On June 1st, the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) released a Request for Applications (RFA) for the 2022 Integrated Supportive Housing (ISH) program. The ISH program encourages and supports the development of new housing opportunities for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) who can benefit from an independent, non-certified community-integrated residential setting.
OPWDD will provide up to $15 million in capital funding for housing units that offer preference in tenant selection to individuals with an I/DD diagnosis, in addition to rental subsidies and non-housing support services to the residents of these units. Programs must be linked to a housing development project that will create new housing units through new construction, the adaptive reuse of non-residential space, or the repurposing of vacant residential units.
This year, applicants may choose to request solely ongoing rental subsidies (without capital funding) to support a capital project funded by other governmental capital programs. As such, funding awarded through this RFA will support either:
- Solely rental subsidies and supportive services once in operation; or
- Rental subsidies and capital funding
The RFA is available here and SPG’s summary of the opportunity is available here. Applications are due on July 11th. Questions may be submitted to housing.initiatives@opwwd.ny.gov with a reference to the RFA section to which the question refers through June 15th.