Florida

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation issued RFA 2019-102 Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) to be used in conjunction with Tax-Exempt MMRB and Non-Competitive Housing Credits in Counties Deemed Hurricane Recovery Priorities. Interested parties may access the complete RFA and the online Application to apply for funding here.

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation scheduled its next Board of Directors meeting for September 20, 2019. The meeting will take place at 10:30 am EDT at the Cheeca Lodge (81801 Overseas Highway Islamorada, FL 33036). To be included on the board meeting agenda, the following deadlines must be met: All waiver requests, extension requests, or […]

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation released several draft Requests for Applications (RFA). Please send any comments regarding these RFAs to Marisa Button at Marisa.Button@floridahousing.org.

The Board of Directors of Florida Housing Finance Corporation approved the Review Committees’ motions and staff recommendations to adopt the scoring results, select Applications for funding and invite the Applicants to enter credit underwriting regarding Request For Applications (RFAs) 2019-104, 2019-107 and 2019-109. The Board of Directors also approved the Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) for Rule Chapters 67-21 and 67-48 of the Florida Administrative Code.

HUD awarded nearly $1.5 billion to support seven states in their recovery from 2018 disasters, including Hurricane Michael, Hurricane Florence and wildfires in California.

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC) released revised drafts of Rule Chapters 67-21 and 67-48 of the Florida Administrative Code. FHFC will present the Notice of Proposed Rule for both Rule Chapters at the May 10 Board meeting.

Florida Housing will hold a 2nd Rule Development workshop on April 22, 2019 at 2:30 pm EDT to discuss proposed changes to Rule Chapters 67-21 and 67-48 of the Florida Administration Code.

Secretary Carson recently traveled to Miami to tour Tuscany Village Housing Complex, an apartment community located in an Opportunity Zone. Tuscany Village Housing Complex was recently built to provide affordable housing for low-income, elderly families in the neighborhood. This Miami community is just one of 427 Opportunity Zones which were designated by the Florida Governor […]

Florida Housing released RFA 2019-104 “SAIL Financing For Smaller Permanent Supportive Housing Developments For Persons With Special Needs.”

Florida Housing issued RFA 2019-109 “HOME Financing to be used for Rental Developments for Hurricane Michael Impacted Counties and in Rural Areas.” To apply for funding, interested parties must submit the application, the Principals of the Applicant and Developer(s) Disclosure Form and the Development Cost Pro Forma. The deadline to apply for funding is 3 […]

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation will hold a Rule Development Workshop on Feb. 27 at 2 pm ET to discuss proposed changes to Rule Chapters 67-21 and 67-48 of the Florida Administration Code. Chapter 67-21 governs non-competitive affordable multifamily rental housing programs including the Multifamily Mortgage Revenue Bonds Program and 4 percent LIHTC. Chapter 67-48 governs competitive affordable multifamily rental housing programs including the State Apartment Incentive Loan Program, the Elderly Housing Community Loan Program, the HOME Investment Partnerships Program and 9 percent LIHTC.

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC) issued a Request for Applications (RFA) 2019-106 – Housing Credit and State Apartment Incentive Loan (SAIL) Financing to Develop Housing for Homeless Persons.  An estimated $3,620,000 of Housing Credits and an estimated $10,300,000 of SAIL funds are available to proposed developments under this RFA.