Specifications include, but are not limited to: The County of Humboldt (“County”), by and through its Department of Health and Human Services, is issuing this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to solicit Proposals from affordable housing developers interested in applying jointly with the County to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”) for competitive allocation funding made available through the No Place Like Home (“NPLH”) Program. The NPLH Program provides deferred payment loans to counties applying independently, or jointly with a Development Sponsor for the development of Permanent Supportive Housing, with a minimum of five (5) units or more, for persons with serious mental illness who are homeless, chronically homeless or at-risk of chronic homelessness (“Target Population”). NPLH Program funds may be used to acquire, design, construct, rehabilitate or preserve Permanent Supportive Housing, which may also include a capitalized operating subsidy reserve.