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The 2025 Multifamily Consolidated Request for Proposals (RFP)/2026 Housing Tax Credit (HTC) Round 1 Intent to Apply is due tomorrow. Continue reading for tips on how to successfully complete the Intent to Apply.
FINAL REMINDER: Intent to Apply Deadline is TOMORROW
All 2025 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2026 HTC Round 1 prospective applicants are required to complete the Intent to Apply (ITA) process in the Multifamily Customer Portal by noon Central Time tomorrow, May 8, 2025. Projects that do not complete the ITA or meet this deadline will not be able to submit a full application. The purpose of the ITA is to help Minnesota Housing plan for the potential scope and scale of applications and needed resources.
Prospective applicants may change their project’s characteristics up until the full application deadline, Thursday, July 10, 2025, at noon Central Time. There are no checklist items or cost associated with the ITA.
Tips for Submitting a Successful Intent to Apply
To ensure a successful ITA submission, here are some helpful tips:
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Watch Multifamily Customer Portal Tutorials to learn about the Intent to Apply process. Tutorials can be found under the How do I use the Portal? section of the Multifamily Customer Portal Resources webpage
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Create your project before the deadline. Use the Apply for Funding Wizard to create your project in the funding round. You cannot add additional projects after the Intent to Apply deadline.
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Select your project characteristics. All projects must have at least one proposal type and one construction type selected. Refer to this document for instructions on how to set up and change project characteristics.
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Confirm the project details match your selected characteristics. Review the fields on the project details tab to confirm they align with your project characteristics. Update the proposal types, project type, and estimated score as needed.
Once the ITA for the project has been created, the project’s primary address, property number (D#), and project number in the Multifamily Customer Portal must match the Multifamily Workbook. These items will be validated during the evaluation period.
Tips for Determining Project Type(s)
Applicants will preliminarily identify their project type which will help generate the estimated scores report. Project type(s) help determine funding sources that may be available for the project. Applications will be assigned one or more of the following project types:
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Workforce Housing: have rent or income restricted units. Each resource may have further rent or income restrictions, generally between 30% MTSP and 60% MTSP. Workforce Housing projects generally target a number of different populations.
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Preservation: existing projects in need of rehabilitation. These projects generally meet the requirements of the Preservation selection criterion per the Self-Scoring Worksheet and meet a risk of loss, have existing project-based rental assistance, or have rent or income restricted units. The Preservation project type may also meet the definition to be a Workforce Housing, Supportive Housing, or Senior Housing project type.
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Supportive Housing: 100% of the units support High Priority Homeless (HPH) and/or other homeless households.
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Senior Housing: 100% of the units are age restricted, intended and operated for occupancy to ages 55 years and older.
Questions?
For more information about the ITA, including full details on project types and submission requirements, review the Multifamily RFP Standards.
General Multifamily Consolidated RFP questions can be directed to mhfa.consolidated.rfp@state.mn.us.
Questions regarding the Multifamily Customer Portal should be directed to mhfa.app@state.mn.us.
Important Application Dates
Important dates for the 2025 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2026 HTC Round 1 are listed below and on the Multifamily Consolidated Request for Proposals/Housing Tax Credit Funding Rounds webpage.
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Thursday, May 8 at noon Central Time: Deadline to submit Intent to Apply; required for all 2025 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2026 HTC Round 1 applications
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Thursday, May 29 at noon Central Time: Deadline to submit pre-applications for the HUD Section 811 PRA Program and ICT selection criterion
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Thursday, July 10 at noon Central Time: Deadline to submit 2025 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2026 HTC Round 1 applications
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December: Minnesota Housing board members meeting to approve selection recommendations
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Questions?
Contact mhfa.consolidated.rfp@state.mn.us.
Review Previous Trainings
Minnesota Housing will be releasing a series of trainings in May 2025 to help applicants submit successful applications and learn about Minnesota Housing’s processes. In the meantime, get a head start and review previous trainings:
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Apply for Funding: Learn how to get started in the Multifamily Customer Portal and how to find open funding rounds, create a project using the Apply for Funding Wizard, and request project team access.
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Intent to Apply: Learn what the Intent to Apply is, the steps you need to complete to meet the deadline, and how to withdraw a project from consideration.
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Project Checklist: Learn how to select project characteristics, manage checklist items, and submit a checklist.
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Scoring Wizard: Learn how to use the Scoring Wizard to complete the self-scoring process.
Questions?
Visit our Multifamily Consolidated Request for Proposals/Housing Tax Credit Funding Rounds webpage for additional information.
Technical Assistance is Available
Minnesota Housing wants to help applicants submit competitive proposals. Technical assistance is strongly encouraged. Check out the contact information and technical assistance opportunities below:
About Minnesota Housing
Minnesota Housing, the state’s housing finance agency, works to provide access to safe, stable and accessible housing Minnesotans can afford in a community of their choice. In 2024, the Agency distributed $1.96 billion in resources and served 73,650 households. Visit our website to learn more.
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