The State of Montana, Department of Commerce, Housing Division, works with community partners across the state to ensure Montana families have access to safe and affordable homes. The Department’s Rental Assistance Bureau, Montana’s statewide Public Housing Authority (PHA), is charged with the administration of numerous federally funded U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rental assistance programs.
The Department is issuing this proposal to seek responses from qualified property owners and/or developers for Project Based Vouchers (PBV) available under the Montana Department of Commerce 2025 PHA Administration Plan, Chapter 17-II.B. Owner Proposal Selection Procedures [24 CFR 983.51(b2)].
The Department is releasing this proposal to qualified property owners and/or developers of projects that were previously selected based on a competition. Please refer to PHA Administrative Plan, Chapter 17-II.B: “Commerce will only select a proposal that was competitively awarded through a previous competition for federal, state, or local government housing assistance, community development or supportive services program. This includes projects that were competitively awarded Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC).” PBV proposals will be accepted for existing housing unit(s) and/or rehabilitation or new construction projects. Proposals are due to the Department no later than 11:59 p.m. MST on Thursday, October 31, 2024. Late proposals will not be accepted.
The Department will award up to fifty (50) Project Based Vouchers for one or multiple eligible project(s), for the purpose of creating and/or expanding affordable housing to Very Low- and Extremely Low-Income families. Extremely Low Income is defined as household income at 30% Area Median Income (AMI) or less; Very Low-Income is defined as household income at 50% AMI or less.
Submissions
All submissions must be received by Department via email to the State of Montana Secure File Transfer Service (“FTS”) no later than 11:59 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time on the Proposal Due Date of Thursday, October 31, 2024.
Instructions for how to access File Transfer Service, including how to create an account, log-in and submit documents, is available at https://transfer.mt.gov/Home/Instructions. The Proposal must be submitted via FTS to Department’s Operations Manager at Joseph.DeFilippis@mt.gov.
The submissions must be received in a readable electronic PDF format, with a subject line of “Project Based Vouchers”. Submissions must be signed by an individual who is authorized on behalf of the Offeror to sign and submit such submission and will also include the authorized individual’s direct phone number.
