Assisted-living Conversion Program (ALCP)

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Purpose:
Assisted-Living Facilities (ALFs) are designed to accommodate frail elderly and people with disabilities who can live independently but need assistance with activities of daily living (e.g., assistance with eating, bathing, grooming, dressing and home management activities.) ALFs must provide support services such as personal care, transportation, meals, housekeeping, and laundry.

Type of Assistance:
Typical funding will cover basic physical conversion of existing project units, common and services space. The ALCP provides funding for the physical costs of converting some or all of the units of an eligible development into an ALF, including the unit configuration, common and services space and any necessary remodeling, consistent with HUD or the State's statute/regulations (whichever is more stringent). There must be sufficient community space to accommodate a central kitchen or dining facility, lounges, recreation and other multiple-areas available to all residents of the project, or office/staff spaces in the ALF. Funding for the supportive services must be provided by the owners, either directly or through a third party, such as medicaid, SSI payments, State or Area Agency on Aging, etc.

Eligible Grantees:
Only private nonprofit owners of Section 202, Section 8 project-based [including Rural Housing Services' Section 515], Section 221(d)(3) BMIR, Section 236 housing developments that are designated primarily for occupancy by the elderly for at least five years are eligible for funding. A private nonprofit of a unused/underutilized commercial property is also eligible.

Eligible Customers:
Eligible residents who meet the admissions/discharge requirements as established for assisted-living by State and local licensing, or HUD frailty requirements under 24 CFR891.205 if more stringent. The residents must be able to live independently but need assistance with activities of daily living (e.g., assistance with eating, bathing, grooming, dressing and home management activities).

Application:
Applicants must submit an application for funding, in response to the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) published in the Federal Register each fiscal year. Applicants that apply for the Assisted-Living Conversion Program compete for program funds allocated to each individual Multifamily Hub Office. Awards are generally announced in September.

Technical Guidance:
The Program is authorized under Section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended. HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing is responsible for administering the Assisted-Living Conversion Program.