The Multifamily Finance Division of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (“TDHCA”) will hold the second planning meeting for the 2019 Qualified Allocation Plan (“QAP”) and Uniform Multifamily Rules on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, the day before the TDHCA Governing Board meeting. The roundtable will begin at 2 p.m. and may extend to 5 p.m., Austin local time.  It will be located in Room 170 of the Stephen F. Austin Building, 1700 North Congress Avenue, Austin.

The agenda for this meeting will include discussing the Opportunity Index, including how to weight certain items within it to allow for more scoring differentiation. Staff will also inform stakeholders on how to include job data in the QAP.

An updated Project Plan has been posted to the TDHCA website at: http://www.tdhca.state.tx.us/multifamily/nofas-rules.htm. Please note the changes in the calendar of this plan.

Registration for the meeting is available through Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-qap-project-plan-roundtable-january-tickets-41852567155.

If any new topics for discussion are posted in the TDHCA online forum for the 2019 QAP Planning Project prior to this roundtable, staff will send a Listserv announcing such. The TDHCA online forum can be found at: https://tdhca.websitetoolbox.com/

If you have any questions regarding the 2019 QAP Planning process, please contact Patrick Russell, 512-475-0927 or [email protected].