Arizona

Ditmore has served as the interim director of ADOH since May 2017, a position to which she was elevated after former director Michael Trailor’s appointment as the new director of the Arizona Department of Economic Security.

Read on for a brief summary of newly proposed changes.

The QAP first draft is expected to be released by August 18, 2017.

Arizona’s 2017 QAP requires that property managers attend ADOH approved compliance training annually, while developers and consultants are required to attend a minimum of every 5 years.

Arizona Department of Housing will hold the 2017 LIHTC Application Workshop on January 5, 2017 at the Phoenix Airport Marriott. Developers (or their Co-Developer or Consultant) who plan to submit an application in the 2017 round must attend this annual training.

ADOH anticipates posting its third draft of the 2017 Qualified Allocation Plan on its website within the next few days.

Changes include slight modifications to set-asides as well as scoring criteria.

The Arizona Department of Housing plans to hold two additional focus groups to discuss cost containment measures to consider for inclusion in the second draft of the 2017 QAP.

The Arizona Department of Housing (“ADOH”) has posted its first draft (redlined) of the 2017 Qualified Allocation Plan. Continue reading for a brief summary of changes.

Written comments on the first draft will be accepted until September 7, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. They may be submitted via letter or e-mail.

Arizona Department of Housing is administering two new funding sources in 2016-2017, the National Housing Trust Fund (approx. $3 million), which will be incorporated into the 2016-2017 Annual Action Plan and the Weatherization Program Fund (approx. $1.3 million) which will have its own 2016-2017
Weatherization Assistance Program State Plan.

Arizona Department of Housing posted clarifications to the 2016 QAP and the PowerPoint presentation from its 2016 LIHTC Application Workshop, which was held on January 19, 2016, in Phoenix.