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Multifamily Direct Loan Program. The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("TDHCA") has created the 'Multifamily Direct Loan Program' (MFDL) topic in the TDHCA email lists, and by receiving this email, you are currently signed up for the topic . The...

Asset Management Division Updates

The Asset Management Division has updated its Asset Management page with the new rules effective January 5, 2017, and has also updated its Post Award Activities Manual and several related form packets.  Changes in 2017 include but are not limited to the...

2017 HTC Application

The 2017 Multifamily Uniform Application posted on January 4, 2017, includes an error in the formula entered in cell D77 which causes the formula to double-count Net Rentable Area.  A corrected application has been posted to the Department's website....

TDHCA:  2017-1 Multifamily Direct Loan

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) and other Multifamily Direct Loan documents  The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (the "Department") has posted to its website the 2017-1 Multifamily Direct Loan Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). Up...

NHP Foundation

  Celebrates Progress on $40.9 Million Cleme Manor Apartments Rehabilitation Foremost Affordable Housing Not-for-Profit Conducts “Progress Report” Site Tour for Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and other City and State Officials December 19, 2016 – Houston, TX –...

Housing Tax Credit Concerns

Ways and Means Republicans Vote to Support LIHTC Capitol Hill by NAHB Now on December 16, 2016    House Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee agreed to keep the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit as part of efforts to revamp the tax code and lower the...

Housing Advisory Group

    On December 10th, before leaving town for the remainder of the year, Congress reached an agreement on the must-pass continuing resolution to fund the federal government.  The measure provides funding through April 28, 2017, which will give the...

Section 811

Existing Development Guidelines and Screening Tool Posted  The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("TDHCA") Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Program ("Section 811") has posted the following items related to all 2017 Competitive Housing Tax...

Effects of the current equity market

What Does Equity Market Uncertainty Mean for Recent, Upcoming LIHTC Awards?   Published by ACTION Campaign, Mark Shelburne on Monday, December 12, 2016   As has been widely reported, the prospects for significant tax reform in 2017 increased dramatically...

Taking a Deep Breath

Rhetoric vs. Reality CohnReznick | 12/5/2016 We live in an evolving world that longs for certainty. And we always hope that any profound change that occurs is positive and beneficial to each of us at home and at work.   The Affordable Housing Industry has...

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