Eligible Projects/Uses
Effective Dec 27, 2019Mass. Register #1407MGL c. 6A MGL c. 23B St. 1993, c. 52, § 2, budget line item 4000-8200, as modified by St. 1993, c. 493, § 15, and St. 1993, c. 494, § 4, and as further modified by St. 2002, c. 244, §§ 15 through 19; St. 2004, c. 290, § 2E, budget line item 4000-8200 and St. 2008, c. 119, § 2Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities
An FCF loan, or grant funded under the FCF 4, FCF 5, or FCF 6 Legislation, may be made only for a Residential Housing Development that is a Financially Feasible Project and which:
- (1) complies, or upon completion will comply, with the FCF Legislation and all other applicable federal, state or local requirements, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and 105 CMR 410.00: Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation State Sanitary Code: Chapter II; and
(2) in accordance with the Facilities Consolidation Plan, provides Community-based Housing for Individuals with Mental Illness or Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, or, solely in the case of funding under the FCF 4 Legislation, provides Independent Integrated Housing for Low or Moderate Income Households or Individuals served by DMH or writes down building costs of Independent Integrated Housing or other Community-based Housing for Low or Moderate Income Households or Individuals served by DMH, all of whom are either:
- (a) current or former residents of Facilities who have been adversely affected by the Facilities Consolidation Plan;
- (b) awaiting Community-based Housing due to historically high costs needed to maintain Facilities, as certified by DDS or DMH in connection with an Application; or
- (c) living in Community-based Housing but are underserved due to historically high costs needed to maintain Facilities, as certified by DDS or DMH in connection with an Application.
- (3) is developed and owned by one or more Nonprofit Corporations (or by an entity or entities in which one or more Nonprofit Corporations have a controlling financial or managerial interest); or by one or more For-profit Organizations, provided that preference for subcontracts shall be given to Nonprofit Corporations; and
- (4) has been approved by DDS or DMH, as applicable, prior to submission of an Application, as evidenced by the DDS or DMH letter of certification described in the FCF Guidelines.