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025 (Public Law 118-158), Congress appropriated supplemental Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding to support long-term recovery from federally declared disasters.

HUD allocated $709,324,000 in CDBG-DR funds to Hillsborough County to address unmet recovery needs resulting from Hurricane Helene (FEMA-4828-DR-FL) and Hurricane Milton (FEMA-4834-DR-FL) through the Allocation Announcement Notice published in the Federal Register at 90 FR 4759 (January 16, 2025).

These funds are subject to the requirements set forth in HUD’s CDBG-DR Universal Notice (90 FR 1754), as applicable, including all waivers, alternative requirements, and programmatic guidance governing the administration, eligible use, and oversight of CDBG-DR funds. The County’s programs, policies, and procedures developed under this NOFA shall comply with the Universal Notice, as incorporated by reference in 90 FR 4759, and any subsequent HUD guidance or amendments, Program Documentation.

Hillsborough County’s Hurricanes Helene and Milton Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG- DR) Action Plan was approved by HUD on August 29, 2025, Action Plan, and $60,000,000 was allocated to the Multifamily Rehabilitation and Development Program to address storm-related repair and rehabilitation needs, support the reconstruction of damaged properties, and facilitate the development needs of additional affordable multi-family rental units.

This NOFA makes up to $10,000,000 in CDBG-DR funding available to address the rehabilitation of multifamily rental housing projects for households. For the purposes of this NOFA, “multifamily” projects is defined as five (5) to forty-nine (49) total units within the same development, which may or may not be connected dwellings.

Hillsborough County’s Social Services Department serves as the lead agency responsible for administering the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds allocated under this NOFA. In this role, the Department is accountable for ensuring that all funds are awarded in accordance with applicable federal requirements and are directed to eligible activities that meet a CDBG-DR National Objective. The Department will strategically allocate available resources to maximize community impact, promote effective use of funds, and ensure compliance with all programmatic and regulatory standards.

Principals of the Applicant, as defined in the Threshold Requirements section below, can only receive one award under this NOFA. Principals of the Applicant may submit more than one application but will only be eligible to receive one award.

NOTE: While CDBG-DR funds require compliance with certain federal regulations, such as Davis Bacon prevailing wage rates and Section 3, this funding does not require compliance with Build America Buy America (BABA).

https://rebuildingfortomorrow.hcfl.gov/en-US/programdocumentation/#policiesandprocedures https://rebuildingfortomorrow.hcfl.gov/en-US/actionplan/

Application and Review Process The projected dates and timelines are subject to change. Hillsborough County will publish all updates to the timeline in the County’s Euna Procurement System and online at https://rebuildingfortomorrow.hcfl.gov/en- US/programdocumentation/ (also available by clicking here). Email submissions will not be accepted.

Applicants are required to submit certain documentation as described further in this NOFA. The last page contains a summarized list of attachments. Please combine all applicable attachments into one Adobe PDF document for submission. Prior to each attachment, please include a header page with the attachment number and name listed.

Every attachment listed here should have a header page in the submitted PDF regardless of whether or not it is applicable. If an attachment is not applicable, supply a one-page document stating that it is “Not Applicable” after the header page. PDF bookmarks linked to each attachment header page are preferred.

Applicants are also required to complete and submit the NOFA Application Form, which is an Excel workbook that is available in the County’s Euna Procurement System. Applicants are to complete all sections of Tabs 1 through 12 in number order starting with Tab 1, as certain formulas depend upon responses within previous sections, until they have reached the “End of Tab” disclaimer on each tab or the workbook prompts the Applicant to continue to the next tab or section. This document will be submitted as an Excel workbook file separately from the PDF document described above.

NOFA Deadline – Applications are due no later than 5:00 P.M. EST on August 31, 2026.

Proposal Review and Evaluation Process:

Procurement receives all applications and required documentation to ensure application has been submitted properly based on three (3) reviews of the submission.

• 1. Procurement Staff will conduct an initial completeness review. Procurement will notify the Applicant via the County’s Euna Procurement System of the acceptability of their submission based on completeness.

• 2. Social Services Staff will conduct minimum threshold review to determine eligibility of the Application.

• 3. Scoring of all eligible responses will be evaluated by a Review Committee, and the Applications will be scored based on the submissions received by the Applicants.

• Omitted information at the time of the deadline will render the application incomplete and the Applicant unresponsive/ineligible.

Questions Period: Applicants will have until Wednesday, August 12, 2026, to submit questions regarding the NOFA and/or Technical Assistance requests regarding the Application Form. Following this date, the County will post all questions received and their answers to the County’s Euna Procurement System and no more questions or Technical Assistance requests will be answered.

Insurance Requirements

The County requires that successful Applicants obtain and maintain certain minimum insurance coverage in order to receive an award under this NOFA. At the time of underwriting (immediately after award), successful Applicants must provide proof of insurance meeting the County’s requirements and adhere to the additional requirements as described below, where “Contractor” means “successful Applicant” and “Contract” means “Agreement”:

• Commercial General Liability: Commercial General Liability Insurance covering bodily injury and property damage in a form and with coverage that is satisfactory to the County. This insurance shall include personal and advertising injury liability, products and completed operations, contractual liability coverage for the indemnity provided under this Contract, and have no limitation of coverage to designated premises, project, or operation. Coverage shall be written on an occurrence basis in an amount of not less than:

https://rebuildingfortomorrow.hcfl.gov/en-US/programdocumentation/ o Bodily Injury and Property Damage Each Occurrence: $1,000,000 o Damage to Rented Premises Each Occurrence: $50,000 o Medical Expenses Any One Person: $5,000 o Personal & Advertising Injury Each Occurrence: $1,000,000 o Products/Complete Operations Each Occurrence: $1,000,000 o General Aggregate: $1,000,000 o Products/Completed Operations Aggregate: $2,000,000

• Automobile Liability Insurance: Automobile Liability Insurance covering Contractor's business use including coverages for all owned, non-owned, or hired vehicles for bodily injury and property damage. Use of personal automobile liability insurance coverage may be acceptable if evidence that the policy includes a business endorsement is provided. Combined single limit of no less than $300,000.

• Workers’ Compensation & Employers’ Liability: All employers, including Contractor, that employ subject workers, as defined per Florida Statute, shall comply and provide workers' compensation insurance coverage for those workers, unless they meet the requirement for an exemption for having less than 4 employees (3 or less employees) or no employees. Each accident: $100,000 for disease, and $500,000 disease policy limit.

Contractor shall require and ensure that each of its subcontractors comply with these requirements.

Contractor shall require and ensure that each of its subcontractors comply with these requirements.

Contractor shall also obtain employers' liability insurance coverage with limits not less than $500,000.

• Excess/Umbrella Insurance: A combination of primary and excess/umbrella insurance may be used to meet the required limits of insurance.

• Builders Risk: When a procurement involves a building under construction (or renovation/upgrade) - .No less than an amount equal to 100% of the completed value of the project, or the value of the equipment to be installed. Coverage shall be for all risks and include, but not be limited to, storage and transport of materials, equipment, supplies of any kind whatsoever to be use on or incidental to the project, and theft coverage.

• Installation Floater: When equipment, materials and fixtures are to be installed – Installation floater at cost of equipment only, no labor or fees.

• Additional Insured Endorsement (Separate from the statement on the Certificate of Insurance, the Endorsement page(s) must be included): All liability insurance, except for Workers' Compensation, Professional Liability (if applicable), and Cyber Liability (if applicable), required under this Contract must include an additional insured endorsement specifying Hillsborough County, its officers, employees, and agents as Additional Insureds, including additional insured status with respect to liability arising out of ongoing operations and completed operations, but only with respect to Contractor's activities to be performed under this Contract. Coverage shall be primary and non-contributory with any other insurance and self- insurance. A blanket Additional Insured endorsement will suffice.

• Notice of Change or Cancellation: The Contractor or its insurer must provide at least 30 days' written notice to Hillsborough County before cancellation of, material change to, potential exhaustion of aggregate limits of, or non-renewal of the required insurance coverage(s).

• Insurance Requirement Review: Contractor agrees to periodic review of insurance requirements by Hillsborough County under this Contract and to provide updated requirements as mutually agreed upon by Contractor and Hillsborough County.

• Certificate(s) and Proof of Insurance: Contractor shall provide to Hillsborough County Certificate(s) of Insurance for all required insurance before performing any

• Services required under this Contract. The Certificate(s) shall list Hillsborough County, its officers, employees, and agents as a Certificate holder and as an endorsed Additional Insured. The Certificate(s) shall also include all required endorsements or copies of the applicable policy language effecting coverage required by this Contract. If excess/umbrella insurance is used to meet the minimum insurance requirement, the Certificate of Insurance must include a list of all policies that fall under the excess/umbrella insurance. As proof of insurance Hillsborough County has the right to request copies of insurance policies and endorsements relating to the insurance requirements in this Contract.

• County Acceptance: All insurance providers are subject to Hillsborough County acceptance. If requested by Hillsborough County, Contractor shall provide complete copies of insurance policies, endorsements, self-insurance documents and related insurance documents to Hillsborough County's representatives responsible for verification of the insurance coverages required under this contract/agreement.

• Certificate Holder shall be designated as: Hillsborough County BOCC, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. 17th Floor, Tampa, FL 33602, Attn: Risk Management

Application Designations

All applications must be for projects with a minimum of 5 total units and a maximum of 49 total units and propose rehabilitation that involves bringing all units up to current code (Construction Codes & Ordinances | Hillsborough County, FL). Applicants must have owned the property prior to the storms, must still own the property, and will continue to own the property following the rehabilitation. Applications involving acquisition will not be considered in this NOFA.

1. Priority 1 Applications (Direct Tie-Back to Disaster)

To be considered a Priority 1 application, the development must currently have one or more units with unresolved storm damage, and the rehabilitation must bring all units in the development up to current code.

a. Storm damage means: Damage sustained by Hurricanes Helene (DR-4828-FL) and/or Milton (DR- 4834-FL), where the incident periods are September 23rd, 2024, through October 7th, 2024, and October 5th through November 2nd, 2024, respectively.

b. Currently affordable or market rate (unrestricted) developments are able to apply, provided they can meet the requirement in a. above.

i. All units, including currently affordable and currently market rate developments must commit to the minimum affordability requirements of 80% of the total units in the development at 80% AMI or less for a minimum of 20 years.

Attachment 1 – Proof of Storm Damage: In order to be considered a Priority 1 application, the Applicant must provide documentation evidencing unresolved storm damage sustained by Hurricanes Helene and/or Milton, such as damage assessments prepared for insurance claims, FEMA, etc.; dated photos showing existing damage conditions, geotagging or timestamps; insurance adjuster reports documenting scope of loss; FEMA inspection summaries indicating FEMA DR #; or construction and repair records, etc.

2. Priority 2 Applications

To be considered a Priority 2 application, the application must meet criteria a. or b. below:

a. The development does not qualify as a Priority 1 Application and currently has one or more units that are uninhabitable due to damage that was not caused by the storms or deferred maintenance, and where the rehabilitation would restore all uninhabitable units to habitable. The rehabilitation must bring all units in the development up to current code; AND/OR https://hcfl.gov/businesses/permits-and-records/permitting-tools/construction-codes-and-ordinances https://hcfl.gov/businesses/permits-and-records/permitting-tools/construction-codes-and-ordinances

Attachment 2 – Proof of Uninhabitability: In order to be considered a Priority 2 application under 2.a. above, the Applicant must provide documentation evidencing that the units are uninhabitable due to conditions not attributable to the qualifying storm events or deferred maintenance.

Acceptable documentation may include licensed inspection or engineering reports, environmental assessments, code enforcement determinations, or other objective evidence identifying the cause of the condition and confirming its impact on habitability. Applicants must also provide supporting documents, as applicable, demonstrating that the condition is not the result of inadequate maintenance.

b. The development is currently market rate (unrestricted), does not qualify as a Priority 1 Application, and will commit to restricting a minimum of 80% of the units in the development at 80% AMI or less for a minimum of 20 years. The rehabilitation must bring all units in the development up to current code.

Threshold Requirements

1. Applicant Eligibility (as defined in the Multifamily Program Policies and Procedures):

Principals of the Applicant are defined as follows:

• For a corporation (for-profit or nonprofit):

o Each officer, director, executive director, and shareholder of the corporation.

• For a nonprofit organization:

o Each officer, director, executive director (or equivalent senior management official), and any individual exercising managerial or fiduciary control over the organization.

• For a limited partnership:

o Each general partner and each limited partner of the limited partnership.

• For a limited liability company:

o Each manager and each member of the limited liability company.

• For a trust:

o Each trustee of the trust and all beneficiaries of majority age (i.e.; 18 years of age) as of

Application deadline.

• For a Public Housing Authority:

o Each officer, director, commissioner, and executive director of the Authority.

• For a Unit of General Local Government (UGLG):

o The chief executive officer or chief administrative official (e.g., Mayor, County

Administrator, City Manager), the head of the department or agency responsible for program implementation, and any other individual authorized to exercise decision-making or financial control over the proposed activity.

For the purposes of evaluating experience and eligibility criteria, the County will rely on principals that are natural persons. If an Applicant has multiple principal levels, such as a limited partnership, then the Principals of the Applicant, for the purposes of evaluation, shall be further defined as the natural person principals of all entities that form the overall Applicant (e.g. the principals of each general partner and each limited partner, and so on until the principals are natural persons).

Applicants must meet ALL of the following requirements:

1. Applicant is a unit of general local government, private non-profit or for-profit entity, private multifamily property owners, or Public Housing Authority that owns or has site control of the property suitable for the rehabilitation of multifamily affordable housing units (5 to 49);

Attachment 3 – Formation Documentation: Applicants must provide formation documentation (e.g., articles of incorporation or equivalent), for the Applicant Entity, which is the entity that owns the property that is the subject of the application. Applicants that are a natural person and own the development directly are exempt from this requirement.

Attachment 4 – Certificate of Good Standing: Applicants must provide a current Certificate of Status or Certificate of Good Standing from the Florida Division of Corporations that must be valid through the NOFA deadline. Applicants that are a natural person and own the development directly are exempt from this requirement.

The Applicant must also disclose applicant entity type (e.g., private non-profit, PHA, UGLG, limited liability company, etc.) when completing principal disclosure list as part of the NOFA Application Form.

2. At least one Principal of the Applicant has experience operating or managing affordable housing within the last 36 months prior to the NOFA deadline;

The Applicant must disclose who on the team has the experience operating or managing affordable housing within the last 36 months and must disclose the name and address of the property/project for which that individual gained that experience.

3. Applicants proposing a project that includes an occupied structure requiring tenant relocation must demonstrate prior experience complying with URA:

o Applicants must document that at least one Principal of the Applicant or a contracted consultant/firm has completed at least three (3) URA-compliant relocation projects within the past five (5) years in which the number of residents relocated in each project was equal to at least 75 percent of the number of residents proposed to be relocated under the current project. Applicants that include PHAs as a Principal of the Applicant are exempt from this requirement.

The Applicant must disclose which Principal of the Applicant, or if they have contracted with a consultant, has at minimum three (3) URA-compliant relocation projects within the past five (5) years. Applicant must also disclose the names and addresses of those URA-compliant projects and the make-up/unit mix (number of residents vs number of residents relocated) for each of them.

o Attachment 5 – Relocation Plan: Applicants, including PHAs as a Principal of the Applicant, must also submit a comprehensive relocation plan for the current project that is compliant with the County’s Residential Anti-Displacement & Assistance Plan (RARAP). Please note that, consistent with Uniform Relocation Assistance (URA) requirements, no residents may be involuntarily displaced prior to the initiation of the Applicant’s predevelopment activities or the County’s official announcement of the NOFA. The look-back period for the vacancy requirement will therefore begin on the earlier of these two dates: (1) the start of predevelopment activities or (2) the announcement of the NOFA.

4. Applicant owns or possesses other legal contract for the use and development of the project site.

Consistent with Section III.A.3.vi of the Universal Notice, the county will also accept alternative methods of documentation to establish ownership or site control when standard documentation is not available.

o NOTE: Applicant owns or possesses other legal contractual agreement for the use and development of the project site means that the Applicant can demonstrate site control through a valid purchase contract, option agreement, or other legally binding agreement/legal instrument (e.g. deed, option to lease, option to purchase, purchase and sales agreement, long-term lease)

Attachment 6 – Site Control: Applicant must provide documentation that demonstrates site control.

Acceptable forms of documentation include recorded deed showing the Applicant entity as the owner; executed purchase and sale agreement; option agreement; long-term ground lease or land lease, or other legally binding instrument. The entity that is listed as having site control, according to the documentation provided, must match the name of the Applicant Entity. The documentation provided for proof of site control must provide site control to the Applicant Entity through at least the end of the affordability term, which is a minimum of 20 years.

5. All Principals of the Applicant may not be presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in federal programs, as indicated by System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov). Any Applicant with a principal on the excluded parties list (www.sam.gov/SAM/) will be considered ineligible for funding.

Applicants must disclose their 12-character alphanumeric UEI# for verification on SAM.gov.

Applicants must have an active registration in SAM.gov and obtain a valid Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) prior to award. The SAM registration must remain active throughout the term of the award.

6. All Principals of the Applicant must be in good standing with state and federal taxes (SUTA, FUTA, income, etc.) or in an approved and executed repayment plan.

At application, Applicants must certify that they are in good standing with all federal taxes or in an approved repayment plan. At credit underwriting, Applicants must be able to provide IRS Tax Account Transcript that shows filing status and indicates taxes paid or any balances due, or IRS Letter of Good Standing; Proof of Payment or Approved Payment Plan – all within 90 days;

7. All Principals of the Applicant may not be, at time of application submission, party to any active legal or court action related to fair housing and must disclose all legal or court actions in which the applicant is currently involved.

The Applicant must certify that neither the Applicant nor any principal is currently a party to any pending or unresolved litigation, administrative proceedings, or enforcement action related to fair housing laws. The County reserves the right to verify such certifications through available federal and state databases and other publicly available sources.

2. Property Eligibility (as defined in the Multifamily Program Policies and Procedures)

All properties/developments must meet ALL of the following requirements:

• Proposed property must be located in Hillsborough County, FL.

• Eligible properties must contain a minimum of five (5) residential units and may not exceed forty-nine (49) total residential units.

• Properties intending to meet a rehabilitation activity must have been owned by an eligible applicant at the time of the qualifying event (Hurricane(s) Helene and Milton) and must still be owned by that applicant.

o The appropriate zoning must be in place for the anticipated project.

• Proposed activities may not exceed project or per unit award caps as defined in the NOFA(s) (see Section 4.c. below).

• The greater of 80% or the number of units assisted with CDBG-DR funds must be occupied exclusively by LMI households, and any developments must be 80%, at minimum, occupied by LMI households, defined as 80% AMI.

• All structures located in the 100-year or 500-year floodplain according to the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) must be elevated with the lowest floor, including the basement, at least two feet above Base Flood Elevation (BFE). A final elevation certificate will be required. Priority may be given to projects outside of the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA).

o NOTE: If a development is located within the 100-year or 500-year floodplain and the project would be considered a Substantial Improvement under 24 CFR 55.2(b)(12), then the elevation requirements above would be required unless HUD approves a waiver for the project. If the project is not considered a Substantial Improvement under 24 CFR 55.2(b)(12), then the elevation requirements do not apply. Applicants may use the following resource in order to determine whether or not the development is within the 100-year or 500-year floodplain: FEMA Flood Map Service Center | Search By Address

3. Affordability and Loan Terms

a. Affordability

All Applicants must commit to restricting a minimum of 80% of the total units in the development at 80% AMI or less for a minimum of 20 years. This will be enforced by a recorded Land Use Restriction Agreement (LURA). The program maximum income limits and rent limits are included below. The gross rents, which are equal to the rent charged to the tenant plus any utility allowance, set for units without project-based Section 8 assistance, as evidenced by a HAP contract, cannot exceed the rent limit associated with the CDBG-DR program rent limits below.

FY 2026

Income Limit Area Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA Median Family Income $104,700

FY 2026

Income Limit Category

Person

Person

Person

Person

Person

Person

Person

Person

Low (80%) Income Limits ($) 64,250 73,400 82,600 91,750 99,100 106,450 113,800 121,150 https://msc.fema.gov/portal/search

FY 2026 Rent Limit Area Hillsborough County / Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA FY 2026 Rent Limit Category

Bedrooms

Bedroom

Bedrooms

Bedrooms

Bedrooms

Bedrooms

Low (80%) Rent Limits ($) 1,606 1,720 2,065 2,385 2,661 2,936

b. Loan Terms

All Applicants accept that the County will offer these CDBG-DR funds in the form of a deferred-payment loan with a 20-year term and no required repayments throughout the term. The loan will be enforced by a recorded mortgage and promissory note. The loan may be forgivable at the end of the term if the property remains in compliance with the affordability requirements.

4. Scope of Work and Financial Feasibility

a. Scope of Work

Attachment 7 – Scope of Work: All Applicants must provide a Capital Needs Assessment or other damage assessment that justifies the scope of rehabilitation. All CNAs or other damage assessments must be performed by a third party that is unrelated to the Applicant. All Applicants must provide the following:

i. The most recent CNA or other damage assessment that has been done following any repairs (if applicable); OR

ii. The initial damage assessment that was done by the Applicant’s insurance provider or another unrelated third party immediately following the storms, with a list of work items that have already been completed (if applicable)

1. Preventative measures to the property, such as temporary repairs to the property to keep the property from sustaining additional damage, would not be considered as a work item that has already been completed

All damage assessments or CNAs must clearly identify, and document all proposed rehabilitation activities. The CNA or other damage assessment must further confirm that all completed rehabilitation work will meet applicable local building codes and standards include dollar amounts for the costs associated with the rehabilitation and must be prepared by a third-party that is unrelated to the applicant. If the CNA or damage assessment that has already been performed for the project did not originally include code compliance, the Applicant must consult with an architect in order to provide a scope for code compliance items. A new CNA may or may not be required after tentative award, depending on the age of the submitted CNA or the County’s need to confirm costs.

b. Project Financial Feasibility

All Applicants must provide the following within the NOFA Application Form:

i. A detailed development budget, identifying what costs will be paid for by each of the project sources (insurance proceeds, CDBG-DR funds, or any other sources); AND

ii. A detailed operating pro forma, where the rental income does not take tenant-based Section 8 vouchers into account.

jj. Attachment 8 – Project-Based Section 8: Project-based Section 8 assistance will only be considered in the calculation of operating income if the Applicant provides a current Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract or an award letter from an allocating authority.

1. For currently market rate properties that would be committing to being affordable through this program, the debt service coverage ratio (net operating income, which is the total property income less operating expenses, divided by the total debt payments) must be at least 1.10 and no more than 1.45.

5. Leveraging of CDBG-DR Funds

a. Attachment 9 – Proof of Additional Financing: Applicants must provide Letters of Commitment or

Award Letters for any other funding from financial institutions, government, and quasi-governmental organizations external to their organization. In order to utilize a source in the development budget, the Applicant must provide letters of committed funds supporting the specific project. All letters must be on the letterhead of the organization making the commitment and must include a date, funding amount, the name of the project and/or Applicant Entity, funding terms, any requirement payments, and an authorized signature of the organization with contact information. If the Applicant has received a new allocation of tax-exempt bonds, they must provide a letter or other confirmation from the HFA or State Agency stating/confirming that they have submitted an application (applied for tax-exempt bonds), their request amount, and the fact that they have not closed. If the Applicant has received a new allocation of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, they must provide the Invitation to Enter into Credit Underwriting from Florida Housing Finance Corporation. All letters must demonstrate that the funding is applicable to the specific project detailed in this application.

**Please do not include letters of support from Hillsborough County Elected Officials or Staff**

Applicants must also provide statements of all insurance proceeds received to date and an estimate of any outstanding insurance proceeds expected to be received.

If insurance proceeds or any other duplicative funds are found to have been received that are not listed in the application, or if additional insurance proceeds or any other duplicative funds are received in the future, it will result in a reduction of the award or recapture.

Attachment 10 – Duplication of Benefits Certification: Applicants must complete and submit a Duplication of Benefits Certification form in which they certify that they have disclosed all funds received by the Applicant related to Hurricane(s) Helene and/or Milton as a whole, not just related to the specific project, within the NOFA Application Form.

Hillsborough County will also complete Duplication of Benefits (DOB) Review prior to closing. This review is to ensure that funds were not received since the proposal was selected to receive a project award. Applicant awardees will be required to execute a Subrogation Agreement as part of their grant agreement with the Program.

b. Maximum Developer Fee

Developer fee earned through this program may not exceed 9% of the total development costs, not including the developer fee or any reserves.

c. CDBG-DR Request Amount

The Applicant’s CDBG-DR request amount must be at least $500,000 and cannot exceed the lesser of the following

i. $1,500,000

ii. The difference between the total amount needed to complete the rehabilitation (total cost) and the total insurance proceeds received and/or expected to be received (not including proceeds spent on previous work) plus any other funding sources, if they exist.

6. Code Violations

Applicants that currently have major code violations that require intervention by code enforcement may not be eligible for consideration under this program.

Applicants will be required to complete and provide a certification within the NOFA Application Form in which they either confirm that they have not been subject to any code violations or list all known violations, including identification numbers. The County will verify this information in their system of record. Search Code Violation Cases | Hillsborough County, FL .

Applicants must provide certification from code enforcement confirming no current violations at the time of underwriting (immediately after award).

7. Proximity to Public Transportation and Community Amenities

All applications will be evaluated and given a score for their proximity to Public Transportation and Community Amenities. The score earned by an application is not applied to their total application score.

All applications must designate a Development Location Point (DLP) from which all distances for proximity scoring will be measured. The DLP must be within the boundaries of the site that is owned by the Applicant and stated as latitude and longitude coordinates to the sixth decimal place.

If an Applicant wishes to submit an application that contains multiple sites, a part of the boundary of each of the sites must be located within ½ mile of a part of the boundary of the site with the most units. Applicants that have possession of multiple sites to be used for the development must submit latitude and longitude coordinates and evidence of site control for all sites that will be used for the development but must designate only one DLP on one of the sites.

Attachment 11 – Site Map: Applicants must provide an overhead/aerial map of the site denoting the DLP(s), which should be labeled as “DLP #1”, “DLP #2”, etc.

a. For the purpose of this NOFA, Public Transportation is defined as public bus stops. Applicants can submit the locations of up to three (3) public bus stops as part of their application, but no more than two can be Sister Stops. The locations of bus stops provided in the application must be in service as of the NOFA Deadline. Applicants must provide the bus stop names and/or numbers, the routes, and the locations of bus stops as the nearest intersection.

i. Sister Stops: two bus stops that (i) are separated by a street or intersection from each https://hcfl.gov/residents/property-owners-and-renters/code-violations/search-code-violation-cases https://hcfl.gov/residents/property-owners-and-renters/code-violations/search-code-violation-cases other; (ii) are within 0.2 miles of each other; (iii) serve the same bus route(s); and (iv) are served by buses that travel in different directions.

ii. Areas without Bus Access: areas where the nearest bus stop is two (2) or more miles away.

iii. Latitude and Longitude Points: The County has prepared a guide for generating latitude and latitude points that are acceptable within the application. Please see this guide as a separate attachment in the County’s Euna Procurement System for reference.

b. For the purpose of this NOFA, there are four types of Community Amenities, which are a Grocery Store, Pharmacy, Medical Facility, or Public School. Applicants must provide the street addresses for existing buildings or the nearest intersection for buildings under construction for three (3) distinct Community Amenity types. Singular locations that include more than one type of Community Amenity, such as a Grocery Store that contains a Pharmacy, would be considered as providing two of the three required Community Amenity types.

i. Grocery Store: a retail food store consisting of 4,500 square feet or more of contiguous airconditioned space available to the public, that has been issued a food permit, current and in force as of the dates outlined below, issued by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service (FDACS) which designates the store as a Grocery Store or Supermarket within the meaning of those terms for purposes of FDACS-issued food permits. Additionally, it must have (i) been in existence and available for use by the general public as of the NOFA Deadline; or (ii) is currently under construction AND will be one of the following: Aldi, Bravo Supermarkets, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Costco Wholesale, Fresh Market, Publix, Sam’s Club, Sav – A – Lot, SuperTarget, Trader Joe’s, Walmart Neighborhood Market, Walmart Supercenter, Whole Foods, Winn-Dixie.

ii. Pharmacy: A community pharmacy operating under a valid permit issued pursuant to s.

465.018, F.S., current and in force as of the dates outlined below and open to the general public at least five days per week without the requirement of a membership fee.

Additionally, it must have (i) been in existence and available for use by the general public as of the NOFA Deadline; or (ii) is currently under construction AND be one of the following: Costco Wholesale, CVS, Navarro’s, Publix, Sav – A – Lot, Target, Walgreens, Wal-Mart, Winn-Dixie.

iii. Medical Facility: A facility with at least one physician licensed under Chapter 458 or 459, F.S. available to provide medical treatment to patients by walk-in or by appointment. This may be a clinic or a doctor’s office that provides general wellness services (such as diagnostic services or treating ongoing medical issues) to all patients over the age of five years old, or a hospital that provides emergency services. Facilities that only treat specific medical conditions, (e.g. Class II, III or IV hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, or rehabilitation centers), or facilities that only treat specific conditions, ages, or genders (such as children’s hospitals or women’s health centers), will not be accepted. Additionally, it must have been in existence and available for use by the general public as of the NOFA Deadline.

iv. Public School: Either (i) a public elementary, middle, junior and/or high school, where the principal admission criterion is the geographic proximity to the school; or (ii) a charter school or a magnet school, if the charter school or magnet school is open to appropriately aged children who apply, without additional requirements for admissions such as payment of fees or tuition or demographic diversity considerations. Additionally, it must have been in existence and available for use by the general public as of the NOFA

Deadline.

c. Proximity Scoring Charts

Transit Scoring Criteria if One Bus Stop is Used for Evaluation

Within Tampa City Limits Outside of Tampa City Limits Points Received

<=0.3 miles <=0.3 miles 2

0.3 miles < and <= 0.4 miles 0.3 miles < and <= 0.75 miles 1.5

0.4 miles < and <= 0.5 miles 0.75 miles < and <= 1 mile 1

0.5 miles < and <= 0.75 miles 1 mile < and <= 1.25 miles 0.5

>0.75 miles >1.25 miles 0

Transit Scoring Criteria if Two Bus Stops are Used for Evaluation

(distance from furthest bus stop)

Within Tampa City Limits Outside of Tampa City Limits Points Received

<=0.3 miles <=0.3 miles 4

0.3 miles < and <= 0.4 miles 0.3 miles < and <= 0.75 miles 3

0.4 miles < and <= 0.5 miles 0.75 miles < and <= 1 mile 2

0.5 miles < and <= 0.75 miles 1 mile < and <= 1.25 miles 1

>0.75 miles >1.25 miles 0

Transit Scoring Criteria if Three Bus Stops are Used for Evaluation

(distance from furthest bus stop)

Within Tampa City Limits Outside of Tampa City Limits Points Received

<=0.3 miles <=0.3 miles 6

0.3 miles < and <= 0.4 miles 0.3 miles < and <= 0.75 miles 5.5

0.4 miles < and <= 0.5 miles 0.75 miles < and <= 1 mile 5

0.5 miles < and <= 0.75 miles 1 mile < and <= 1.25 miles 4.5

Scoring Criteria per Grocery Store, Pharmacy, and Medical Facility

Within Tampa City Limits Outside of Tampa City Limits Points Received

<=0.3 miles <=0.3 miles 4

0.3 miles < and <= 0.5 miles 0.3 miles < and <= 0.75 miles 3.5

0.5 miles < and <= 0.75 miles 0.75 miles < and <= 1 mile 3

0.75 miles < and <= 1 mile 1 mile < and <= 1.25 miles 2.5

1 mile < and <= 1.25 miles 1.25 miles < and <= 1.5 miles 2

1.25 miles < and <= 1.5 miles 1.5 miles < and <= 1.75 miles 1.5

1.5 miles < and <= 1.75 miles 1.75 miles < and <= 2 miles 1

1.75 miles < and <= 2 miles 2 miles < and <= 2.25 miles 0.5

>2 miles >2.25 miles 0

Scoring Criteria per Public School

Within Tampa City Limits Outside of Tampa City Limits Points Received

<=0.5 miles <=0.75 miles 4

0.5 miles < and <= 0.75 miles 0.75 miles < and <= 1 mile 3.5

0.75 miles < and <= 1 mile 1 mile < and <= 1.25 miles 3

1 mile < and <= 1.25 miles 1.25 miles < and <= 1.5 miles 2.5

1.25 miles < and <= 1.5 miles 1.5 miles < and <= 1.75 miles 2

1.5 miles < and <= 1.75 miles 1.75 miles < and <= 2 miles 1.5

1.75 miles < and <= 2 miles 2 miles < and <= 2.25 miles 1

>2 miles >2.25 miles 0

Preferences

1. Accessibility Improvements Preference

Projects that commit to having a minimum of 5% of the total project units accessible to mobility-impaired persons and 2% of total project units, or at least one (1) unit (whichever is larger), accessible to sensory-impaired persons will receive 5 points towards their total application score.

The costs associated with these improvements must be included in the scope of work, as evidenced by the documents provided in the Scope of Work Attachment.

2. Reduced Resident Displacement Preference

Projects that require no relocation, no relocation off-site, or minimal relocation off-site (less than 30% of total units require relocation) will be eligible for 5 points towards their total application score.

Applicants will be required to disclose if their project requires relocation, the number of residents to be relocated, and where those residents will be relocated (off-site or on-site), as part of the NOFA Application.

Scoring Criteria

1. Scoring Rubric

Criteria Category Description Points Available

Project Readiness

10 points A qualified General Contractor has been identified

20 Points

10 Points

5 points: Permits have been applied for

10 points: Permits are not required or permits have been approved

Affordable Units Brought Online (Note: there are two options for earning 20 points. If an application meets both criteria, only 20 points will be awarded)

20 Points

10 Points: A portion of the units were uninhabitable and will be restored from uninhabitable to habitable and up to current industry standards.

20 Points: 100% of the units were uninhabitable and will be restored from uninhabitable to habitable and up to current industry standards. 20 Points

20 points

For currently market rate properties that commit to the minimum 20-year affordability for at least 80% of the units (at 80% AMI or less).

Preferences 5 Points Accessibility Improvements Preference

10 Points

5 Points Reduced Resident Displacement Preference

Total Maximum Points Available 50 Points

Attachment 12 – Permit Form: In order to receive points related to permits under the Project Readiness section above, Applicants must submit the applicable permit form, available in the County’s Euna Procurement System.

2. Tiebreakers

In the application selection process, should a tie between two or more applications occur, the County will utilize the following tie-breakers in the order they are listed until the applications are no longer tied.

a. Per-Unit CDBG-DR Request

The County would select the application that has the lower per-unit CDBG-DR request amount, which is calculated as the total CDBG-DR request divided by the total number of CDBG-DR eligible units.

b. Proximity Score

The County would select the application that has the higher total score that was determined in the proximity evaluation process.

Goals

The County may enact funding goals where, in the application selection process, applications that qualify for a funding goal would be sorted by total application score only amongst other applications that qualify for that goal.

Applications that meet funding goals will be selected prior to continuing with the general selection process based on total application score alone.

1. Funding Goal #1 (first application selected for funding) – LMI Area Goal

To qualify for the LMI Area Goal, the application must be an application where the proposed site(s) is entirely located within a HUD-Designated Qualified Census Tract (QCT).

As stated in the description of the Site Map Attachment, Applicants must provide a map of the site with the latitude and longitude coordinates to the 6th decimal place and parcel boundaries. County staff will verify if the location of the site falls within a HUD-Designated QCT.

Application Selection Process

In the application selection process, eligible Priority 1 Applications will be selected for funding first in the selection process. Should any CDBG-DR funding remain following the selection of all eligible Priority 1 Applications, or there is not enough CDBG-DR funding remaining to fully fund any unfunded, eligible Priority 1 Applications, the application selection process will continue with the selection of eligible Priority 2 Applications.

1. LMI Area Goal

The first application selected for funding will be the eligible Priority 1 application with the highest score that qualifies for the LMI Area Goal. If there are no eligible Priority 1 applications that qualify for the LMI Area Goal, then the application selected for funding will be the eligible Priority 2 application with the highest score that qualifies for the LMI Area Goal. If there are no eligible applications that qualify for the LMI Area Goal, then the application selection process will continue as described below.

2. Priority 1 Applications

The next applications selected for funding will be the highest-scoring, unfunded eligible applications that are considered Priority 1 Applications. Should the amount of CDBG-DR funds remaining not be sufficient to fully fund the next highest-ranking application’s CDBG-DR request amount, the County may fund a lower scoring application with a CDBG-DR request amount that can be fully funded.

The County will select Priority 1 Applications in this manner until all Priority 1 applications have been funded, all of the CDBG-DR funds have been allocated, or there is not enough CDBG-DR funding remaining to fund any of the remaining eligible, unfunded Priority 1 Applications.

Should any of the CDBG-DR funds remain following this process, the County will proceed with the remainder of the application selection process as described below.

3. Priority 2 Applications

The next application(s) selected for funding will be the highest-scoring, unfunded eligible applications that are considered Priority 2 applications. Should the amount of CDBG-DR funding remaining not be sufficient to fully fund the next highest-ranking application’s CDBG-DR request amount, the County may fund a lower scoring application with a CDBG-DR request amount that can be fully funded.

The County will select Priority 2 applications in this manner until all Priority 2 applications have been funded, all of the CDBG-DR funding has been allocated, or there is not enough CDBG-DR funding to fund any of the remaining eligible, unfunded Priority 2 applications.

Attachments Checklist

☐Fully Completed NOFA Application Form ☐Attachment 1 - Proof of Storm Damage (as applicable) ☐Attachment 2 - Proof of Uninhabitability (as applicable) ☐Attachment 3 - Formation Documentation (as applicable) ☐Attachment 4 - Certificate of Good Standing (as applicable) ☐Attachment 5 - Relocation Plan (as applicable) ☐Attachment 6 - Site Control ☐Attachment 7 - Scope of Work ☐ Attachment 8 - Project-Based Section 8 (as applicable) ☐ Attachment 9 - Proof of Additional Financing (as applicable) ☐Attachment 10 - Duplication of Benefits Certification ☐Attachment 11 - Site Map ☐Attachment 12 - Permit Form (as applicable)