The agency shall take the following criteria into consideration when determining whether an application and applicant will be selected for a grant under the program:
the geographic area to be served, to the extent that a distribution of grant funds throughout the state can be achieved;
the extent to which the project will expand the applicant's ability to provide affordable housing and housing-related services;
the extent to which grant funds are combined with other sources of funding, particularly funds from local resources;
the amount of the grant request as a proportion of the total amount of grant funds available, to the extent that funds can be used to support several different projects;
the prior experience of the applicant in providing housing and housing-related services to low-income people; and
MS s 462A.06
15 SR 12
June 11, 2008
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes