The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) has been monitoring the situation regarding COVID-19 and how it affects our business operations. For ADOH, that means understanding how it impacts our employees, residents, owners/agents, and then making the necessary adjustments to our operations.

Our priority is to keep you, your residents and our employees safe. For this reason, we are providing guidance with updates from IRS Notice 2022-05, published January 11, 2022.

Yesterday the Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) received Notice 2022-05 from the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service. This Notice extend previous relief for the ten percent test for carryover allocations, the 24-month minimum rehabilitation period, the placed-in-service deadline, the reasonable period for restoration or replacement in the event of casualty loss, and agency correction periods. The notice also provides an extension to satisfy occupancy obligations.

New Year, New Requirements!

As we exit the holiday season and enter the New Year refreshed and ready for what 2022 will bring us, The Arizona Department of Housing would like to take this time to remind you of some key deadlines that are soon approaching.

Annual Reports – Due March 15th
Compliance Fees – Due March 15th
Tenant Data – Due March 15th

The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) will hold a virtual public hearing to receive input on the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan substantial amendment to the PY2021-2022 HUD Annual Action Plan on Wednesday January 26, 2022 at 11:00 am. The hearing will provide for online commenting. Download Information Bulletin 02-22 on the Publications page for more information.

The materials from the December 13, 2022 LIHTC Application Workshop are now available for download at the following link: https://housing.az.gov/documents-links/forms/rental-development-lihtc.

ADOH has posted the 2021 Annual Report. 

The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) is pleased to announce a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for approximately $40 million in State Fiscal Recovery Funds from the American Rescue Plan (SFRF-ARP) for the conversion (including acquisition and/or rehabilitation) of hotel units to into transitional bridge housing for homeless individuals and/or families.

The Arizona Department of Housing (“ADOH”) will be conducting a Roundtable discussion with community stakeholders to receive input to help determine the goals and priorities for hotels to housing conversion projects to be funded through the Treasury’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund of the American Rescue Plan (SLFRF-ARP). ADOH has set aside an allocation of $40 million for this specific effort. As valued community members, we welcome your participation in our upcoming virtual Roundtable discussion, as it will help shape the plan for the implementation and use of funds.

Since 2015 The Arizona Department of Housing (“ADOH”) has made a conscious effort to align its policies more closely to that of the Section 42 and HOME regulations. Examples include removing more stringent requirements for excluding income and clarifying our stance on year to date calculations. Both of those examples can be found in the 2019 Compliance Manual. The policy changes will be added to the Compliance Manual in the coming months however, we felt it extremely beneficial to publish and offer them to our constituents prior to the manual being ready to publish.

The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) has previously hosted the annual Arizona Housing Forum. The Forum attracts housing, homelessness and community development professionals from the state, as well as national attendees, including for-profit and non-profit housing developers, housing and community development officials from cities, towns, counties, lenders, architects, builders and others interested in the affordable housing and community development arena.