Okaloosa County BOCC — February 2, 2016 — SHIP 2013-2014 certification revised 2-2016

State Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP) Program Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Funding Certification Name of Local Government Okaloosa County and City of Fort Walton Beach Projected Allocation* $376,320 $ 40.567 $376.320 Total *see allocation chart attached to this document Strategies Category | Existing | Special Total Total $ (HO or or New Needs Units to | Amount to Rental) Strategy | Eligible* be be Expended Served Special Needs Housing R Existing Yes 3 $120,000 Rehabilitation HO Existing | Yes 5 $245,031 $ $ $ Total must equal total allocation for 2013-2014 minus administrative costs $365,031 *For strategies targeting the Special Needs requirement, describe the process that will be utilized to ensure this goal is met: Okaloosa County will ensure that a partnership is formed between Horizon’s Inc. and/or other non-profit agency to recognize homeowners who have Special Needs and a need for rehabilitation. Instructions for Completing Chart: 1. For Strategies: a. Only list strategies that you plan to fund with the 2013-2014 FY SHIP allocation. b. List the strategies by the name as it appears in your approved, current LHAP. If it is a new strategy, which can be noted in the third column, list the strategy name that will be proposed in your LHAP amendment. c. All strategies must conform to the restrictions as described in the legislative language below as well as all existing SHIP requirements. Page 1 of 4 d. If you choose to add a new strategy to address the new program requirements, that requires a formal amendment. Funds expended on a non-approved strategy will be subject to recapture. 2. For Category: select homeownership (HO) or rental. 3. For Special Needs: Answer yes or no as to whether or not the strategy will address special needs households as required in the legislative language as part of meeting the 20% minimum requirement. This does not mean that the strategy has to specifically mention special needs households, but rather special needs households will be targeted and tracked with the strategy. 4. For Units: state number of households to be addressed in the strategy. This does not need to be broken down by income category for this chart. 5. For Total: a. State the total funding amount dedicated for each strategy. b. Total all strategies. This total should equal the allocation minus up to 3% for administration costs. Proposed Administration Costs*: | $11,289 ] *Local governments may not use more than 3 percent of their allocations under this section for administrative costs. Legislative Language Except as otherwise specified in this section, local governments must use this funding according to the SHIP statute and rules and within the parameters of their adopted local housing assistance plan. (2) All funding appropriated under this section must be targeted for one or more of the following strategies: (a) Rehabilitating or modifying owner-occupied houses, including blighted homes or neighborhoods. (b) Assisting with purchases of existing housing, with or without rehabilitation. (c) Providing housing counseling services. (d) Providing lease-purchase assistance. (e) Implementing strategies approved by FHFC which are related to assisting households and communities impacted by foreclosures, using existing housing stock. (3) Of the funding provided in this section, each local government must use a minimum of 20 percent of its allocation to serve persons with special needs as defined in s. 420.0004, Florida Statutes. Before this portion of the allocation is released by FHFC, a local government must certify that it will meet this requirement through existing approved strategies in the local assistance plan or submit a new local housing assistance plan strategy for this purpose to the Page 2 of 4 FHFC for approval to ensure that it meets these specifications. The first priority of these special needs funds must be to use them for persons with developmental disabilities as defined in s. 393.063, Flori