INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Grant
AGREEMENT made this 1° day of May 2021 by and between the City of Nashua (hereinafter “City”)
whose address is 229 Main Street, Nashua, NH 03060 and Harbor Homes, Inc. (hereinafter “Contractor”)
whose address is 77 Northeastern Boulevard, Nashua, NH 03062.
SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED:
The City is a recipient of a Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) grant from the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purposes of providing tenant-based
rental assistance to eligible clients and their families. In order to implement this grant, the City is
entering into this agreement with Harbor Homes, Inc.
The Contractor agrees to perform the following services for the City:
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Operate the HOPWA program in accordance with the applicable Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) regulations;
Comply with and meet the performance measure benchmarks established in the Notice of
Funding Availability and by HUD for the implementation and operation of the grant;
Conduct approved activities in order to achieve the planned housing performance goals for
housing outputs;
Conduct an ongoing assessment of the permanent supportive housing assistance required by
the participants in the program;
Report on the annual achievement of the HOPWA client outcome goals in achieving stable
housing, reducing risks of homelessness and improving access to care for beneficiaries;
Assure the provision of supportive services to participants in the permanent housing program
and fulfill the commitment to use leveraged funds for HOPWA activities by documenting the use
of an amount of funds consistent with HUD-approved list of commitments;
Comply with all terms and conditions, including record-keeping and reporting for program
monitoring and evaluation purposes;
Agree to maintain records of beneficiary and program activity eligibility and related
documentation, including but not limited to, the following Agreements as defined in the HUD
contract with the city of Nashua, NH: a) Continue the Provision of Permanent Housing, b)
Continue the Use of Other Resources, and, c) Permanent Client Occupancy;
Comply with environmental review requirements, as set forth at 24 CFR Part 58;
Provide HUD with information necessary for HUD to perform any required environmental review
under 24 CFR Part 50; respond to measures required from such a review;
Await approval from HUD for any lease, rehabilitation, conversion, repair, or construction of
property;
Abide by 24 CFR Part 574 — Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS — and subparts A-G, as
noted in Exhibit C of the federal contract between the City of Nashua, NH and HUD; and
Will understand fully the characteristics contributing to a “default” and the possible
consequences of a “default” by HUD standards; will respond appropriately to a “default”
determination.
If the Contractor expends $750,000 or more in federal awards during their fiscal year, they must
have a single or program-specific audit conducted for that year in accordance with Federal
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