Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the procedures for
submitting proposals, identifies requirements for filing a proposal for
Missouri Housing Trust Fund funds, and establishes criteria and priorities for
the approval or disapproval of such proposals.
(1) The trust fund department shall, from
time-to-time, adopt a proposal application form to be used by all agencies
requesting Missouri Housing Trust Fund (MHTF) funds. Any proposal application
form so adopted shall meet the following requirements:
(A) The form adopted shall first require the
approval of the trust fund manager and the director; and
(B) The form adopted must provide all
information necessary to allow the commission to select proposals based on the
requirements and criteria the commission may adopt in the allocation plan and
notice of funding availability (NOFA) adopted pursuant to
4
CSR 170-7.300(2).
(2) The commission shall, from
time-to-time, adopt an allocation plan and MHTF NOFA for the MHTF. After
approving drafts of the allocation plan and MHTF NOFA, the commission shall
hold public hearings on the same. Once public hearings have been completed, and
all comments have been considered, the commission will finalize and approve the
allocation plan and MHTF NOFA.
(3)
Within thirty (30) days after the commission adopts an allocation plan and MHTF
NOFA, the trust fund department will issue an application proposal guide which
shall, at a minimum, detail the requirements for the proposal application form,
the criteria to be used by the commission in selecting proposals, and a
timeline for the proposal review and selection process including all pertinent
deadlines related to the application process.
(4) Review and approval of proposals
submitted under the MHTF NOFA.
(A) Each
proposal application form submitted under the MHTF NOFA shall first be
independently reviewed and scored by two (2) separate staff members of the
trust fund department selected by the trust fund manager. The two (2) staff
members evaluating and scoring the proposals shall evaluate such proposals
using the criteria established by the commission in the allocation plan and
MHTF NOFA, as well as the criteria set forth in the application proposal guide.
Once each staff member has completed independently reviewing and scoring each
proposal, the proposals and preliminary scores shall be provided to the trust
fund manager for final review. The trust fund manager shall review each
proposal and the preliminary scores tabulated by each of the two (2) staff
members for completeness and accuracy. In performing this final review, the
trust fund manager shall have the ability and discretion to correct errors in
preliminary scores, reconcile discrepancies in the preliminary scores and
otherwise adjust the results of the preliminary scores in order to ensure that
the final score attributed to each proposal fully and accurately reflects its
content. Once final scores are assigned to each proposal, the trust fund
department will prepare recommendations for funding based on score and the
allocation plan, and such recommendations will be presented to the commission,
at a time established by the commission, for approval of selected proposals.
1. If any proposal involves an owner who is
not in good standing with the commission under any other program administered
by the commission, the proposal shall be subject to such penalties as may be
set forth in the application proposal guide.
2. No proposal application form submitted
after the deadline will be considered for funding.
3. If any proposal involves an owner,
sponsor, or partner who is involved in any other property funded in whole or in
part by MHTF funds and such property is in a current state of non-compliance
with MHTF guidelines based on a determination made pursuant to
4
CSR 170-7.500, the proposal shall be subject to such
penalties as may be set forth in the application proposal guide.
4. If, as of the application deadline, any
proposal application form submitted to the commission is incomplete, the
application shall be considered, but shall be subject to such penalties as may
be set forth in the application proposal guide.
(B) The commission may approve or disapprove
any proposals submitted and/or recommended by the trust fund department at its
discretion, and all decisions of the commission regarding the disposition of a
proposal shall be final.
(C) All
applicants shall be notified of the commission's disposition of their proposal
by mail or such other means as the commission may deem appropriate provided
that the method of notification used is reasonably likely to apprise all
applicants as to the disposition of their applications. Successful applicants
will receive a written reservation from the commission which shall set forth
the covenants, terms, and conditions upon which MHTF funds are being
awarded.
*Original authority: 215.030, RSMo 1969, amended 1974,
1982, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1998.
