Qualified Allocation Plans

The Multifamily Finance Division of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) will hold the first planning meeting for the 2020 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 at 2 p.m. Austin local time. The meeting will take place at the Stephen F. Austin Building, 1700 Congress Ave., Room 170 in […]

Dear Partners: We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting an open partner call for the Multifamily Development and Asset Management & Compliance sections of OHCS. During this call staff will be providing a general update on the Multifamily Housing Finance activities and planning efforts, followed by open time for questions and answers. […]

Good afternoon Program Participants and Other Interested Parties, Stewart Rutledge just made us aware of a typing error in a sentence found in Section 12:  New Construction Regional Pools of the 2019-2020 Qualified Allocation Plan.  Thank you Stewart. The language in Section 12, Item C was accurate in the September 26, 2018 QAP version which […]

In preparation for the 2019 Housing Tax Credit (HTC) Application Cycle, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Multifamily Finance Division has scheduled an Application Webinar to take place on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, and will begin at 9 a.m. Austin local time. The webinar will highlight changes for the 2019 Cycle, including […]

On November 28, 2018, the California Housing Partnership and Enterprise Community Partners published a report that uses newly available data to assess the climate and community benefits delivered by the Cap-and-Trade-funded Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program through its first three funding rounds. To date, the program has awarded $701 million to 77 location-efficient developments across the state that […]

After reviewing public comments, I am pleased to issue the TCAC final proposed regulation changes with revisions to various items.  Also included is the comment matrix that lists and responds to public comments and explains the proposed revisions.  The TCAC Committee will consider the final proposed regulation changes at the December 12, 2018 meeting. Mark Stivers […]

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) is releasing proposed rule actions for 10 TAC, Chapter 23, Subchapter B, Availability Of Funds, Application Requirements, Review And Award Procedures, General Administrative Requirements, And Resale And Recapture Of Funds, Section 23.24 Administrative Deficiency Process and 10 TAC, Chapter 23, Subchapter E, Contract for Deed Program, […]

Good afternoon Program Participants and other Interested Parties, New and/or Updated Compliance Forms: Multifamily Programs has made changes to our required compliance forms. These modified forms can be found at  https://thda.org/business-partners/housing-credit-compliance. Household Income Certification (HIC HO-0420) This is the former Tenant Income Certification (TIC) A disclosure added to the Household Certification and Signatures section notifying […]

Good morning Program Participants and other Interested Parties, If you missed THDA’s Tax Credit Committee and Board Meeting on Tuesday, you missed productive and positive outcomes for THDA’s multifamily housing programs. You also missed some “fast footwork” on my part, but that is another story. Amendments to the 2019-2020 Low Income Housing Credit Qualified Allocation […]

Yesterday, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency posted the Affordable Housing Funding Application for the 2019 Competitive Housing Tax Credit round. This update incorporates the 2019 Qualified Census Tract and Difficult Development Area data, adds a scoring sheet for the FHAct50 program, addresses revisions contained in the Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP), and improves usability. The form […]

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) is pleased to announce upcoming competitive funding rounds for two different financial resources to assist multi-family rental developments:  1) the federal Housing Trust Fund Program and 2) the MSHDA Gap Financing Program.  Each program is available to provide financial resources that are generally to be used in conjunction […]

On November 19, 2018 at 1:00 p.m., Florida Housing issued a Second Modification to RFA 2018-116 SAIL Financing of Affordable Multifamily Housing Developments to be Used in Conjunction with Tax-Exempt Bonds and Non-Competitive Housing Credits. The modification and the complete RFA reflecting the first and second modifications may be found on the Website at https://www.floridahousing.org/programs/developers-multifamily-programs/competitive/2018/2018-116 […]