General News

Delaware

Delaware Housing Authority Releases 2010 LIHTC Documents

The Delaware State Housing Authority has released its 2010 low-income housing tax credit program funding round documentation.

Maryland

Maryland Announces 2010 Competitive Funding Round

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development recently issued a memo announcing its February 2010 competitive funding round for low-income housing tax credits.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Publishes Underwriting Criteria for 2010 LIHTC Projects

The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority has released its underwriting criteria for 2010 low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program applications.

NH&RA News

Member Update: NCAHMA Education Committee, November 10

Members of NCAHMA’s Education Committee convened for an in-person meeting on November 10, 2009 at the Doubletree Hotel Magnificent Mile in Chicago. The meeting was held in conjunction with the 2009 Affordable Housing Underwriting Forum & Annual Meeting.

New Mexico

New Mexico Releases RFP for LIHTC Market Studies, Incorporates NCAHMA Standards

The New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify and select qualified individuals to produce affordable multifamily rental real estate market analyses for proposed tax credit projects. The market studies will be used as one means of assessing proposed projects for allocation of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC).

Connecticut

Connecticut Agency Proposes Amendments to 2010 QAP

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority has issued a memo of proposed amendments to its Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Allocation Plan and Procedures for 2010.

NH&RA News

CDFI Fund Releases Public Comments on NMTC Program Application

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund has posted the comments submitted in response to its request for public comment related to the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program allocation application.

Kansas

Kansas Releases Proposed 2010 QAP

The Kansas Housing Resources Corporation has released a proposed version of its 2010 qualified allocation plan (QAP), used for governing the allocation of federal low-income housing tax credits.

Massachusetts

NCAHMA Member Explores Housing Trends In Boston

David Kirk, principal and founder of Kirk & Co., recently published an article in the New England Real Estate Journal entitled “The Greater Boston Housing Report Card for 2009.”

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Releases Proposed 2010 QAP

The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency has released the proposed 2010 Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Plan for public comment.

Texas

Texas Schedules Additional TCAP/Exchange Audio Conferences

The Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs will hold additional TCAP/Exchange Audio Conferences on December 4, 9, 16 and 30.

HUD

HUD Issues EIV Access Reminder to Multifamily Owners, Agents

The U.S. Department of Housing has issued a reminder that HUD-assisted multifamily housing owners and management agents must seek access to the Department’s Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system if they don’t already have access, in order to avoid non-compliance penalties imposed by a final rule that makes use of the system mandatory as of 1/31/10.

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