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Oregon

Oregon Housing and Community Services Prepares for Four Percent LIHTC Program Launch in ORCA 

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) is preparing for the implementation of the four percent LIHTC program within the Oregon Centralized Application (ORCA).

Minnesota

Minnesota Housing Announces 2025 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2026 HTC Round 1 Application Dates 

Anticipated dates for the 2025 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2026 HTC Round 1 are listed below. Dates will be finalized on the Multifamily Consolidated RFP/HTC Funding Rounds webpage. 

Kansas

Kansas Bill Would Adjust QRE Percentage for State HTC 

Legislation recently introduced in the Kansas Senate would provide new percentages for the State Historic Tax Credit (HTC) based on the population of the city and the amount of qualified rehabilitation expenditures (QREs).

Colorado

Colorado Housing Finance Authority Shares 2025 Federal Nine Percent, State and TOC Housing Tax Credit Applicant Report 

The 2025 Round One Applicant Report is now available on the CHFA website.

HUD

Scott Turner Confirmed by Senate to Serve as Secretary of HUD

Scott Turner was confirmed by the full Senate, 55-44, as Secretary of HUD on February 5.

HUD

HUD Halts Enforcement of Gender Identity Rule

Secretary Turner issued an order directing HUD to stop any pending or future enforcement actions related to the 2016 rule entitled “Equal Access in Accordance with an Individual’s Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs.”

Member News

McCormack Baron Salazar’s Adhi Nagraj Reappointed as Chair of the CA Housing Partnership

Adhitya “Adhi” Nagraj, of Oakland, has been reappointed to the California Housing Partnership Corporation, where he has served since 2016. Nagraj has been the chief development officer at McCormack Baron Salazar since 2022.

Maryland

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Shares Multifamily Housing Notice 25-3

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Shares Multifamily Housing Notice 25-3

Presidential Seal

Federal Aid Freeze

Last week, NH&RA reported on the Trump administration’s memorandum M-25-13, which froze all federal grants, loans and other financial assistance.

New Jersey

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency to Conduct Two Competitive Nine Percent LIHTC Rounds in 2025

The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency will be conducting two competitive nine percent LIHTC Rounds in 2025.

New Jersey

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency to Launch LIHTC Compliance Portal

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency launched the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Compliance Portal on Feb. 10, 2025.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Housing Shares Build America, Buy America Compliance for February 2025

The Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) was signed into law by President Biden on Nov. 15, 2021, as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58).

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