SFY 2026 Ohio LIHTC & 2025 BGF Draft Guidelines – February 27, 2025
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) invites you to participate in a forum to discuss the SFY 2026 Ohio LIHTC and 2025 BGF draft guidelines and processes. OHFA's 4% LIHTC team will walk through the draft guidelines to seek input on everything from threshold requirements to competitive criteria.
Individuals may attend in person, online via Microsoft Teams, or by calling in. The meeting information is below:
Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
In person:
2600 Corporate Exchange Drive
2nd Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43231
Or online using Microsoft Teams:
Join the Meeting
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency is committed to providing access, inclusion, and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs, and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws. To request a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact DeHavlyn Wainwright, dwainwright@ohiohome.org as soon as possible.
Ohio Housing Finance Agency Rules Public Comment Period
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) is seeking public comment for the proposed rules updates for O.A.C. 175-1 (General Provisions); O.A.C. 175-08 (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program), and O.A.C. 175-10 (Assessing Confidential Personal Information).
- Amended O.A.C. 175-1 (General Provisions) and new proposed rule O.A.C. 175-1-05
- Amended O.A.C. 175-8 (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program)
- No Change O.A.C. 175-10 (Assessing Confidential Personal Information)
Comments may be emailed to ohfapublichearing@ohiohome.org (Please indicate in the email subject line if your comments apply to rules) or mailed to:
Ohio Housing Finance Agency
Attention: Legal Department
2600 Corporate Exchange Drive, Suite 300
Columbus, Ohio 43231
Environmental Review Record for Public Comment
OHFA projects with funding sources (e.g. HOME) that require a public comment on the Environmental Review are listed below for the duration of the comment period.
Housing Development Assistance Program
Environmental Review Record for Public Comment
Nelson Park Apartments, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
The State of Ohio published a Combined Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Notice of Intent to Request Release of Funds (NOI/RROF) regarding the Nelson Park Apartments on December 23, 2024.
On or about, but not before, January 8, 2025, the State of Ohio and the City of Columbus will submit requests to the U.S. Department Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of Federal funds under Section 288 of Title II of the Cranston Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA), as amended, and Section 3205 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, as amended to be used for the following project:
Project Name:: Nelson Park Apartments
Developer: Renewal Development Associates, LLC
Location: 1994 Maryland Ave, Columbus, OH 43219 (Franklin County)
Project Description:
The project involves the renovation of an existing 177-unit senior and multi-family apartment complex to create 56 senior and 84 multi-family housing units, and the adaptive reuse of three existing apartment buildings to create a new community building, new management offices, and a new maintenance garage.
Sources of Funds: State of Ohio Federal HOME-ARP, The City of Columbus Federal HOME-ARP and HOME, Private and Public Funds
Federal/State of Ohio HOME-ARP Funds: $3,000,000
Federal/City of Columbus HOME-ARP Funds: $1,000,000
Federal/City of Columbus HOME Funds: $500,000
Total Project Cost Estimate: $67,657,676
The State of Ohio has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the environmental review record via email to the State of Ohio at OCD@development.ohio.gov. All comments received before January 8, 2025, will be considered by the State of Ohio prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds.