Texas

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Compliance and Asset Oversight Division, in coordination with the Texas Apartment Association, will present a one day Housing Tax Credit training seminar in Austin and San Antonio.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has posted the following documents related to the 2012 Competitive Housing Tax Credit Program funding round.

HUD’s Economic and Market Analysis Division has released Comprehensive Housing Market Analyses for Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas; Houston, Texas; and Reading, Pennsylvania.

Last week, the Dallas Federal District Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a lawsuit that challenged the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs’ (TDHCA) allocation of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) in the Dallas metropolitan area.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued OCC Bulletin 2012-8 which will extend the deadline for consideration of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) activities in areas that were affected by hurricanes Rita and Katrina.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has released its public hearing schedule to gather public comments on 2012 Competitive Housing Tax Credit (HTC) Applications.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has released the final 2012-2013 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) for the state’s Housing Tax Credit program.

The IRS issued Notice 2012-3 to provide guidance on current refunding issues for outstanding prior bond issues that qualify for tax-exempt bond financing under disaster relief bond programs including Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds (GO Zone Bonds), qualified Midwestern disaster area bonds and Hurricane Ike disaster area bonds under the Heartland Disaster Act.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has released the 2012 Multifamily Application Materials which includes the final 2012-2013 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP), the updated 2012 Site Demographic Characteristics Report, the Multifamily Programs Procedures Manual, Pre-Application materials, Multifamily Uniform Application, and more.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a meeting for the Rural Housing Workgroup. This meeting is being held in response the agency’s increased awareness of the unique challenges in serving rural populations.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs has announced the availability of up to $22,038,066 in funding from the HOME Investment partnerships Program for the development of affordable multifamily rental housing for low-income Texans.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced the 2012 Multifamily Application Workshop schedule for those wishing to apply for Low-Income House Tax Credits (LIHTC).