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In 2022, Hennepin County is offering new programs and funding opportunities for affordable housing development and preservation, while also building on the success of existing programs.
See below for updated timelines and information for four upcoming affordable housing development requests for proposals, including:
- Supportive Housing
- Single Room Occupancy operators
- Affordable Housing Accelerator
- Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing
Updated timeline: RFP posted March 10, proposals due April 14
Now in the fourth year, Hennepin County's Supportive Housing Strategy offers capital funding and technical assistance to develop long-term affordable supportive housing. This type of housing serves some of our most vulnerable residents, including those with a combination of extremely low-incomes and other conditions or challenges to stable housing.
Up to $5 million is available for supportive housing projects in 2022. Hennepin County will be seeking proposals that serve the following priority populations:
- Young adults with neuro-diverse conditions
- Young adults experiencing sexual exploitation
- Young adults with experiences in foster care
- Unaccompanied minors
Proposals will also be accepted for projects serving the priority population groups targeted in 2019 through 2021.
This extended timeline is intended to give more time to tailor proposals to the priority population groups.
Details about this RFP, including characteristics of the population groups and preferred housing types will be posted to the Supportive Housing Strategy webpage.
Single Room Occupancy housing operators
Updated timeline: RFP posted March 24, proposals due April 28
Hennepin County will be looking for entities with interest and expertise in running Single Room Occupancy (SRO) housing.
As the county looks to transition properties acquired during the pandemic to serve as protective shelter into long-term SRO housing in the coming year, we are looking for partners to help model and operate SRO housing properties.
Later in 2022, additional RFPs may be issued to acquire and convert properties for SRO housing.
Round 2 anticipated timeline: RFP posted April 21, proposals due May 12
Up to $23.75 million total in American Rescue Plan funds was made available to accelerate the development of affordable housing in Hennepin County. An initial $9 million was released with the Coordinated Housing Development RFP in January 2022. Round two of these funds, totaling an expected $5 million, will be made available in an RFP to be released April 21. Remaining funds will be offered through subsequent RFPs later in 2022.
These funds are being targeted to projects:
- with greatest levels of affordability
- led by Small Business Enterprises, or women- and minority-owned businesses
- located in areas impacted by civil unrest
Round two anticipated timeline: September 2022
Up to $8.65 million total is available to address rehab and maintenance of Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) properties that may have been postponed during the pandemic. Funding may also be used for additional non-profit acquisition and preservation of at-risk NOAH properties.
The first round NOAH RFP, with up to $5 million available, closed in January 2022. Additional funding up to $3.65 million will be available for a second round, with a new targeted release in September 2022.
Julia Welle Ayres
Hennepin County
Director of Housing Development and Finance
Julia.WelleAyres@hennepin.us
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