FY 2025-26 SHIP HOMEBUYER EDUCATION AND COUNSELING AWARD

Housing Committee · 2026-06-09 · resolution

Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners is considering funding recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2025-26 State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Homebuyer Education and Counseling Request for Applications (RFA). The total recommended funding is up to $750,000.00, allocated to four entities: 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). These entities will provide homebuyer education and counseling services across northern, central, and southern Miami-Dade County. Two other applicants, Oasis of Hope Community Development Corporation, Inc. and Little Haiti Housing Association Inc. DBA Haitian American CDC, were not recommended for funding as they did not meet the minimum score requirement. The Housing Committee forwarded the item to the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) with a favorable recommendation on June 9, 2026. The BCC is scheduled to consider the item on July 21, 2026.