FY 2025-26 SHIP HOMEBUYER EDUCATION AND COUNSELING AWARD

Board of County Commissioners · 2026-07-21 · resolution

Resolution approving up to $750,000.00 in FY 2025-26 State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Homebuyer Education and Counseling Request for Applications (RFA) funding for four entities to provide homebuyer education and counseling services countywide in Miami-Dade County. Adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on 7/21/2026. The four recommended entities are NID-HCA Florida Felton dba Experts Resource Community Center, Inc. ($200,000), Centro Campesino Farmworker Center ($200,000), Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida ($150,000), and Housing Foundation of America, Inc. ($200,000). Two applicants, Oasis of Hope Community Development Corporation, Inc. and Little Haiti Housing Association Inc. DBA Haitian American CDC, were not recommended for funding because they did not meet the required minimum score of 70 points. The document does not state any public comment or stakeholder sentiment.