State Briefs

By Caitlin Jones
October 22, 2009 1 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, September 2009:

Kentucky Issues Draft 2010 QAP

The Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) has issued a draft qualification allocation plan (QAP) for calendar 2010 for its low-income housing tax credit program. The draft QAP is posted on the agency’s Web site, at http://www.kyhousing.org. KHC anticipates accepting tax credit applications beginning on 1/20/10. Applicants will have to meet all threshold requirements and achieve a minimum score to be approved. Credits will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis, with priority given to “shovel ready” projects.

Maryland Solicits Applications for Trust Funds

The Maryland Affordable Housing Trust is soliciting applications for trust fund monies by 10/1/09 in its new application cycle. The funds can be used for affordable housing projects in Maryland serving households earning less than 50% of the area or statewide median income. Eligible applicants are nonprofits, for-profit entities, public housing authorities, and government agencies. Details are posted at http://www.dhcd.state.md.us/Website/programs/maht/maht.aspx.

Breaking Ground

Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Minnesota Housing Commissioner and Incoming Chair of National Council of State Housing Agencies

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 10 min read

Earlier this fall, Jennifer Leimaile Ho was elected chair of the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ (NCSHA) 2025 Board of Directors. Ho is the Commissioner of Minnesota Housing, having been appointed by Governor Tim Walz in January 2019 and reappointed in 2023.

“Business as Usual”

Leaders in Equity Express Optimism Despite an Uncertain Future

Abram Mamet • December 1, 2024 9 min read

Any outside observer may assume some unease amongst the low-income housing industry. Buffeted on the one hand by residual stressors from the COVID-19 pandemic and on the other by the uncertain prospects of an incoming federal administration keen on cutting spending and shrinking government programs, the affordable housing landscape is experiencing an inflection point.

NCSHA Recognizes Stand-Out Affordable Housing Programs and Initiatives

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 7 min read

This fall, the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) recognized 17 programs offered by state housing finance agencies across the nation that creatively developed tools to tackle their communities’ affordable housing challenges.