Qualified Allocation Plans

The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) is planning to utilize a Special Purpose Greater Opportunities for Affordable Living (GOAL) Round for SFY 2022. Under this funding round, AHFC will make grants, zero interest loans, LIHTC and sponsor based rental assistance available for competitive allocation.

The Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) is making $3 million in Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) and $2 million in HOME Program funds available alongside a four percent LIHTC allocation. Priority funding will be given first to projects requesting CDBG-CV grants and secondly to HOME. Applications must be received no later than 5 p.m. […]

Minnesota Housing published several more important application pieces that allow applicants to get started sooner:

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) opened the 2021 Oregon Affordable Housing Tax Credit (OAHTC) pool application. The application makes $250,000,000 in OAHTC loan amount available on a non-competitive first-come, first-reviewed basis with set-asides for the following activities:

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) will hold a Housing Stability Council meeting on April 2, 2020 from 9 am to 12:30 pm PT via Zoom. The meeting materials packet is available here.

The Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) board of directors voted to increase the 2021 bond cap by $65 million from $310 to $375 million. The board of directors also voted to amend the 2021 qualified allocation plan (QAP) to create an additional allocation round for the disaster credits approved by Congress in the 2020 year-end spending package.

Florida Housing posted a new SR-1 form (Rev. 0121) for submissions of Annual Financial Reports for 2020 that is configured to allow direct upload of data into the database. If you have any additional questions, please contact Ed Pilote via email at Ed.Pilote@floridahousing.org.

The Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) set aside $40 million to relaunch the Assisted Housing Relief Program, which serves rental units in multifamily projects financed by DHCD’s Community Development Administration using State funds and other federal resources.

On March 25 from 9:30 – 11 am CT Minnesota Housing will host a webinar to share its Supportive Housing Evaluation Results, Best Practices and Action Plan, conducted by the Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC) and Human Services Research Institute (HSRI). Register here.

The Montana Board of Housing unanimously approved the maximum credit per project for the 2022 LIHTC allocation, 22.5 percent or an estimated $6,491,250 per allocated project. If the current federal 12.5 percent boost is not extended for the 2022 credits and beyond, the maximum credit per project will revert to 20 percent or an estimated $6,491,250 per allocated project.

The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority in collaboration with the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) is hosting a webinar series to expand the supply of affordable, supportive housing in Wisconsin. The next webinar on April 25 from 9:30-11 a.m. CT will focus on supportive services. Register here. The May 25 webinar will focus on property management in supportive housing, register here. WHEDA and CSH held two prior webinars on integrated housing models and supportive housing 101.

The Alabama Housing Finance Authority (AHFA) posted the materials from its 2021 Competitive Application Cycle Trainings.