Description Purpose of the Solicitation In November 2015 Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the NYC Supportive Housing Initiative to fund and develop 15,000 new units of supportive housing in New York City over the next fifteen (15) years. This far reaching and comprehensive initiative targets the most vulnerable homeless New Yorkers in need of supportive housing. Supportive housing combines affordable housing with appropriate social services to help special populations such as those who may have serious mental illness, substance use disorders, are young adults aging out of foster care or with a high usage of homeless services as well as other special populations as determined by the City that are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless so they may achieve housing stability. The goal of the program is to provide individuals access to the affordable housing market in safe New York City communities. The City''s 15,000-unit plan (NYC 15/15) is comprised of a projected 7,500 newly-developed congregate (single-site) units and a projected 7,500 scattered-site apartments rented from private landlords that are spread throughout New York City. The NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA) is the lead
