Application Resources for Multifamily Financing

Multifamily Customer Portal

The application process is facilitated through our Multifamily Customer Portal for most funding types. If you do not have a Portal account, please see the Portal Resources webpage so you can access our Common Application.

Development Team Qualification Forms

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

Technical Assistance

If you would like technical assistance as you put a funding application together, please fill out and submit our Technical Assistance Request Form and you will be connected with a staff person. Minnesota Housing receives many requests for technical assistance so please complete this form as thoroughly as possible.

2021 Consolidated Request for Proposals and 2022 Housing Tax Credits Round 1

The 2021 Consolidated Request for Proposals (RFP)/2022 Housing Tax Credits (HTC) Round 1 is now open. Please review the following important dates and other information to help you apply.

Important Dates

Thursday, May 20 at noon: Intent to Apply deadline
Note: There are no checklist items associated with the 2021 Intent to Apply (ITA). To meet the May 20 ITA deadline, you need to create a project and setup your project’s characteristics in the Multifamily Customer Portal. No other action is required by the ITA deadline. Applicants can change their project's characteristics up until the full application deadline at noon on Thursday, July 15.
Thursday, May 20 at noon: Section 811 Project-based Rental Assistance (PRA) program pre-application due
Monday, June 21: Applicants will be notified of Section 811 PRA program eligibility
Thursday, July 15 at noon: Multifamily application deadline including site control, qualification forms and financials. Applicants must submit their application checklist in the Multifamily Customer Portal and submit their scoresheet in the Scoring Wizard by this deadline.
December: Minnesota Housing expects to recommend proposals for selections at our December board of directors meeting.

Staying in Touch

Questions about the Consolidated RFP/HTC Round 1?

Systems Questions: Email mhfa.app@state.mn.us
All Other Questions: Complete and submit the Technical Assistance Request Form

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Scoring Wizard

All applicants to the 2021 Consolidated RFP will use the Scoring Wizard. The Scoring Wizard is a new tool in the Multifamily Customer Portal that replaces the Excel version of the Self-Scoring Worksheet. To learn more, watch this training and read this eNews.

Note: Applicants must submit their final scoresheet in the Scoring Wizard and submit their final application checklist in the Multifamily Customer Portal by the July 15 RFP application deadline.