The South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority has incorporated the National Council of Affordable Housing Market Analysts’ Market Study Terminology into its 2009 QAP package. The LIHTC manual requires that, “unless a specific definition is given in the 2009 QAP Package, commissioned analysts must adhere to Market Study Terminology as sanctioned by the National Council of Affordable Housing Market Analysts” This year’s market study RFP also notes that the Authority prefers to hire certified NCAHMA members. This is part of an increasing national trend amongst state Housing Finance Agencies to adopt NCAHMA’s Model Content Standards and/or give preferences to developers that hire NCAHMA Certified Market Analysts. A directory of NCAHMA Analysts is available at www.housingonline.com. To learn more about NCAHMA, please contact Thom Amdur at 202-939-1753 or tamdur@housingonline.com.  read more…