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In July, Kansas Housing received 19 applications for the 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), equating to more than $362 million in Private Activity Bonds (PABs) for the second of two application rounds. Of the seven applications awarded, the approved LIHTCs and PABs will build 481 new units and rehabilitate 372 existing affordable units.

With the resources of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, The Kansas Affordable Housing Tax Credit Act and Private Activity Bonds, Kansas Housing will build or preserve 853 affordable homes this round and 1,917 affordable housing units total for the 4% 2024 award cycles. The Kansas Affordable Housing Tax Credit was enacted by H.B. 2237 in 2022. Without the combination of these programs, many 4% proposals would not have been able to secure adequate funding to create and/or improve affordable housing, allowing the annual state and federal resources to expire without full use.

Kansas Housing anticipates two 4% LIHTC and PAB application rounds in 2025. Please reference the 2025 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) for more information about the 2025 application and award schedule. KHRC anticipates the finalized 2025 QAP will be available in late October of 2024.

For more information on how the federal and state LIHTCs were allocated, please reference our 2024 Qualified Allocation Plan.

The updated 4% LIHTC and PAB project list is available online.

Kansas Housing administers the state’s housing development programs and oversees the competitive application process.

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Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC) is a self-supporting, nonprofit, public corporation committed to helping Kansans access the safe, affordable housing they need and the dignity they deserve. KHRC serves as the state’s housing finance agency (HFA), administering essential housing and community programs to serve Kansans.

Ulysses “Deke” Clayborn, Regional Administrator of U.S Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Region VII, presented a check for $8 million on Aug. 20 to the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC) to administer the state’s new Section 811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA) for Persons with Disabilities program. The award will help KHRC identify and refer low-income Kansans with disabilities to 128 accessible homes, providing rental assistance and supportive services. Executive Director of KHRC, Ryan Vincent, and KHRC Director of Contract Administration, Laurie Fritz, accepted the award.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $138.5 million in grants for more than a dozen state housing agencies to expand the supply of housing and supportive services for low-income persons with disabilities across America. Funding made possible by HUD’s Section 811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA) for Persons with Disabilities program will allow 18 state housing agencies to develop strategies to identify and refer low-income persons with disabilities to eligible homes, and to provide them with rental assistance and supportive services. Today’s announcement advances the Biden-Harris Administration’s goals to reduce housing costs, boost supply, and expand access to affordable housing for low-income families, veterans and persons with disabilities.

“Under the Biden-Harris Administration, we are committed to removing barriers to housing and ensuring that everyone has access to an accessible, quality, and affordable home that meets their needs,” said HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman. “Today’s awards will support Americans with disabilities by both creating affordable housing and expanding crucial support services.”

Awardees will work to address long-term housing security and affordability issues for persons with disabilities within existing, new, or renovated multifamily developments and facilitate community integration. In collaboration with Medicaid and/or health and human services agencies, awardees will also connect individuals with community-based support and services for the long-term.

“Adults with disabilities often face significant barriers in securing a safe and stable place to live,” said Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner Julia Gordon. “These awards create opportunities for more housing that’s available, accessible, and inclusive.”

The following grantees received awards:

About the Section 811 Program

Through the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities program, HUD provides funding to develop and subsidize rental housing with the availability of supportive services for very low- and extremely low-income adults with disabilities. The program also enables persons with disabilities to live as independently as possible in their community and provides access to appropriate supportive services. The program is authorized to operate in two ways: the Project Rental Assistance Program (PRA) and the Capital Advance Program.

The Section 811 PRA program identifies, stimulates, and supports innovative state-level strategies that will transform and increase housing for extremely low-income persons (those earning 30 percent or less of area median income) with disabilities while also making available appropriate support and services. HUD intends to support collaborations between State Housing and Health and Human Service/Medicaid Agencies that will create or increase access to affordable permanent supportive housing units – new and existing – with access to appropriate services.

The Section 811 Capital Advance program aims to expand the supply of integrated affordable housing by providing Capital Advance funding for the development of permanent supportive rental housing for very-low-income (those earning 50 percent or less of the area median income) with disabilities who are 18 years of age or older and less than 62 years of age at entry. The program also provides project rental subsidies in the form of a Project Rental Assistance Contract (PRAC) to maintain ongoing affordability over at least the next forty years.