6-NOFA 2025 AFFORDABLE RENTAL REHAB CONST ASSISTANCE 7.9.2026 Legal Notice.pdf
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- Multifamily SHIP Application 2025 RFA
- Solicitation number
- SHIP 2025
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- Monroe County, Florida
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This is a Notice of Funding Availability and Request for Competitive Solicitations issued by Monroe County, Florida, for the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program's Affordable Rental Construction and/or Rehabilitation Strategy. The solicitation seeks applications from eligible entities to develop or rehabilitate affordable rental housing units serving very low-income, low-income, moderate-income, and households up to 140 percent of Area Median Income residents throughout Monroe County. The application period opens August 10, 2026, and closes October 29, 2026, at 3:00 PM EST. Questions must be submitted through the Bonfire electronic bidding platform no later than October 9, 2026, at 5:00 PM EST, with all responses provided by October 16, 2026. Applications must be submitted via Monroe County's electronic bidding platform at https://monroecounty-fl.bonfirehub.com.
Monroe County has allocated $255,000.00 in SHIP funding for this initiative, with a maximum award per unit of $40,000.00. Funding will be structured as deferred payment loans secured by recorded Promissory Notes, Mortgages, Rental Monitoring Agreements, and Land Use Regulation Agreements with a fifteen-year loan term. For-profit entities must repay the full loan amount at maturity, while not-for-profit entities receive full loan forgiveness at maturity. Funding priorities are ranked as follows: first, preservation of assisted housing units; second, rehabilitation of existing rental units; and third, creation of new rental units through construction or rehabilitation. Within each priority level, applications are ranked by affordability period length, income-targeting percentages, and the lowest SHIP per-unit cost as a tiebreaker. Technical assistance is available from the Monroe County SHIP Administrator Cathy Crane at 305-292-4408, Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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County of Monroe The Florida Keys
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Mayor Michelle Lincoln, District 2
Mayor Pro Tem David Rice, District 4 Craig Cates, District 1 James K. Scholl, District 3 Holly Merrill Raschein, District 5
NOTICE OF SHIP FUNDING AVAILABLE AND
REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS
STRATEGY: Affordable Rental Construction and/or Rehabilitation - $255,000.00 The Monroe County State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program announces the availability of $255,000.00 in MONROE COUNTY SHIP FUNDING for the Affordable Rental Construction and/or Rehabilitation Strategy for SHIP State of Florida FY 2024-2025. The Monroe County SHIP Program serves Very Low Income, Low Income, Moderate Income, and households with up to 140% of the Area Median Income (AMI) residents throughout Monroe County, including incorporated areas.
• Maximum award per unit - $40,000.00
• Deferred payment loan secured by a recorded Promissory Note, Mortgage, Rental Monitoring Agreement, and Land Use Regulation Agreement (LURA)
• Years in loan term: Fifteen (15)
• Forgiveness: Not-for-Profit entities, full loan amount forgiven at maturity
For-Profit entities, full loan amount due at maturity
• Funding priority will be first for preservation of Assisted Housing Units, then second for the rehabilitation of existing rental units, and third for the creation of new rental units by construction or rehabilitation.
• Applications within each Priority 1, Priority 2, or Priority 3 will be processed and ranked on a priority/ scoring basis separately within each, based upon the criteria provided in the application packet. Priority base scoring for Priority 1, will be ranked on the preservation of Assisted Housing Units. Priority 2 and 3 will be ranked in the following order: the longest period of affordability, serving very low-income tenants, serving substantially (%) very low-income tenants, serving low-income tenants, serving substantially (%) low-income tenants, and serving moderate-income tenants. The tiebreaker for all priorities is the lowest SHIP per unit cost.
• Applications to be submitted via The County’s electronic bidding platform, Bonfire at https://monroecounty-fl.bonfirehub.com. The application period will run August 10, 2026 through October 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST
• Questions must be submitted utilizing the Bonfire platform no later than October 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST. For technical assistance, contact the Monroe County SHIP Administrator Cathy Crane at 305-292-4408 -Monday through Friday between 8am – 5pm.
• All Questions will be responded to and answered by October 16, 2026 by 5:00 PM EST.
Pursuant to F.S. § 50.0211(3)(a), all published competitive solicitation notices can be viewed at:
www.floridapublicnotices.com, a searchable Statewide repository for all published legal notices. Requirements for submission and the selection criteria may be requested from the County’s electronic bidding platform at https://monroecounty-fl.bonfirehub.com OR www.monroecounty-fl.gov/BonfireBids. The Public Record is available upon request. Monroe County Purchasing Department receives proposals via the Bonfire electronic bidding platform.
All proposals will be made public on the platform after an intended decision or 30 days from unsealing, whichever is earlier, unless the bids/proposals are rejected in accordance with F.S. § 119.071. If your proposal document includes financial information (not uploaded separately), that information will be considered public and viewable to the public in accordance with public records law.
Monroe County does not discriminate against any individual or group of individuals in any of its programs or activities, including the SHIP program, on the basis of handicap, age race, color, country of national origin, creed, religion, sex, or familial status, or any other condition which usually separates one individual or group of individuals from another.
EQUAL HOUSING LENDER
https://monroecounty-fl.bonfirehub.com/ http://www.floridapublicnotices.com/ https://monroecounty-fl.bonfirehub.com/ http://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/BonfireBids
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