9% Housing Tax Credit Application Published
The 2023 9% Housing Tax Credit Application is now open for submission on the Emphasys Application Portal (Funding App Collector). The supplementary Excel workbook, Emphasys submission instructions, submission folder structure, and link to the Emphasys Application Portal have been published to the 9% Housing Tax Credit page of the DCA website (click here).
Scoring, Threshold, and underwriting tabs will be completed in the supplemental Excel workbook; contact information, development information, and development team will be completed in the Emphasys Application. Documents, including the supplementary Excel workbook, will be uploaded to the Application Submission Folder tab of the Emphasys Application. Applicants must follow the 2023 Submission Folder Structure published on the 9% Housing Tax Credit page of the DCA website.
Please note that the supplementary Excel workbook has been revised since the last Competitive Round, and Applicants must use the 2023 workbook, not any previous version. Multiple questions have been removed from the Threshold and Scoring tabs. Applicants should not rely on the workbook to determine whether requirements are met for each section. Applicants are responsible for reviewing the QAP, associated manuals, and published Q&As to determine requirements for each section.
Fee Invoicing
All pre-application, application, and post-application fees will now be invoiced by DCA. Once receipt of any electronic submission is confirmed, DCA will send an invoice for the applicable fee within two weeks. DCA will also begin invoicing for fees after issuing the Carryover Allocation or Letter of Determination/42M.
Q&A Deadline and New Response Sets Posted
The deadline to submit questions about the 2023 QAP for purposes of the 9% Competitive Round is May 5, 2023. This deadline is to ensure that all applicants have sufficient time to react to posted DCA responses before the application submission deadline. After this deadline, DCA will only respond to questions pertaining to the mechanics of application submission (e.g., relating to Emphasys).
DCA continues to post responses to questions submitted through the Housing Credit program online Q&A survey. To view DCA responses and submit additional questions, click here. DCA does not send email blasts each time new responses are posted. Please monitor the “Updated” date by the DCA Responses document to check for additional responses.
