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<br /> <br />Use of HOME-ARP Funding <br /> <br /> Funding Amount <br />Acquisition and Development of Non- <br />Congregate Shelters <br /> <br />$5,256,327 Development of Affordable Rental <br />Housing <br />Administration and Planning $927,587 <br />Total HOME-ARP Allocation $6,183,914 <br /> <br /> <br />Additional Narrative: <br />The City will not restrict the eligibility / availability of proposals that may be submitted to <br />the City under the RFP that will be issued to solicit applications for funding and/or <br />selecting developers, service providers, subrecipients and/or contractors for the use of <br />HOME-ARP Program funds. The City cannot anticipate if proposals will be submitted <br />for eligible projects under the Acquisition and Development of Non-Congregate Shelters <br />or for the Development of Affordable Rental Housing category because the solicitation is <br />going to be available for either type of project. The City also does not want to limit the <br />possibility of proposals for either eligible activity. Therefore, HOME-ARP funds may be <br />allocated to either Acquisition and Development of Non-Congregate Shelters or for the <br />Development of Affordable Rental Housing based on proposals that the City receives in <br />response to the RFP solicitation process. After the City has selected a proposal(s), the <br />City will know how much specific funding will be allocated in either category. <br />Describe how the characteristics of the shelter and housing inventory, service <br />delivery system, and the needs identified in the gap analysis provided a rationale <br />for the plan to fund eligible activities: <br />The characteristics of the shelter and housing inventory, service delivery system, and <br />the needs identified in the gap analysis provided a rationale for the plan to fund these <br />two eligible activities because: 1) the empirical evidence from the 2019 Point-in-Time <br />Count, the Orange County Continuum of Care HMIS Data, and the 2-1-1 Call Center <br />shows that there is a gap in permanent supportive housing for people experiencing <br />homelessness in the City of Santa Ana; 2) permanent supportive housing is the most <br />effective practice to end the homelessness for a person experiencing homelessness; <br />and 3) there is a nexus between the number of people experiencing unsheltered and <br />sheltered homelessness in the City of Santa Ana, the amount of time people are <br />spending in an emergency shelter before exiting, and the solution to provide permanent <br />supportive housing. The eligible activities to provide permanent supportive housing <br />addresses the gaps in the shelter and housing inventory and service delivery system in <br />the city because permanent supportive housing will end the homelessness for a person <br />experiencing homelessness in the City. This also aligns with the Orange County <br />Continuum of Care’s Leadership Vision to: “Permanently House those Experiencing <br />Homelessness”. <br />EXHIBIT 2