Minnesota Administrative Rules

4900.1915 SELECTION CRITERIA.

The agency will take the following criteria into consideration when determining whether an application and applicant will be selected for a grant under the program:

A.

the prior experience of the applicant in development and managing similar residential housing;

B.

the extent to which grant funds are combined with other funds from private or public sources to make the development economically feasible;

C.

the ability of the applicant to proceed expeditiously with the development;

D.

the documented need for this type of residential housing in the proposed geographic area;

E.

the cost and quality of the proposed housing;

F.

the extent to which the amount of rent to be charged is less than 30 percent of the income of the low-income person leasing the housing unit;

G.

the geographic area to be serviced, to the end that a reasonable distribution of low-income housing for persons living alone can be achieved; and

H.

the extent of community support for this type of development.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 462A.06

History:

12 SR 1147

Published Electronically:

August 7, 2013