Monarch Housing Associates,The Section 811 Development Team at Monarch Housing Associates has worked with more than thirty not-for-profit organizations to develop housing for persons with disabilities through this program since 1989. The Team is currently working on the development of thirty five (35) projects, which will create one hundred ninety-five (195) units of housing, scattered over fifty-five (55) sites, throughout the state of New Jersey.
The projects not only provide supportive housing but also come with a Project Based Rental Assistance Contract, to help maintain the homes and keep them affordable for a forty year period.
Are you thinking of applying for Section 811in 2008?
Unfortunately for 2007 more projects than can be funded have contracted with Monarch Housing's Section 811 team.
Although this is unfortunate, now is the time to plan for the 2008 application. Several groups have already stated to do that. Thus, the following information is still of value.
Since 1991, Monarch Housing Associates has been working with groups across New Jersey to develop permanent, affordable and supportive housing with HUD's Section 811 Program. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been leveraged and hundreds of persons with disabilities have been able to secure permanent, affordable and supportive housing.
The FY 2008 SuperNOFA is anticipated to be released by in early 2008 which will result in an earlier deadline for the applications. The deadline for the HUD Section 811 Program could be as early as late March. Prospective applicants will have ample time to complete the requirements to submit an application to the Section 811 Program only if they start now!
Due to the revised HUD application process over the past two years, Monarch Housing Associates will only be working with applicants that have site control.
In order to have an application that is considered site control, an applicant must have acceptable evidence of site control. Acceptable evidence of site control is limited to any one of the following:
Deed or Long-term leasehold, or a Contract of Sale free of any limitations or Option to Purchase or a long-term lease.
For sites being acquired from a public body, evidence is needed that the public body possesses clear title to the site and that they will convey the site upon receiving your 2007 Section 811 Capital Advance.
Two additional requirements that each applicant must comply with are:
Securing a DUNS and registering with Grants.Gov , and
having the commitment from the appropriate Department of Human Services Division for the proposed project.
For more information on how to register early click here. To find out how to apply for a DUNS number click here.
We will also be working with groups on a first come basis due to the limited amount of available Section 811 Program Funds. Monarch Housing Associates does not intend to apply for more projects than can be funded.
If we are not able to work with you this year, we encourage you to start now to plan for 2008 and determine ways in which you can secure site control.
There is a fee for preparation of the Fund Reservation Application of $2,500 which is a reduced amount up front for this service. This fee is billable upon submission of the application to HUD. The cost is and will be reimbursed by HUD once your application is funded at the Initial Closing phase of the project. The $2,500 will be part of our total fee, not in addition to that amount.
If you have any questions please contact Peggy Verenna-Doebbeling, Senior Associate and team Leader of the Section 811 Team.
News and Information
Information, news and commentary about ending homelessness and expanding supportive housing in New Jersey is crucial to the success of our efforts. Monarch Housing Associates offers two different information formats.
This Blog provides news and commentary on ending homelessness and expanding supportive housing in N. J. On this page you can see the headlines of recent posts from the Blog. You can go to the Blog and post comments on any of the posts or email them to colleagues. You can also sign up for the feed that provides the headlines and articles or subscribe to our email digest of the posts.
Monarch has started an occasional Ezine of news related to ending homelessness in New Jersey. To read the latest issue click here. If you have suggestions or would like to have something included in a future issue please contact Richard W. Brown . To view the archive of previous issues click here and then select the back issue you would like to read.
HUD Newark Office, with Monarch's help, is Number One Again in 811/202 Closings!
For the second year in a row the HUD Newark office was the number one HUD office as far as closings of Section 811 and 202 projects. The Newark office closed eighteen (18) initial closings. Of these fourteen (14) or 78% were projects for which Monarch Housing served as the Housing Consultant. The Newark office was "Number One" in the country! The next closest office did thirteen (13).
The Newark office did thirteen (13) final closings. Of these four (4) or 31% were projects for which Monarch Housing served as the Housing Consultant. The Newark office was tied for 3rd in the country.
For overall closings the Newark office was Number one again! The total was thirty-one (31), the next office was twenty (27). Monarch Housing contributed to eighteen (18) 58% of the thirty-one (31).To read the New Jersey HUD newsletter click here.
COAH Third Rules Overturned by the Appellate Court
Last week;s decision has caused an enormous amount of commentary and anxiety within the non-profit community. In an effort to assist this conversation we have posted as many articles as well as the Appellate Court decision on our Blog. We will continue to do that. The State of New Jersey is considering appealing the decision to the Supreme Court. this will need to be decided within the next twenty days. If not the current opinion will require the adoption of new regulations within six months. Your comments on this issue will help all of us better understand its impact.
This is a listing of the current headlines of the postings on Monarch's Blog:
Monarch offers two formats of information and news. One is the Monarch Blog and the other is the Ending Homelessness in New Jersey Ezine. More details on both are available in the sidebar on the right hand side. We encourage you to subscribe to both so that you are up to date on the information and news that you need to end homelessness and expand supportive housing opportunities.
You can also sign up for the feed that provides the headlines and articles or subscribe to our email digest of the posts.
We can also provide you with the HTML code to display the headlines on your web site.
To read the latest issue of the Ezine click here. If you have suggestions or would like to have something included in a future issue please contact Richard W. Brown. To view the archive of previous issues click here and then select the back issue you would like to read.To subscribe click here or use the subscribe box in the sidebar.
For sites being acquired from a public body, evidence is needed that the public body possesses clear title to the site and that they will convey the site upon receiving your 2007 Section 811 Capital Advance.