Pennsylvania

A Pre-Application Meeting for Multifamily Housing Programs has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 7, 2018 in Harrisburg. 

This session will cover the basic procedures that must be implemented, and assistance that is to be provided, by agencies triggering the URA when projects/activities involving acquisition, rehabilitation and/or demolition are funded with federal money.

Attendees are asked to fill out a registration form for the information session.  Deadline for registration is Friday, August 3, 2018.

The Agency will be revising the upcoming Allocation Plan to address Income Averaging in Tax Credit applications submitted in the future. For the most part, current projects are not able to apply for income averaging.

Read on for a summary of changes.

In anticipation of issuing a draft 2019 Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Plan in the next few months, the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency is seeking input from partners on the affordable housing priorities and needs throughout the Commonwealth. Specifically, we are asking partners to share thoughts on the Allocation Plan preferences and set-asides, threshold and […]

Andrew B. Cohen, Senior Vice President of The Woda Group, Inc., was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Developers’ Council. He will serve a two year term. Pennsylvania Developers’ Council, based in State College, PA, is an advocacy organization aimed at promoting adequate public and private resources for production, rehabilitation and […]

The schedule follows from issuance of a draft QAP through to the allocation of credits.

Give and get feedback on utility companies’ Act 129 energy efficiency programs for future program planning.

Since PHFA anticipates being significantly oversubscribed with the number of applications versus resources, those developments awarded 2016 tax credits will be required to meet a closing and commencement of construction date of March 31, 2017.

Through this system, the Agency will accept the Intent to Submit and supplemental information that must be submitted by Friday, January 8, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

PHFA announced the 2016 PHFA Multifamily Program Application and Guidelines have been posted to its website. For 2016, all applicants must submit an Intent to Submit by January 8, 2016 with full applications due on March 4, 2016.