Apply for Funding

Applications are submitted to AHFA only during application cycles and selected according to specific criteria set forth in AHFA's allocation plans. Applications are evaluated on a competitive basis and must be accompanied by a non-refundable fee.

The 2024 HOME Investment Partnerships Program Action Plan and 2024 Housing Credit Qualified Allocation Plan are now available for review (Download AHFA's allocation plans for the current year).  

AHFA Accepting Applications for the National Housing Trust Fund Program

AHFA is currently accepting applications for the National Housing Trust Fund Program at this time. Please join our mailing list to be notified of application dates. 

For additional information regarding eligibility, please visit our Housing Trust Fund page.

AHFA Application Submission Guidance

• Environmental Requirements Overview
• Underwriting Historical Overview
• 2024 Market Study Certification
• Market Study Engagement Letter
• Application Survey Requirements

Documents Required Prior to the Submission of the Application

• CHDO Certification Application
• Deviation Request form
• Application Log

2024 HOME/Housing Credit Application Forms & Instructions

• 2024 Application Instructions
• 2024 Application Forms (revised 1/16/2024)
• 2024 Multifamily Application Index Pages

2023 HOME/Housing Credit Application Forms & Instructions

• 2023 Application Instructions
• 2023 Application Forms
• 2023 Multifamily Application Index Pages

AHFA DMS Authority Online Registration & Instructions

• Online DMS Authority Application
• AHFA DMS Online Application Instructions
• AHFA's Online Data Management System Overview
• Authority Online User Registration Guide
  • Tutorial Video: New User Registration
• Affiliated Organization Registration User Guide
• To-Be-Formed Entities User Guide
• How to Create Partnerships User Guide
• How to Create Contacts User Guide

Multifamily Application Notices

• Multifamily Notices

2024 HOME/Housing Credit Application Cycle Results of the 10th Tiebreaker

• 2024 Results of the 10^th Tiebreaker

Additional Documents for the 2024 Application Cycle

• (Homeownership) Addendum to LURC
• (Homeownership) Certificate and Indemnity to Partial Termination of LURC
• (Homeownership) Partial Termination and Release of LURC
• Application Survey Requirements
• 2024 Listing of Project Names
• 2024 Consolidated Plan Coordinators
• Counsel's Opinion of Non-Profit Qualification
• General Information Notice Residential Tenant Not Displaced
• General Information Notice Residential Tenant To Be Displaced
• Notice to Prospective Tenant
• Project Acquisition Qualification (10-Year Rule)
• 2024 Qualified Census Tracts & Difficult Development Areas
• 2024 Census Tract and Median Family Income List
• The Alabama HUD Homeless Continuum of Care: Contact Information
• AHFA Approved Tenant Services