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Press Releases
AVAILABILITY OF 2013 EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT APPLICATIONS
The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) announces the availability of Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) applications for the 2013 grant year.
Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds may be used for:
- Provision of “street outreach”/essential services for chronically homeless (unsheltered) persons. Eligible activities include engagement, case management, emergency health services, and ground transportation.
- Operation or renovation of facilities providing emergency shelter
- Provision of essential services for persons housed in an emergency shelter
- Homelessness prevention and/or rapid re-housing services for qualified individuals and families who are literally homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. Eligible activities include provision of short- and/or medium-term rental assistance and also intake services, housing search & placement, and case management relative to assisting clients with rental assistance
Applications will be available for pick-up between the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at VIHFA’s offices located at 3202 Frenchtown Plaza, St. Thomas, and 100 Lagoon Complex, Suite 4 Frederiksted, St. Croix starting on Monday, May 6, 2013. Applications will be due on Friday, June 7, 2013 at 3:00 PM. No extensions of the due date will be granted.
Orientation sessions for prospective applicants will be held in the respective island districts as follows: St. Croix – Thursday, May 21, 2013 and St. Thomas/St. John – Tuesday, May 23, 2013. The sessions, which will be held at the VIHFA’s Training Room on each respective island, will begin at 10:00 AM. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to attend the orientation sessions.
For additional information, please contact Ms. Bernadette L. Richards, Director of Capital Development Planning at (340) 772-4432.
AVAILABILITY OF 2013 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATIONS
The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) announces the availability of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications for the 2013 grant year.
Applications will be available for pick-up between the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at VIHFA’s offices located at 3202 Demarara No. 3 (Frenchtown Plaza), St. Thomas and 100 Lagoon Complex, Suite 4 Frederiksted, St. Croix starting on Tuesday, January 8, 2013. Applications will be due on February 22, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. No extensions of the due date will be granted.
Orientation sessions for applicants will be held in both districts, Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (St. Croix) and on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (St. Thomas) in the VIHFA Training Room in each district. Potential applicants are encouraged to attend either one of the scheduled orientation sessions.
For additional information, please contact Mrs. Antoinette Fleming, CBDG Program Manager at (340) 777-4432 on St. Thomas or Ms. Tamisha Thomas, Associate Planner at (340) 772-4432 on St. Croix.
Request For Proposals
RFP #008-2011-STX VIHFA
The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority is soliciting sealed bids from qualified and licensed Construction and/or Development firms for the Development of vacant land into a New Subdivision of approx. 12+/- moderate income home lots, including roads and other infrastructure, in Estate Solitude on the island of St. Croix.
Interested firms may secure a complete “Bid Package” from the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority’s office, located at Frits Lawaetz Complex, Frederiksted – Bldg. no.1, Suite no. 210 (second floor) for a nominal fee of $100.00.
Sealed Bids will be received no later than 3:00 PM Atlantic Standard Time on November 11, 2011, at the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority Lagoon Street office, Frederiksted in St. Croix.
The Pre-Bid Conference and inspection of the project property/site is scheduled for October 7, 2011 at 10:00 AM at the offices of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority, on Lagoon Street, in Frederiksted. The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority reserves the right to waive any irregularities in, or to reject any, or all bids.
By: Adrienne L. Williams, Executive Director, 9/30, 10/2-3 and 10/5/2011
Request For Proposals
RFP #009-2011-STX VIHFA
The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority is soliciting sealed bids from qualified and licensed Construction and/or Development firms for the Development of vacant land into a New Subdivision of approx. 40 +/- Affordable Home lots, including roads and other infrastructure, in Estate Mount Pleasant (West) on the island of St. Croix.
Interested firms may secure a complete “Bid Package” from the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority’s office, located at Frits Lawaetz Complex, Frederiksted – Bldg. no.1, Suite no. 210 (second floor) for a nominal fee of $100.00.
Sealed Bids will be received no later than 3:00 PM Atlantic Standard Time on December 2, 2011, at the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority Lagoon Street office, Frederiksted in St. Croix.
The Pre-Bid Conference and inspection of the project property/site is scheduled for October 28, 2011 at 10:00 AM at the offices of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority, on Lagoon Street, in Frederiksted. The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority reserves the right to waive any irregularities in, or to reject any, or all bids.
By: Adrienne L. Williams, Executive Director, 10/19, 10/22 and 10/23-24/2011 |
