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Face to Face seeks $8 million in housing infrastructure bonds for 24 supportive housing units for youth
Summary
Face to Face requested $8 million in housing infrastructure bonds under House File 2619 to build 24 units of deeply affordable supportive housing for youth ages 18–24 adjacent to its East Side service site.
Representative Lee presented House File 2619 on March 25 seeking $8 million in housing infrastructure bonds to finance a 24‑unit supportive housing project for youth run by Face to Face Health and Counseling.
Hannah Getachew Cruiser, executive director of Face to Face, said the organization serves youth ages 11–24 and provided services to more than 5,000 young people last year; the proposed housing would serve 18–24‑year‑olds at risk of homelessness and sit across the street from Face to Face's main medical site on the East Side. Sarah Larson, a principal at Landon Group assisting with financing, told the committee that smaller, 100% supportive housing projects have limited access to conventional Low-Income Housing Tax Credit financing and that housing infrastructure bonds are often the only available state source for projects of this scale.
Witnesses said without HIB funding the project likely could not be built because other state base programs and the economic development and housing challenge fund do not allow 100% supportive housing as an eligible new-construction use. The request was presented informationally; no committee vote was taken during the hearing.
