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Multifamily Consolidated Request for Proposals/Housing Tax Credit Funding Rounds

The 2025 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2026 HTC Round 1 is closed.


Minnesota Housing anticipates presenting the 2025 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2026 HTC Round 1 selection recommendations to the board of directors in December 2025. The Funding and selections with scores will be 
available on the Funding Selections web page in early 2026.

The Multifamily Consolidated Request for Proposals (RFP) is a competitive funding round, offered once per year, which provides a means of "one stop shopping" by consolidating and coordinating multiple multifamily housing capital funding resources into one application process. It deploys significant capital funds and is the primary mechanism that Minnesota Housing uses to award and allocate federal and state resources. Applicants may request funding for a specific housing development and/or activities that meet a specific housing need. Applicants generally do not apply for specific funding sources. During the evaluation period, Minnesota Housing identifies which funding sources are eligible for a given application.

Housing Tax Credit (HTC) Round 1 is offered through the Multifamily Consolidated RFP and uses a forward selection process with selections taking place late in the calendar year preceding the allocation year of the HTCs. The HTC’s Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) and the Self-Scoring Worksheet set the policies and procedures used to score, evaluate, and select multifamily applications for funding that are submitted to the Multifamily Consolidated RFP. Additional capital funding programs available through the Multifamily Consolidated RFP may have further eligibility and requirements.

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Technical Assistance

We offer and strongly encourage, a technical assistance (TA) session to discuss your project with Minnesota Housing staff.  To make the TA session productive, we recommend applicants begin by completing the Multifamily Workbook and preliminary scoring of the project.  These items can be submitted to the TA team advance of the scheduled TA session. If you would like TA as you complete your funding application, complete, and submit the Technical Assistance Request Form to begin the process.

2025 Consolidated RFP and 2026 HTC Round 1 is closed

Closed application resources and materials are for reference only.

2025 Consolidated RFP/2026 HTC Round 1 eNews
Capital Funding and Program Resources

Capital funding and program resources vary from year-to-year. Generally, the Multifamily Consolidated RFP offers the following: 

Housing Tax Credits are allocated twice per year through a competitive process:

  • Round 1, this is Multifamily Consolidated RFP/HTC funding round, when much of our other funding is also available, and
  • Round 2, a smaller round of HTC but uses the same application materials from the Multifamily Consolidated RFP; HTC Round 2 generally does not offer the deferred loans.

Amortizing mortgages and Bridges Loans, may include but are not limited to:

  • Low and Moderate Income Rental (LMIR) Program
  • Bridge Loan Product

Deferred Loans, may include but are not limited to:

  • Economic Development and Housing Challenge (EDHC), including the American Indian set-aside
  • Flexible Financing for Capital Costs (FFCC)
  • Housing Infrastructure Program, including Housing infrastructure Appropriations (HIA) and Housing Infrastructure Bonds (HIB)
  • Preservation Affordable Rental Investment Fund (PARIF)
  • HOME Investment Partnership (HOME)
  • National housing Trust Fund (NHTF)

HUD Section 811 Project-Based Rental Assistance Program

Funding Partner:

Application Resources

The policy and guidance documents listed are the foundation to the Multifamily Consolidated RFP/HTC funding rounds. All projects must meet the requirements of these policy and guidance documents. The program-specific resources listed are supplemental to the policy and guidance documents and may provide further requirements and/or guidance.

Policy and Guidance Documents

Program and Other-Specific Resources

  • Deferred Loan and Grant Programs - Reference all program guides for each Capital Funding and Program Resources Offered. Though applicants generally do not request a specific program, each program may have different eligibilities and requirements.
  • Housing Tax Credits - Awards and allocates federal tax credits to owners of qualified affordable rental housing projects. These HTCs, which offer a 10-year reduction in tax liability, are sold to investors in exchange for capital to build eligible affordable rental housing units in new construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition with rehabilitation.
  • Preservation - Prioritizes properties for preservation that are at risk of losing federal rental assistance due to poor physical condition, diminished owner capacity or owner commitment, or at risk of conversion to market (opting out of the rental assistance program).
  • Rent and Income Limits - HTC Rent and Income Limits, Fair Market Rents (FMR), Area Median Income (AMI)
  • Supportive Housing - Ending Long-Term Homelessness Initiative, reports and studies on homelessness, service models, Minnesota Departments of Human Services (DHS) programs, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS).
Application Materials (reference only)

Application materials may be downloaded but must be uploaded to the Multifamily Customer Portal.

*Tip: All Required checklist items will populate once applications, including Funding Partner(s) applications, are created in the Multifamily Customer Portal.

Application Materials

Development Team Qualification Forms

All development team members must have current qualification forms on file for each funding round for which they apply.  Qualification forms are valid for 12 months. Learn more about the qualification forms and how to submit them.

Training Resources and Recordings

The training resources were held and recorded for the 2025 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2026 HTC Round 1 funding rounds and are for reference only.

Introduction to the Multifamily Consolidated RFP Training Module Series

Trainings are a four-part series targeting applicants who are newer to or revisiting the Multifamily Consolidated RFP processes. Each training provides general information and is subject to change annually based on statutory requirements. For the most current process and procedures refer to the Multifamily Request for Proposal Standards. The purpose and goal of each training module is to provide a high-level understanding of each subject matter indicated.

Minnesota Housing will continue to develop the training module series and will welcome topic and content suggestions to mhfa.consolidated.rfp@state.mn.us

2025 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2026 HTC Round 1 Virtual Kickoff Event

Minnesota Housing hosted the virtual Multifamily Consolidated RFP/HTC Round 1 Kickoff Event. This event is not a replacement for project-specific technical assistance. Complete and submit a Technical Assistance Request Form.

This session covers who Minnesota Housing is and provide an introductory overview of the Multifamily Consolidated Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes the process, programs and funding resources and selection considerations. The session will conclude with Q&A. (Hosted April 16)
Recording (01:17:35) | Presentation Slides

Self-Scoring Worksheet Training(s)

The 2026-2027 Self-Scoring Worksheet is applicable for both the 2025 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2026 Housing Tax Credit Funding Rounds and the 2026 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2027 Housing Tax Credit Funding Rounds. The Self-Scoring Worksheet contains the selection criteria that applicants use to score their application in the Scoring Wizard found in the Multifamily Customer Portal. This training provides an overview of each selection criteria for the 2026-2027 Self-Scoring Worksheet and includes helpful tips and highlight changes from the 2024-2025 Self-Scoring Worksheet.

Multifamily Customer Portal Tutorials

For Multifamily funding, the application process is facilitated through our Multifamily Customer Portal (Portal). If you do not have a Portal account, refer to the Multifamily Customer Portal Resources webpage so that you can learn how to access.

  • Apply for Funding - Learn how to get started in the Portal. This tutorial also walks through how to find open funding rounds, create a project using the Apply for Funding Wizard and request project team access.
  • Intent to Apply - Learn what the Intent to Apply is and the steps you need to complete to meet the deadline. This tutorial also covers how to withdraw a project from consideration.
  • Project Checklist - Learn how to select project characteristics, manage checklist items, and submit a checklist.
  • Scoring Wizard - Learn how to use the Scoring Wizard to complete the self-scoring process.

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