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The department has put out a requestf for proposalsfor $685,761 in funding provided by the through its Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program. The $685,761 is part of roughlg $2.3 million that the county has received in stimulus funding for both homelessa recovery and affordablehousing projects. In ordee to qualify, nonprofits must have an office in Hillsboroughb County near public transportation and have been in operationh for at leasttwo years. “We need that stabilithy to know they have the capacity to move forwarc withthe programs,” said Marcia Mask, acting executivwe planner with the Affordable Housing Department.
The nonprofit s would be tasked with housinyg relocation and stabilization services includinhcase management, outreach, legal, mediation and creditt repair help. The goal is to help people in transitional housing findpermanenrt housing, Mask said. In ordef to qualify, employees of the nonprofitg must attend a technical assistancse workshop held by the Affordable Housin Department onJune 9. The deadlins to submit the RFP isJune 29. The remaindetr of the $2.3 million will come in the form of Communit DevelopmentBlock Grant-Recovery Program funds, said Mask.
The department will allocate $501,000 to develop a site for in Tampa’x Radio Lane subdivision, $946,195 to develop the Bayouh Pass Phase III Subdivision through nonprofirt homebuilderan $160,799 for administrative costs. Other dollars will go to homelessnesz prevention, she said.