Chapter 1 - San Diego Housing Commission

Chapter 13 – Special Programs
- A non-profit or for-profit corporation with a mission to provide housing and/or services to
low-income or homeless families and individuals; or
- A division of city or county government mandated to provide direct service to very lowincome
or homeless families and individuals.
3. Owner Proposal Selection
SDHC will select owner proposals through a competitive Request for Proposal process. Specifically,
the SDHC will advertise in a newspaper of general circulation that it will accept applications for PBV
assistance. The advertisement will be published in several newspapers and periodicals. The
advertisement will specify the number of PBV units that will be available.
In addition, SDHC will accept applications from owners with housing that is assisted under a federal,
state, or local government housing assistance, community development, or supportive services
program that required competitive selection of proposals (e.g. HOME, LIHTC, and MHSA projects).
These applications will be continually accepted and evaluated based on the availability of vouchers.
All applications will be reviewed and evaluated based on the following criteria:
- The project complies with the PBV site selection standards of § 983.57 and contributes to the
geographic distribution of affordable housing throughout the City of San Diego, thus
promoting de-concentration of poverty, and expanding housing and economic opportunities.
The project meets the following site and neighborhood standards:
- Site is adequate in size, exposure, and contour to accommodate the number and type of units
proposed, and adequate utilities and streets are available to service the site;
- Site promotes greater choice of housing opportunities and avoids undue concentration of
assisted persons in areas containing a high proportion of low-income persons;
- Site is accessible to social, recreational, educational, commercial, and health facilities and
services and other municipal facilities and services that are at least equivalent to those
typically found in neighborhoods consisting largely of unassisted, standard housing of similar
market rents;
- Site is located so that travel time and cost via public transportation or private automobile
from the neighborhood to places of employment providing a range of jobs for lower-income
workers is not excessive.
- Site is suitable for facilitating and furthering full compliance with fair housing objectives.
- Proposed units fully meet federal Housing Quality Standards (HQS).
Other factors that may be considered include:
- Experience of the applicant in managing residential housing and providing supportive services.
- Whether the project provides one or more of the following supportive services aimed at
assisting homeless participants re-establish permanent independent living and those services
are appropriate for the target population:
- Child care
- Job training/placement
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