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1. 1. Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA): Contact Us

   www.homebuyerohio.com/contact. - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/15/2008   Last Visited: 3/15/2008

   Kevin Clark 614.752.4550

2. 2. Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA): Contact Us

   www.ohiohome.org/contact.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/29/2007   Last Visited: 11/29/2007

   Kevin Clark 614.752.4550

3. 3. www.housingfinance.com

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   Published on: 10/1/2007   Last Visited: 3/7/2008

   "The future market looks to be strong for seniors housing," said Kevin Clark, OHFA's housing credit allocation manager.
   
   OHFA made some significant changes to its qualified allocation plan (QAP) process in 2007. The agency began conducting site and market evaluations as a preliminary vetting process. OHFA staff would visit each applicant's site and judge it on such subjective factors as the strength of the local market, the quality of the site, and the design of the property, as a way of zeroing in on the strongest projects.
   
   The new system adds points to the previous system's objective process, which scored applications based on criteria like affordability of rents, support from local elected officials, and serving special-needs populations. The old system "sometimes resulted in well-designed developments on the most desirable sites being unsuccessful in the competition," said Clark.
   
   OHFA whittled 160 pre-applications down to 90 this year, and those 90 were then invited to submit full applications for review. The new system reduced the amount of paperwork developers initially had to put together. "Developers seemed to pay more attention to the quality of the sites that they were turning in," Clark said.