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COC chairs warn new HUD 'BUILD' NOFO's format and one‑week window could bar local applicants
Summary
OHS staff and COC chairs told the council that HUD's new COC/BUILD NOFO drops narrative scoring for a largely yes/no format and sets a compressed one‑week deadline, prompting concerns that jurisdictional scoring criteria and short timelines will disadvantage local applicants.
Allison, representing OHS, told the Homelessness Planning Council that HUD has released a new COC‑BUILD NOFO with a markedly different application format and a compressed timetable that seriously limits local applicants’ ability to prepare submissions.
"This new NOFO includes no narrative," Allison said, describing the packet as a set of mostly yes/no statements rather than the narrative scoring panels used in past NOFOs. She warned…
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