Qualified Allocation Plans

Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association will host a forum on June 3 to look at the success that Massachusetts has achieved in preserving affordable housing stock since the passage and implementation of the Chapter 40T law in 2009.

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development’s proposed changes to the QAP and Guide for non-substantive changes or other clarifying changes are available for review. The documents may be accessed from the Department’s website at http://www.mdhousing.org.

Kentucky Housing Corporation will host a public hearing to discuss and review comments on the revised Five-Year PHA Plan for administering the KHC Housing Choice Voucher Program. The hearing will be held from 2-3 p.m., Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at Kentucky Housing Corporation, 1231 Louisville Road, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Florida Housing will hold a (non-telephonic) workshop on May 28, 2015, beginning at 1:30 p.m., Eastern Time, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport, 9300 Jeff Fuqua Blvd, Orlando FL 32827.

At this workshop, Florida Housing intends to solicit comments and suggestions from interested persons relative to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and State Apartment Incentive Loan (SAIL) program Request for Applications (RFA) issued in 2014, and the RFA process in general.

Ohio Housing Finance Agency will host on Friday, May 15 its final public forum for the 2016-2017 QAP at the Ohio Department of Transportation Auditorium (1980 W. Broad Street, Columbus, OH) from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Registration is not required.

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency has extended the deadline for projects planning to submit applications for the 2015 9% Mixed Income Reserve to noon on August 28, 2015. NJHMFA released a revised QAP timeline based on the new deadline.

The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency announced the 2015 Unified Application for HMRA Multifamily Rental Housing Production Programs is now available to be downloaded for all Agency funding. The deadline to submit applications for the 9% Tax Credit round are as follows:

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) announced the fifth round for the Gap Financing Program NOFA. The Gap Financing Program NOFA is designed to improve MSHDA’s direct-lending production by making available approximately $18 million in gap funding.

Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) has released the 2015 Application Guidelines for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) for Tenant Based Rental Assistance activities (TBRA). The 2015 Application Guidelines are available on KHC’s website, under Development, Single-Family, HOME Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA).

The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) is preparing a draft of the 2016 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP), and in lieu of holding a public forum meeting, is soliciting your input via email. It is IFA’s intention to formulate the 2016 QAP similarly to the 2015 QAP.

Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority awarded $12.5 million in low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) to fund 25 affordable housing developments. WHEDA received 51 applications with nearly $28 million in requests for the 2015 LIHTC round. To view the full list of awards, click here.

The West Virginia Housing Development Fund requests 2014 Year End Financial Audits from LIHTCP property owners in the state for each LIHTCP property they own. If your property is not required to have an annual audit, the Fund will accept an accountant’s compilation of the property’s financial statements.