Posting Language
Title
Approve a resolution related to an application by Cady Lofts, LLC, or an affiliated entity, for competitive 9% housing tax credits for a new construction development to be known as Cady Lofts, located at or near 1004-1008 East 39th Street, Austin, TX 78751, and related to the allocation of housing tax credits within the City and near the proposed development.
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Lead Department
Housing and Planning Department.
Fiscal Note
No funding from the City of Austin or the Austin Housing Finance Corporation is being requested. Funding may be requested at a later date. This item has no fiscal impact.
For More Information:
Rosie Truelove, Director, Housing and Planning Department, 512-974-3064; Mandy DeMayo, Interim Deputy Director, Housing and Planning Department, 512-974-1091.
Additional Backup Information:
Cady Lofts, LLC, or an affiliated entity, will submit an application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) for competitive 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). The applicant will receive a certain number of points based on Council's action. During the TDHCA scoring process, an application that receives a resolution of support will receive more points than an application that receives a resolution of no objection.
Staff recommends that Council support the proposed development because the proposed development is devoting at least 50% of its units to the Continuum of Care (COC). The resolution also acknowledges and confirms that the City has more than twice the state average of units per capita supported by Housing Tax Credits or Private Activity Bonds.
Depending on the location of the proposed development, the resolution may do one or more of the following: (a) acknowledge that the proposed development will be located one linear mile or less from another development that serves the same type of household and received an allocation of Housing Tax Credits (or Private Activity Bonds) within the last three years...
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