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 2020 HOME Investment Partnerships Program Action Plan and 2020 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

Applications for the National Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Program are being accepted by AHFA for the remaining 2018 and 2019 available funding. Applications to be considered for this funding pool must be received by AHFA prior to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2020.

New construction projects that received AHFA HOME or Housing Credit awards may also submit an application for HTF. Previously funded projects must have committed to provide 5% of the total proposed units for tenants with disabilities or homeless populations and in be compliance with the HTF program, inclusive of the 30% AMI restriction and the 30-year affordability period.

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

AHFA Application Submission Guidance

• Environmental Requirements Overview
• Underwriting Historical Overview
• 2020 Market Study Certification 
• Market Study Engagement Letter
• 2020 Application Survey Requirements
• Best Practices – Memorandum of Understanding for 2020 Disabilities/Homeless Election
• Application FAQs
• 2020 Application Form Questions & AHFA Response
• 2020 Application Workshop -- PowerPoint Presentation

Documents Required Prior to the Submission of the Application

• CHDO Certification Application (due by 5 p.m. CST Monday, December 2, 2019)
• Deviation Request form (due 30 days prior to application, if applicable)
• Application Log 

2020 CHDO Certification Applications Received

Please see CHDO Certification Applications received by AHFA for the 2020 HOME/Housing Credit Application Cycle.  Please note that this list is for informational purposes only and shows the city/county where CHDO Certification applicants have been received.  CHDO applicants must apply and compete with other applicants during the competitive cycle.  

• 2020 CHDO Certification Applications Received

2020 HOME/Housing Credit Application Forms & Instructions

• 2020 Application Instructions
• 2020 Application Form Package (1/2/20 – Revised Form 14a-Part 1)
• 2020 Application Index Pages

AHFA DMS Authority Online Registration & Instructions

• Online DMS Authority Application
• 2020 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

2020 HOME/Housing Credit Application Cycle Results of the 8th Tiebreaker

• 2020 Results of the 8th Tiebreaker

Additional Documents for the 2020 Application Cycle

• (Homeownership) Addendum to LURC
• (Homeownership) Certificate and Indemnity to Partial Termination of LURC
• (Homeownership) Partial Termination and Release of LURC
• 2020 Application Survey Requirements
• 2020 Listing of Project Names
• 2020 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)
• 2020 Qualified Census Tracts & Difficult Development Areas
• 2020 Census Tract and Median Family Income List 
• The Alabama HUD Homeless Continuum of Care: Contact Information