Ohio LIHTC QCs

Dear Ms. Burns.

Please be advised that the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) has received your public records request. Your request will be forwarded to appropriate staff for review and processing. To the extent any responsive records are identified, those records are subject to legal review, and will be provided to you within a reasonable period of time.

Should you need further assistance or have questions with regard to this request, please contact me at the below contact or publicrecords@ohiohome.org.

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Angela Hawkins
Chief Legal Counsel
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Columbus, OH 43231
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I will get with our staff and let you know where things are at. Thanks for following up.

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Angela Hawkins
Chief Legal Counsel
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Columbus, OH 43231
P: 614.644.9402
F: 614.995.1951
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Dear Ms. Burns : I am responding to your request for "A list of developments that have exited the state's LIHTC program through the qualified contract process since 2010, sufficient to show: 1) The name, full address, and ownership of all such developments 2) The total number of low-income units in all such developments; 3) The year in which the decontrol period of all such developments ended (or year the qualified contract was requested, if this is not available)" After further research, OHFA has adopted the policy since 2005 to require projects to waive the qualified contract option. However, there may have been applications from projects placed in service prior to 2005.

I hope to be able to provide that information in the very near future.

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Angela Hawkins
Chief Legal Counsel
2600 Corporate Exchange Dr., Suite 300
Columbus, OH 43231
P: 614.644.9402
F: 614.995.1951
AHawkins@ohiohome.org<mailto:AHawkins@ohiohome.org>

www.ohiohome.org<https://www.ohiohome.org>
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Ms. Burns:

You placed a public records request for-

"A list of developments that have exited the state's LIHTC program through the qualified contract process since 2010, sufficient to show: 1) The name, full address, and ownership of all such developments 2) The total number of low-income units in all such developments; 3) The year in which the decontrol period of all such developments ended (or year the qualified contract was requested, if this is not available)"

OHFA has had a policy since 2005 that requires developers to waive the qualified contract option. Unfortunately, our records are unclear on any developers requesting a qualified contract prior to 2018 when our current head of Asset Management joined the agency. Since 2018 however there have only been five qualified contract requests. Three of these requests were approved, one was withdrawn pending approval, and one was denied outright. Of the three approved requests, one project, Willow Lake Apartments (OHFA Tracking # 96-0145), remains in the LIHTC program. The two projects that exited the LIHTC program are West Bay Apartments ( OHFA Tracking # 96-0141) and North River Homes I (OHFA Tracking # 97-0082). West Bay Apartments had its extended use period terminated thought the QC process as memorialized in the attached RC Amendment. The other project, North River Homes I, had its RC conditionally released in 2015, though ultimately this release was separate from the QC process; this is also attached.

Finally, I have attached a chart which includes the information you requested and hopefully makes the situation clearer. The only highlighted project on this chart is West Bay Apartments, as it is the only project to have its extended release period terminated directly due to the QC process.

Please confirm when you receive this email, and let me know if you require any additional information.

Thanks,
Luke
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Lucas McKaig
Associate Counsel
2600 Corporate Exchange Dr., Suite 300
Columbus, OH 43231
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