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                  ne of the key roles       AHEAD Executive Director Mike Claflin with NHHFA staff members Rob Dapice, Dean Christon,
                                            Jessica Daniels and Chris Miller at the groundbreaking for Friendship House in Bethlehem.
                  of New Hampshire
            Housing is to stimulate
            and support the avail-
            ability of multi-family         An important tool for financing      Based Contract Administration
            housing throughout the          multi-family developments is the     (PBCA)  portfolio of 141 properties
            state. Our Management           federal Low Income Housing Tax       (5,000 units) that receive direct proj-
            and Development Division        Credit Program (LIHTC), which        ect-based rental assistance through
            manages the financing of         leverages investment in housing     U.S. Department of Housing and
            new multi-family rental unit    development. As the state’s LIHTC    Urban Development (HUD) programs.
            construction, as well as the    administrator, NHHFA reviews         We processed $57 million in PBCA
            refinancing and recapital-      developers’ proposals and allocates   funds in FY18.
            izing of existing properties    tax credits based on funding and the   NHHFA’s oversight of these prop-
            to preserve affordable          percentage of units designated for   erties ensures there is quality
            housing units.                   low- and moderate-income families.   administration and maintenance
                                            Developers finance project construc-
         In FY18, NHHFA contributed         tion by selling their tax credits to   of the properties, which house
              financing for 18 new          investors, who in turn receive a tax   extremely low-income households.
           affordable housing devel-        benefit over a 10-year period.       Project Based Assistance Units
           opments, 11 rehabilitation                                            (as of July 2018)
          projects, and 7 preservation       In FY18, six projects were funded    • Units allocated to seniors /
          projects. We financed over         with these tax credits, for a total of     disabled = 73.7%
              633 new units and              191 units in NH. LIHTC generates     • Units allocated to general
           284 units were preserved,         at least $25 - $30 million in private      occupancy= 26.3%
               of which 511 were                capital to the state annually.
             senior housing units.                                                • Median Household Income in
                                            MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT                    PBCA Units = $15,836
            NHHFA programs also
                                                                                 SECTION 811 PROJECT
            address special needs           OF RENTAL PROPERTIES                 The New Hampshire Section 811
                                                                                 RENTAL ASSISTANCE
                                            While NHHFA does not own
      FY 2018 NHHFA ANNUAL REPORT  for veterans, persons with   Management staff oversees a   Project Rental Assistance (PRA)
            housing, such as transi-
                                            residential properties, our Asset
            tional housing, and housing
                                            portfolio of nearly 400 projects
                                                                                 program was awarded $8.6 million
            substance use disorders,
                                            containing 15,000 units that were
                                                                                 in project-based rental assistance
            and women/children
                                            financed by public resources. In
                                                                                 for extremely low-income, non-elderly
            in crisis.
                                            addition, we oversee a Performance
                                                                                 persons with severe mental illness to
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