Qualified Allocation Plans

Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) is in the process of finalizing the State of Delaware’s 2016 Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP). DSHA will hold a public hearing to discuss the proposed QAP on Thursday, December 17, 2015.

The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) invites and highly encourages affordable housing developers and interested parties involved in projects recently reserved LIHTCs to attend the half-day workshops on Placed-in-Service submissions to the California LIHTC Program.

Applications for the 9% federal Housing Credit, Vermont State Housing Credit are due by January 29. If you are planning to submit a project for tax-exempt construction or permanent financing in order to receive the 4% “Bond” Housing Credits and you intend to apply for state housing credits, you must submit that application by the same deadline.

North Carolina Housing Finance Agency released a second draft of the 2016 Qualified Allocation Plan, along with a memo to explain major revisions contained in the draft.

The workshop will be held to solicit comments and suggestions from interested persons relative to Florida Housing’s Elderly Housing Community Loan. Funding under this RFA must be used to provide for life-safety, building preservation, health, sanitation, or security-related repairs or improvements to developments currently serving Elderly persons.

Maryland DHCD will hold a series of Regional Meetings to provide an overview of feedback received to date, solicit additional comments from a broader group of stakeholders, as well as to engage in a dialogue regarding revisions to the Qualified Allocation Plan and Multifamily Rental Financing Program Guide.

Workshop participants will engage in an introduction to the 2015 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria. Attendees will identify how to successfully address critical details of this Criteria in their own development projects.

The Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC) will hold a presubmittal conference for the Request for Proposals (RFP) for program management services for selected Disaster Recovery Housing Programs on Thursday, November 19 from 9 a.m. to noon.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs will hold a public hearing to accept public comment on the Draft 2016 State of Texas Consolidated Plan: One-Year Action Plan. The hearing will take place on Monday, November 16 at 2:00pm.

In order to improve specific underwriting criteria and set benchmarks in CHOICE projects, New Jersey HMFA’s Board recently approved additional changes to the CHOICE 2015 Program.

The Advance Review of Applicant and Developer Lists of Principals for RFA 2015-113 (Housing Credit Financing to Provide Affordable Multifamily Rental Housing that is a Part of Local Revitalization Initiatives) will begin on November 10, 2015.

KHC updated its 2016 Funding Round Q&A with answers to questions on the application and scoring criteria.