The Tennessee Housing Development Agency’s Multifamily Development Division held its 2016 Workshop on November 17 and provided the following information:
- Housing Credit Management System (HCMS) registration now open for new applicants. See Registration Instructions. All 9% LIHTC Competitive Applications will be transmitted through the HCMS system that should open December 1,2016.
- The 2017 Tax Exempt Bond Authority application will still be in paper form as THDA is transitioning to another system, THOMAS that will launch in 2018. More information regarding the new system will be forthcoming.
- THDA also handed out a memorandum, regarding the Enterprise Green Communities (EGC) Certification Links and Information in particular for 2016 Awardees that selected these points, a representative from EGC will be hosting a webinar to provide guidance around the certification process that awardees are responsible for. Please mark you calendars for February 7, 2017, more information regarding a time is forthcoming. We would strongly advise you to familiarize yourself with resources that are available on the EGC website, those links are in the memorandum as well. THDA would also like to hear feedback regarding the EGC process, so please do not hesitate to reach out to dduarte@thda.org or fhamilton@thda.org at any time.
