2017 Housing Finance & Development Update #17

April 5, 2017

Housing Finance & Development

Email Updates

Website Postings

The following documents have been posted to the Qualified Allocation Plan Documents 2017 webpage:

2017 9% Pre-Applications Submitted List
2017 Core Application

Notice of Award

Please be advised that the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority, through the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, has selected Gill Group Inc., Novogradac & Company LLP, and Vogt Santer Insights Appraisal Group to enter into contracts to provide the professional services solicited in the Multifamily Appraisal Services Request For Proposals.

Update to Wetlands Assessment Requirements for 2017

As a general rule, projects will not be accepted for any DCA funding or approved for tax credits (including HOME funds and/or other HUD funding sources) if they will disturb any jurisdictional wetlands or stream on the subject property (or on any adjacent property where disturbing jurisdictional wetlands is necessary to gain access to the subject property) without evidence of prior review and approval by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ("USACE"). The 2017 DCA Environmental Manual requires that, for all projects that identify jurisdictional wetlands on the site, regardless of whether the wetlands are proposed to be disturbed, evidence that an Expanded Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination ("EPJD") has been requested from USACE must be submitted. As the EPJD is no longer available, moving forward DCA will accept evidence that a Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination ("PJD") has been requested from USACE. For questions or concerns, please contact Nikki Flanigan at nikki.flanigan@dca.ga.gov.

Upcoming Events and Deadlines

April 30, 2017

Annual Action Plan Goals and Method of Distribution Public Comment Deadline

May 25, 2017

2017 Funding Round Application Deadline

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs is committed to providing all persons with equal access to its services, programs, activities, education and employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or disability.

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