Qualified Allocation Plans

The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency announced that the Housing Incentive Fund, a state effort to create affordable rental housing, is resuming activity. NDHFA is accepting applications for development assistance through the Housing Incentive Fund, a program that has created more than 1,500 new units statewide.

New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority will host the 2015 Governor’s Conference on Housing and Economic Development on October 27-28, 2015.

Michigan State Housing Development Authority and Department of Health and Human Services will roll out a new project based rental assistance program to house extremely low-income persons with disabilities.

Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association will host a forum on June 3 to look at the success that Massachusetts has achieved in preserving affordable housing stock since the passage and implementation of the Chapter 40T law in 2009.

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development’s proposed changes to the QAP and Guide for non-substantive changes or other clarifying changes are available for review. The documents may be accessed from the Department’s website at http://www.mdhousing.org.

Kentucky Housing Corporation will host a public hearing to discuss and review comments on the revised Five-Year PHA Plan for administering the KHC Housing Choice Voucher Program. The hearing will be held from 2-3 p.m., Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at Kentucky Housing Corporation, 1231 Louisville Road, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Florida Housing will hold a (non-telephonic) workshop on May 28, 2015, beginning at 1:30 p.m., Eastern Time, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport, 9300 Jeff Fuqua Blvd, Orlando FL 32827.

At this workshop, Florida Housing intends to solicit comments and suggestions from interested persons relative to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and State Apartment Incentive Loan (SAIL) program Request for Applications (RFA) issued in 2014, and the RFA process in general.

Ohio Housing Finance Agency will host on Friday, May 15 its final public forum for the 2016-2017 QAP at the Ohio Department of Transportation Auditorium (1980 W. Broad Street, Columbus, OH) from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Registration is not required.

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency has extended the deadline for projects planning to submit applications for the 2015 9% Mixed Income Reserve to noon on August 28, 2015. NJHMFA released a revised QAP timeline based on the new deadline.

The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency announced the 2015 Unified Application for HMRA Multifamily Rental Housing Production Programs is now available to be downloaded for all Agency funding. The deadline to submit applications for the 9% Tax Credit round are as follows:

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) announced the fifth round for the Gap Financing Program NOFA. The Gap Financing Program NOFA is designed to improve MSHDA’s direct-lending production by making available approximately $18 million in gap funding.

Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) has released the 2015 Application Guidelines for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) for Tenant Based Rental Assistance activities (TBRA). The 2015 Application Guidelines are available on KHC’s website, under Development, Single-Family, HOME Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA).