The City of Santa Fe’s Office of Affordable Housing has released two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to support organizations focused on building, preserving, and rehabilitating affordable housing, as well as providing direct financial assistance to community members. Funding is available through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF).
How to Access the RFPs and Apply
Click here to visit the City's Vendor Self-Service portal and search for the corresponding RFP numbers:
- Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF): RFP #25103
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): RFP #25102
Click here for information and RFP and vendor registration instructions from the City of Santa Fe's Central Purchasing site.
Public Webinars
Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend virtual training sessions before submitting their proposals. Click the links below to register:
- RFP #25102: Was held on January 27, 10:00 AM–11:30 AM. Click here to view the PDF.
- AHTF RFP #25103: Was held on January 27, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM. Click here to view the PDF.
The webinars were recorded. Click here to watch RFP# 25103 Preproposal & Vendor Education. Passcode: H%CrM5#s
Affordable Housing Trust Funds (AHTF) RFP #25103
The purpose of the Request for Proposals (RFP) is to solicit sealed proposals to establish a contract through competitive negotiations for the procurement to solicit applications for housing, public facilities, and public services projects that are eligible for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF). The primary purpose of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF), as codified in SFCC 26-3, is to increase and preserve the supply of affordable housing in Santa Fe available to low- and moderate-income residents.
The City seeks projects via the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) to support housing solutions to alleviate housing cost burden, housing instability, or lack of access to the housing market. This includes the spectrum of housing needs, from unhoused people, those who are precarious/unsuitably housed, those who can’t afford market-rate housing options, to those at risk of losing their housing either because of eviction, foreclosure, or safety and condition issues.
Eligible Projects
The Housing Trust Fund will make funding available for the following types of affordable housing projects:
- Homeownership assistance
- Development and construction of new affordable housing
- Preservation of existing affordable housing
- Conversion of existing housing to an affordable housing unit
- Retaining an existing affordable unit, rental development, or another special interest project
- Acquisition and rehabilitation of existing housing
- Capitalizing on affordable housing, revolving loan funds that are operated by non-profit housing organizations
- Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) that are City owned and used for affordable housing
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) RFP #25102
The purpose of the Request for Proposals (RFP) is to solicit sealed proposals to establish contracts through competitive negotiations for housing, public facilities, and public services projects that are eligible for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. The objective of the City’s use of these funds is to support and expand housing and economic opportunities for people with incomes less than 80% of the area median income (AMI) as defined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
All CDBG applicants are required to register for the SAM (System of Award Management). Click here to register. Please note that SAM.Gov now issues a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) that has replaced the DUNS Number that was previously used.
Eligible Projects
- Acquisition of real property
- Rehabilitation of residential and non-residential structures
- Provision of public facilities and improvements (water and sewer facilities, streets, neighborhood centers, etc.)
- Mortgage principal reduction assistance towards the purchase of a home
- Payment for public services with certain limits
Click here to view Frequently Asked Questions for #25102 (AHTF).
Click here to view Frequently Asked Questions for #25103 (CDBG).