Texas

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs’ (TDHCA) posted the 2020-2 Multifamily Direct Loan Special Purpose Notice of Funding Availability (2020-2 NOFA), which announces the availability of National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) for four percent-layered applications that received advance notice of Certificate of Reservation from the Texas Bond Review Board under the 2020 Lottery.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) released the 2020 Housing Tax Credit Site Demographic Characteristics Report. The report lists all of the “places” in Texas and the place’s population, region numbers, which metropolitan statistical area they are located in and rural or urban designation. The population data is derived from table B01003 […]

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs’ (TDHCA) Multifamily Finance Division posted the 2020 draft Multifamily Uniform Application. The draft application may be submitted to TDHCA by applicants for the Multifamily four percent LIHTC program and/or the Multifamily Direct Loan program, but may not be submitted by applicants for the competitive nine percent LIHTC program.

Voters in multiple jurisdictions across the country approved housing- and mitigation-related ballot measures. Voters in Durham, NC approved a $95 million affordable housing bond by a 76 to 24 percent margin. The measure will be paired with $65 million in federal and local funding over the next five years to support affordable housing development and […]

The results from the Texas Bond Review Board (BRB) 2020 Private Activity Bond (PAB) Lottery on October 31, 2019 are now available. The Lottery is used to determine which applications that participated in the Lottery will receive a Certificate of Reservation (Reservation) in January 2020 from the 2020 PAB ceiling.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Multifamily Finance Division will hold a Multifamily Uniform Application Webinar on November 21, 2019, beginning at 9:00 am CT. The webinar will highlight changes for the 2020 Cycle, including revisions to the Qualified Allocation Plan and the Multifamily Uniform Application, and will provide opportunities for Applicants to pose questions for Multifamily Finance Division staff.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs will hold a roundtable to explain proposed amendments to the Compliance Monitoring Rules and proposed new rules related to Affirmative Marketing and Tenant Selection Criteria requirements on October 21 in room 1-100 at the William B. Travis Building, located at 1701 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701, beginning […]

The Rockefeller Foundation announced $3.7 million in grants that will benefit four U.S. cities to help drive responsible private investment in Opportunity Zones. The Foundation named Washington, D.C., Oakland, Dallas and St. Louis as the newest participants in its Opportunity Zone Community Capacity Building Initiative, which launched in May 2019. The initiative will help cities […]

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs released drafts of the 2020 QAP and the Multifamily Housing Revenue Bond Rule (Bond Rule) for public comment.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs’ (TDHCA) Multifamily Finance Division posted an Amended 2019-1 Multifamily Direct Loan Annual Notice of Funding Availability (2019-1 NOFA) and the 2019-1 Multifamily Direct Loan NOFA Application Log.

The 2019-1 NOFA was amended to include additional funds received by the department in its 2019 National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) Grant Agreement. The NOFA also increased the maximum funding request amount for NHTF under the Supportive Housing/Soft Repayment Set-Aside.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) is releasing a proposed rule action for the repeal and proposed new replacement of two rules: 10 TAC Section 1.7, Appeals Policy and 10 TAC Section 1.10, Public Comment Procedures.

The Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs (TDHCA) Governing Board named Bobby Wilkinson as executive director of the agency, effective August 15, 2019. Wilkinson has served as an advisor to Texas Governor Greg Abbott on housing policy since 2014. He also filled various other roles in the Abbott Administration’s Budget and Policy division, most […]