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The South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development Authority has published its final 2013 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) and Tax Credit Manual for the allocation of its federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs).

The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) has released a draft version of its 2013 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP). The draft contains several proposed revisions

HUD has announced that Margaret Salazar has been named Deputy Director of the Office of Affordable Housing Preservation (OAHP). Ted Toon, who previously held the position of Director of OAHP, is currently detailed as Acting Director of the Office of Multifamily Housing Development.

HUD has released information about resources and tools available to assist partners in dealing with the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy at HUD-assisted properties.

A new Senate bill introduced September 2012, S. 3538, would reduce administrative burdens and complexities for certain local public housing agencies (PHAs) that administer federal low-income housing programs. The purpose of the legislative measure is for PHAs to realize administrative savings, but the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) says the measure could present other, more harmful challenges.

HUD has published a list of workshop materials that were used at the Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Region IV Network Mixed Finance/Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Workshop.

HUD has published its Final Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program for Small Area Fair Market Rent Demonstration Program Participants for FY-2013. Effective Date: The FMRs published in this notice are effective on October 1, 2012.

On November 13 Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick outlined a bold new plan to produce 10,000 new multifamily housing units a year through 2020.

NH&RA Member firm Lancaster Pollard recently published an article “HUD Updates: Refinancing 202 Properties” which details the recent changes HUD has made to the Section 202 program.

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Office of Affordable Housing (OAH) has released a draft version of its 2013 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP), as well as draft appendices for its threshold criteria and competitive scoring criteria.

The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) has published its final 2013 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) for the allocation of federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs).

Due to Hurricane Sandy, New York State’s Home & Community Renewal (HCR) has announced that it will extend its deadline for Unified Funding applications from November 29, 2012 to January 8, 2013.