Single Family Request for Proposal (Single Family RFP)
General Application
(NOTE: Complete one General Application per applicant, not per activity)

Instructions
Application Deadline:
July 11, 2024 at 12:00 Noon
Review the Single Family Request for Proposals (RFP) Application Instructions before completing application materials. The Single Family RFP Application Instructions provide information and submission instructions.

The ability to complete a project in a timely fashion is critical. Contracts expire 36 months from the effective date of the Grant or Loan Contract Agreement. 

Informed Consent to Share Data
The entity identified below (the “Applicant”) is submitting an application to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (Minnesota Housing) for funding or other resources through the Single Family RFP process.  

By submitting this General Application, the Applicant consents to the sharing of application-related data and materials by Minnesota Housing with non-Minnesota Housing partners that assist with the evaluation of responses.  Data shared with outside reviewers and entities remains not public data during the evaluation process and may not be shared by those entities except as authorized by relevant data practice statutes.

This consent is voluntary and can be withdrawn at any time by providing written notice to Minnesota Housing. If consent is withdrawn, Minnesota Housing will not score and consider the application. If you have questions about this document or the use of the data, please contact Minnesota Housing’s Data Practices Compliance Official at MNHousing.Data@state.mn.us.    

Applicant Certification
I am a duly authorized representative of the Applicant. The proposal(s) and information provided in this application are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. If funded, the Applicant will comply with the Grant Contract Agreement or Loan Contract Agreement (either, as applicable, the “Contract”) terms and the Impact Fund Procedural Manual. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of the Contract and those contained in the Impact Fund Procedural Manual, then the provisions of the Contract will control. The Impact Fund Procedural Manual may, however, contain more stringent requirements than those found in the Contract. In which case, the Impact Fund program Administrator must comply with the most stringent requirements.

The Applicant, who is not a state employee, if awarded  grant proceeds, will comply with required grants management policies and procedures set forth through Minn.Stat.§16B.97, Subd. 4 (a) (1) and review the State of Minnesota Office of Grants Management policy 08-01, (Conflict of Interest for State Grant-Making). In addition, if the Applicant or, if awarded funds, the Administrator, has knowledge or becomes aware of any actual, potential, perceived, or organizational conflicts of interest with respect to the Contract, the Administrator shall immediately disclose the conflict of interest directly to Minnesota Housing. 

If applying for Affordability Gap funds, the Applicant attests that it will ensure that any and all programs funded under this application comply with all applicable mortgage rules and regulations, including but not limited to Regulation X (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act), Regulation Z (Truth in Lending Act), TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures (TRID), Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), Fair Housing and Fair Credit Acts, and Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAAP).

     	     	
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Applicant Information
1.	Applicant Information (Exact legal name as it should appear on the Contract, if funded): 
Name:	     
Address:	     
City:	     
State:	     
Zip:		     
County:	     

Executive Director/President: 
Salutation:		     
Chosen Name: 	     
Job Title:		     
Legal Name:	     
Phone:		      
Email:		     

2.	RFP Contact:	
Salutation:		     
Chosen Name: 	     
Job Title:		     
Legal Name:	     
Phone:		      
Email:		      

By submitting this application, the Applicant authorizes Minnesota Housing and any co-funders to add the RFP Contact to our email distribution lists, including eNews lists, to ensure they receive important program updates.

 If the Executive Director/President is not the RFP Contact, check here if the Applicant authorizes Minnesota Housing and its co-funders to add its Executive Director/President to our email distribution lists.

3.	What type of organization is the Applicant (e.g., local government, tribal government, HRA, CAP, nonprofit, for-profit)? 
     

4.	Is the Applicant a municipality under Minnesota Statute §471.345, Subd. 1?
 Yes, Applicant is a municipality under Minnesota Statute §471.345, Subd. 1.
 No, Applicant is not a municipality under Minnesota Statute §471.345, Subd. 1.

5.	Name of the Applicant organization’s parent company, if the parent company is not the Applicant:
Name:	     
Address:	      
City:	      
State:	     
Zip:		     
County:	     
a.	Explain why the parent company is not the applicant. 
     

6.	Applicant: 
State ID #:	     		Federal ID #:	     

Parent Organization (if applicable): 
State ID #:	     		Federal ID #: 	     
	
7.	Applicant’s Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry (NMLS) information. All Applicants that will originate and close loans must have an NMLS number or a Certificate of Exemption. 
a.	NMLS Number:       

b.	Certificate of Exemption:       

c.	If the Applicant does not have an NMLS number nor a Certificate of Exemption, will the Applicant obtain an NMLS number or Certificate of Exemption before originating and closing loans?	 Yes     No

8.	Applicable to nonprofit applicants: FHA Mortgagee Letter 2014-08 states that in order to serve buyers with FHA-insured first mortgages, you must first be approved by HUD as a nonprofit authorized to offer secondary financing and be placed on HUD’s Nonprofit Organization Roster. If you are not on the HUD Nonprofit Organization Roster and are likely to work with FHA-eligible borrowers, explain why you are not on the roster.
     

9.	Identify who will provide the services below and mark whether the entity is an unaffiliated entity. An unaffiliated entity is one that does not have a contractual or legal relationship with the Applicant. 

	Name of entity performing services	An unaffiliated entity 	
Real estate agent or brokerage services	     	 Yes      No	
General contractor services	     	 Yes      No	
Specialty contractor services	     	 Yes      No	
Architectural services	     	 Yes      No	
Energy audits/modeling	     	 Yes      No	
Lead hazard inspections	     	 Yes      No	
Material supply	     	 Yes      No	
Other. Describe: 
     	     	 Yes      No	
Other. Describe: 
     	     	 Yes      No	
Other. Describe: 
     	     	 Yes      No	

10.	Describe the Applicant’s mission, purpose, and role in the proposed Housing Activity or Activities: (2000-character max)
      

11.	If the Applicant is submitting multiple applications, please indicate the order of priority for funding. Include a name and numeric ranking for each application: