The Source forHousing Solutions

Supportive Housing and Olmstead – CDFI/Developer Experience

Andrew Baldwin, Director of Loan Originations, CSH

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Our Mission

Advancing housing solutions that:

What We Do

CSH is a touchstone for new ideas and best practices, a collaborative and pragmatic community partner, and an influential advocate for supportive housing.

Research-backed tools, trainings and knowledge

sharing

Powerful capital funds, specialty loan products and development expertise

Custom community planning and cutting-edge innovations

Systems reform, policy collaboration and advocacy

Supportive Housing is the Solution

Coordinated Services

Housing: AffordablePermanentIndepende

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Support:Flexible

VoluntaryTenant-

centered

Supportive housing combines affordable housing with services that help people who face the most complex challenges to live with stability, autonomy and dignity.

Employment Services

Case Managemen

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Primary Health

Services

Mental Health

Services

Substance Abuse

Treatment

Parenting/ Coaching Life Skills

Affordable Housing

High Quality Supportive Housing

A variety of housing models exist with common factors including:

Located in within safe neighborhoods with close proximity to:

•Transportation

•Employment opportunities

•Services

•shopping, recreation and socialization.

Tenants have a lease identical to those of tenants who are not in supportive housing.

Services are voluntary and consumer-driven. They focus on ensuring that tenants can obtain and thrive in stable housing, regardless of barriers they may face.

The housing and its tenants are good neighbors, contributing to meeting community needs and goals whenever possible.

Approaches to creating supportive housing in an Olmstead context

Development approaches: Scattered Site Integrated / Mixed Tenancy Single-site

Olmstead impacted states increasingly promote integrated housing model Approaches vary by state Developer comfort with integrated housing varies CSH lending supports different models based on risk assessment

QAPs Continue to Support Integrated Housing Models

Increasing use of threshold requirements New requirement in Delaware, DC, Iowa

Scoring incentives and set-asides Up from 22 to 35 QAPs 25 QAPs promote multiple integrated models

Keys to success: Sufficient operating subsidies and services financing Establishing a good tenant referral system Compliance monitoring to ensure quality

Georgia

New threshold requirement – Submission of an Affirmatively Furthering

Fair Housing Marketing Plan

Incentive points: Presenting an innovative project

concept/design – one project Projects with rental assistance for at least

15% of units (down from 30%) Willing to accept Section 811 to promote

integrated housing per settlement

Development environment Scattered site Traditionally single site PSH; integrated

model less accepted

New York

Three allocating agencies offer incentives DHCR HFA HPD

Funders take differing approaches to integration HPD – 60/40 model OMH – 50% limit (recent)

Development environment Mix of housing options available Acceptance of integrated model

New to DD and OMH providers

Illinois

Incentives promote integrated housing 2014 vs draft 2015 QAP

State Referral Network (SRN) Established by intergovernmental agreement Created to link tenants to PSH units and services 689 units created since 2008 / 175 per year Average targeted project has 13% SRN units

Developer Experience – survey findings: Basic knowledge of integrated housing Knowledge gap about SRN Variable experience with SRN TA/predevelopment funding needs

Indiana

QAP set-aside and incentives 10% set-aside for Housing First Applicants assisted through

Supportive Housing Institute

Limited Olmstead impact No settlement State encouraging IH model Focus on balanced housing

opportunities, including single-site

Limited developer/provider support for integrated model

Risk Assessment

Olmstead risk incorporated into CSH lending process. Factors include:

% level of integration Existence of settlement(s) Existence/likelihood of future suits Target population(s) Single site projects: project/sponsor/system flexibility, level of

community options & integration, size of project Funding sources