The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) has made a change to its Compliance Training requirements, as outlined in the 2012 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP), for participants in the LIHTC program. The half-day session on Compliance provided at the annual Application Workshop will no longer be considered acceptable training. The new mandate now requires applicants to meet a new standard of “Compliance Training,” as defined in the QAP.

ADOH has now defined “Compliance Training” as instructional programs taught by authorized providers on operating and managing projects in  I.R.C. §42, Reg. 1.42-5, the QAP and the LURA. Approved providers are: ADOH, Compliance Solutions, THEOPRO and Spectrum. The developer, co-developer, or consultant of an applicant project must attend training a minimum of once every 5 years. If a developer has attended an approved training in the last 5 years, a certificate from that training will be accepted.

Management agents will also be held to meeting compliance training requirements, which will be offered by ADOH. Property managers must attend and be certified annually on ADOH compliance monitoring. A certificate is now required as part of the project’s annual report sent to ADOH.

ADOH’s next compliance training is scheduled for October 23-24, 2012 in Tuscon, AZ. To register, click here. For more information about these changes, please visit ADOH’s website, or contact Ruby Dillon at 602-771-1031, e-mail [email protected].