HUD has issued a notices designating its 2013 “Difficult Development Areas” (DDAs) for purposes of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. HUD makes DDA designations annually. In addition to announcing the 2013 DDA designations, the notice responds to public comment received in response to the proposed use of Small Area Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for designating DDAs as published in the notice “Statutorily Mandated Designation of Difficult Development Areas and Qualified Census Tracts for 2012”, published in the Federal Register on October 27, 2011. After considering the public comments, HUD has decided to delay by one year the adoption of small area DDAs. NH&RA was joined by a coalition of affordable housing groups in commenting on the 2013 FMRs. Other signatories included:
- Council for Affordable Rural Housing (CARH)
- Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
- Leading Age
- National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA)
- National Apartment Association (NAA)
- National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
- National Leased Housing Association (NLHA)
- National Multi Housing Council (NMHC)
The 2014 DDAs will be published in a separate notice at a later date after further consideration of the Small DDA concept. Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs) for 2013 were previously designated in a notice published in the Federal Register on April 20, 2012.
