Ohio

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency posted the Draft 2020 Design & Architectural Standards for comment The document has been revised significantly to provide more definitions, clearer guidance on requirements and exceptions and updated references. Comments are due by November 22 to QAP@ohiohome.org.

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) released the draft 2020 Multifamily Underwriting Guidelines. Comments will be accepted through Monday, November 4 and must be sent in writing to QAP@ohiohome.org. A final version of the Guidelines will be released no later than November 15. OHFA also finalized its Average Income Policy and released a set of […]

Two of Woda Cooper Companies, Inc.’s newest properties in Ohio recently earned LEED certifications. Fairwood Commons in Columbus was rated LEED Platinum, the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest level in its LEED for Homes program. Audubon Crossing in Dayton earned the second highest rating possible with LEED Gold. 

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) posted the final draft of its 2020-2021 QAP. The QAP will be presented to the Multifamily Committee of the OHFA Board on September 11. The meeting will be held at OHFA in the Roger McCauley Board Room at 10 am EDT. With recommendation from the Multifamily Committee, the QAP will then be presented to the full OHFA Board for approval on September 18. The Board meeting will be held at OHFA in the Roger McCauley Board Room at 10:30 am EDT.

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) posted the second draft of it’s 2020 QAP which includes the proposed fee schedule for 2020 as well as the Universal Design components for scoring (replacing the Aging in Place criteria). Comments on the second draft are due by August 30. All comments should be sent in writing to QAP@ohiohome.org.

OHFA has drafted a new fee schedule to be implemented upon approval of the 2020-2021 QAP and is seeking public comment.

The Tidwell Group, LLC announced Patty Azallion, William Brookshire, Damien Cassell, Andy Gantzer, Chris Ofat and Jeanne-Marie Smith as its newest partners. 

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency will host a public forum to discuss the 2020-2021 Qualified Allocation Plan Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Columbus. Staff will share a summary of the comments received on the first draft in addition to providing an overview of the document. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to ask […]

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) will host a public forum to discuss the first draft its QAP in the morning of Wednesday, July 24 at the Columbus Main Library.

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency published a first draft of the 2020-2021 Qualified Allocation Plan. All feedback should be sent to QAP@ohiohome.org.

The National Development Council (NDC) is offering a Rental Housing Development Finance Professional Certification program being held throughout the summer and fall in Columbus. The three-course training series teaches participants steps of the housing development process, the techniques used to analyze and structure financing for rental housing deals and the problem solving and negotiating skills needed to make complicated deals feasible.

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency released the draft 2020-2021 Urban Suburban Rural (USR) Opportunity Map for use in 2020 and 2021 funding rounds for review and comment. This iteration of the opportunity map reflects updated data for the 15 included indicators, as well as removal and/or replacement of several indicators that were included in the 2018-2019 version.

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) released the Draft Housing Development Loan (HDL) program guidelines, as well as an overview of the updates made. OHFA’s Office of Housing Policy released the Draft 2020 Housing Needs Assessment and the Draft 2020 Annual Plan.