(RFP 2023-01) Project Based Vouchers

Opening 9/5/2023 - Closing 9/19/2023

Proposal requirements and selection criteria are detailed below.

SALEM HOUSING AUTHORITY(SHA) intends to enter into a Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contract no later than December 31, 2025 (Owner may request an extension if necessary to coincide with a financing timeline), with the owner selected and approved for PBV assistance. SHA will make housing assistance payments to the owner in accordance with the HAP contract for those units leased and occupied by eligible families during the HAP contract term subject to funding ability.

Property owners and developers may request to attach PBVs to units that are open for occupancy by low-income households or may designate units exclusively for occupancy by elderly households (head of household, spouse, or co-head is age 62+) and/or households eligible for supportive services available to all families receiving PBV assistance in the project. SHA will not provide additional waiting list preferences for projects selected in this RFP.

The owner is responsible for screening the applicants to occupy the owner’s unit based on their tenancy histories. Families approved for tenancy shall be families whose annual income does not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the median income for this area as determined by HUD and as adjusted by family size. For all new admissions in the HCV program, seventy five percent (75%) must have incomes that fall under thirty percent (30%) of the area median income.

(RFP 2021-01-02) Project Based Vouchers

Opening 04/24/2021 - Closing 05/17/2021

SALEM HOUSING AUTHORITY(SHA) intends to enter into a Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contract no later than December 31, 2025 (Owner may request an extension if necessary to coincide with a financing timeline), with the owner selected and approved for PBV assistance. SHA will make housing assistance payments to the owner in accordance with the HAP contract for those units leased and occupied by eligible families during the HAP contract term subject to funding ability.

Property owners and developers may request to attach PBVs to units that are open for occupancy by low-income households or may designate units exclusively for occupancy by elderly households (head of household, spouse, or co-head is age 62+) and/or households eligible for supportive services available to all families receiving PBV assistance in the project. SHA will not provide additional waiting list preferences for projects selected in this RFP.

The owner is responsible for screening the applicants to occupy the owner’s unit based on their tenancy histories. Families approved for tenancy shall be families whose annual income does not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the median income for this area as determined by HUD and as adjusted by family size. For all new admissions in the HCV program, seventy five percent (75%) must have incomes that fall under thirty percent (30%) of the area median income.

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