Qualified Allocation Plans

Florida Housing Finance Corporation issued RFA 2016-102 for the development of homeless and multifamily housing located in medium and large counties. To solicit comments and suggestions from interested persons relative to the proposed RFA, a workshop is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on Thursday, December 17, 2015.

The deadline for submitting applications to the winter 2016 affordable housing competition will be Friday, March 11, 2016.

DCHD has scheduled a public hearing for December 11, 2015, at 11:00 am to solicit comments on the 2016 draft Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit.

The purpose of the FAQ is to clarify commonly asked questions concerning the 2016-17 QAP and issue guidance related to OHFA’s interpretation of its program guidelines.

New supplemental materials, including Exceptional Development Characteristics Narrative Forms, the Competitive Scoring Summary, the 2016 Design and Construction Features Agreement, the CHDO Financial Capacity Letter, the Exception Request Form and the Construction Monitoring Form and Instructions, are now available on the OHFA website.

Ohio Housing Finance Agency announced that Kelan Craig, Business Manager, has been promoted to Director of Planning, Preservation and Development.

Andrew Hawes, Managing Director for the Kentucky Housing Corporation Multifamily Programs, has accepted a new position and will leave KHC at the end of the calendar year. Jeremy Ratliff will assume the position as interim managing director of Multifamily Programs, effective Friday, January 1, 2016.

In 2016, Colorado Housing Finance Agency will join together with a broad coalition of business and community partners to ask the Colorado General Assembly to extend the State Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program through 2019.

PHFA announced the 2016 PHFA Multifamily Program Application and Guidelines have been posted to its website. For 2016, all applicants must submit an Intent to Submit by January 8, 2016 with full applications due on March 4, 2016.

QRRP applicants should be advised that the December 15 DDA application submittal due date identified in Section 5258(a) of the CDLAC regulations will be extended. It is CDLAC’s revised expectation that expiring DDA applications will be submitted by June 15, 2016, fifteen days prior to the DDA expiration.

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development has recently launched a new website, and the website address for documents and resources associated with the revision of the Qualified Allocation Plan and Multifamily Rental Financing Program Guide.

Louisiana Housing Corporation posted Questions and Answers for the Disaster Recovery RFP. The deadline for submittals for the RFP has been extended to December 11.