New Hampshire

New Hampshire Housing will hold a series of public forums on the 2023-2024 QAP, the first of which will take place on February 26, 2021 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. ET. Staff will present an overview of the QAP schedule, introduce topics for proposed changes and provide an opportunity for discussion and feedback. Register here by February 22. Comments can be sent to QAP@nhhfa.org.

The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority will rely on the following sample size methodology outlined in the Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury’s July 7, 2020 proposed rule, as opposed to the methodology outlined in its current QAP. The proposed rule allows housing finance agencies to monitor the lesser of 20 percent of […]

The Incremental Development Alliance workshops on small-scale real estate development take a big-picture view of neighborhood-based development to help attendees analyze what makes a good project, how a building makes money and how small developers interact with professionals in the built environment. The goal is to help aspiring developers feel more prepared to take the […]

A new analysis from the National Council of State Housing Agencies documents the critical components of state housing finance agency emergency rental assistance programs established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, 11 states (Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island and Texas) have created emergency rental […]

The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority’s (NHHFA) Underwriting Standards and Development Policies for Multi-Family Finance have been updated in response to feedback received and to better align the standards with current underwriting practices.

the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority Board of Directors committed $1 million to The Emergency Assistance Loan Fund (EALF) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for affordable housing partners, including organizations providing for the state’s homeless residents. Also, the Board expanded its commitment to NHHFA’s Emergency Housing Program with an additional $200,000 allocation.

The application due dates for The New Hampshire Housing and Finance Agency’s upcoming round of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program have been extended (view the full notice).

LIHTC Applications
Due to the current situation with COVID-19, we have extended the application due dates for the upcoming LIHTC round as follows:

New Hampshire Housing Finance Agency (NHHFA) is operating during our normal business hours of 8:30 am – 5:00 pm EDT.

The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority will remain open during normal business hours, but most of our staff is working remotely.

The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority (NHHFA) published a final draft of its 2021-2022 QAP, which will be presented to the NHHFA Multi-Family Housing Committee on February 19 and to the Board of Directors on February 27.

The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority (NHHFA) posted a revised 2021-2022 QAP that reflects the comments received at the December 20, 2019 public hearing, as well as written comments. NHHFA present the draft 2021-2022 QAP to the Multi-Family Housing Committee on February 19, 2020 and to the Board of Directors for approval on February 27, 2020 at 10:30 am ET.