DHCD Releases 2022 Winter Rental Round NOFA

On September 20, 2021, the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the 2022 winter affordable housing rental round.

According to the NOFA, DHCD will make the following resources available:

• Federal & State Low Income Housing Tax Credits 
• HOME Investment Partnerships Program 
• National Housing Trust Fund
• Affordable Housing Trust Fund
• Housing Stabilization and Investment Trust Fund 
• Capital Improvement & Preservation Trust Fund 
• Housing Innovations Fund 
• Facilities Consolidation Fund 
• Community-Based Housing 
• Transit Oriented Development funds
• Project-based Section 8 & MRVP vouchers

The deadline for submission of pre-applications to the winter 2022 affordable housing competition for rental projects will be October 28, 2021. Full funding applications will be due January 13, 2022.

Sponsors interested in participating in the December 2021 funding competition must submit a pre-application to the Department through the on-line Mass OneStop+ system on or before October 14, 2021.

DHCD will hold information sessions in October for interested developers with projects that may be eligible. Those dates will be posted when available.