Public Notice

Bay County Housing HHRP/SHIP Notice of Funding

PUBLIC NOTICE BY BAY COUNTY

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Under the Hurricane Housing Recovery Program (HHRP) and

State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program (SHIP)
Bay County Board of County Commissioners announces the following housing program notice of funding.


2023 HHRP ALLOCATION OF APPROXIMATELY $500,000

(A MAXIMUM OF $40,000 PER UNIT)

NON-PROFIT RENTAL HOUSING CONSTRUCTION OR REHABILITATION STRATEGY

This strategy will provide funding for the purchase of new construction housing, the purchase of existing housing, and the rehabilitation of, or additions to, existing housing that is group home housing. Priority goes to Special Needs housing groups as noted in Section 420.0004, Florida Statues, including, adult persons with a disabling condition, young adults formerly in foster care, survivors of domestic violence, and applicants receiving SSI or a disability benefit.  Provided the Special Needs Strategy is met. Priority will be given to non-profit agencies that have applied/received Florida Housing Finance Corporation funding for the development of the project application they submit to the County. This strategy funds non-homeownership housing initiatives.  This strategy is not restricted to a geographical location but must be located within Bay County.

Applications will be accepted at the Bay County Government Center, Bay County Housing Services Division, 840 W. 11th Street, 3rd Floor, Panama City, Florida, 32401, effective Monday, March 6, 2023, through Monday, April 7, 2023.

For more information pertaining to this program and to obtain an application, please contact Tammy Harris, Housing Services Program Manager at (850) 215-2479 or email at tharris@baycountyfl.gov.  

It is unlawful to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, age, sex, marital or familial status, national origin, gender preference, or handicap in the award application process for eligible housing.

NOTE: PUBLIC NOTICE OF BAY COUNTY HOUSING SERVICES

♦TO BE PUBLISHED ONE TIME – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2023  

♦ADVERTISEMENT MUST APPEAR IN 12-POINT TYPE

♦ADVERTISEMENT SHOULD NOT APPEAR IN THE LEGAL NOTICES SECTION OF THE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

♦PLEASE SEND THE INVOICE AND PROOF OF PUBLICATION TO TAMMY HARRIS, HOUSING SERVICES, AT THARRIS@BAYCOUNTYFL.GOV.