The Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will hold a virtual public hearing on proposed amendments to the 2020-2021 QAP at 11 a.m. ET on May 13. Register by emailing Bertha Borin. The amendments create a third 2021 competition for certain OneStop+ applications that are not awarded credits and subsidy at the conclusion of the January 2021 competition. The third competition will be available to sponsors whose projects are well advanced and highly ready to proceed, with specific criteria to be set forth in the NOFA. During the third competition, DHCD will prioritize highly ready family production projects. The Department anticipates issuing a mini-round NOFA in May or June 2021, with pre-applications due early in August 2021 and OneStop+ applications due in September or October 2021.
The second amendment amends the Development Team Scoring Criteria on Minority/Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) to “Sponsor and team must have a satisfactory history of diverse supplier contracting and a demonstrated commitment to full participation of minority and women-owned business enterprises (MBEs/WBEs), as well as other diverse businesses certified by the Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office (SDO) in all areas of contracting, including contracts for construction, design, goods and services. Sponsor must submit with the pre-application a current plan for outreach, recruitment and utilization of MBEs/WBEs and other diverse business enterprises.” Comments can be submitted to Rebecca Frawley Wachtel.
