Pursuant to Section 420.5087(3)(e), Florida Statues, the Florida Housing Finance Corporation administers the Elderly Housing Community Loan (EHCL) Program. This program provides loans to sponsors of affordable rental housing for very low income ...

 

FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

67-32.002Definitions

67-32.0035Applicant Administrative Appeal Procedures

67-32.004General Program Restrictions

67-32.005Application Procedures

67-32.006Terms and Conditions of Loan

67-32.007Scoring, Ranking, and Funding Guidelines

67-32.009EHCL Credit Underwriting Procedures

67-32.011Fees

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Pursuant to Section 420.5087(3)(e), Florida Statues, the Florida Housing Finance Corporation administers the Elderly Housing Community Loan (EHCL) Program. This program provides loans to sponsors of affordable rental housing for very low income elderly households. Rule Chapter 67-32, F.A.C., provides the procedures for the administration of this loan program and criteria for receiving, evaluating, and competitively ranking all applications for loans under the EHCL program. The intent of this rule chapter is to provide loans to sponsors of housing for the elderly to make building preservation, health, or sanitation repairs or improvements which are required by federal, state, or local regulation or code, or life-safety or security-related repairs or improvements to such housing.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The rule development workshop will be held to receive comments and suggestions from interested persons relative to the development of program requirements for the EHCL Program, as specified in Rule Chapter 67-32, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.).

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 420.507 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 420.5087 FS.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: June 12, 2014, 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time

PLACE: The workshop will be available by telephone or interested parties may attend in person at Florida Housing’s offices located at 227 N. Bronough Street, Seltzer Room, Suite 6000, Tallahassee, Florida

The call-in information is posted on the Florida Housing websites:

http://www.floridahousing.org/Developers/MultiFamilyPrograms/Competitive/RuleDev/ and http://www.floridahousing.org/Developers/MultiFamilyPrograms/NonCompetitive/2014RuleDev/

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Jean Salmonsen at [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Ken Reecy, Director of Multifamily Programs

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.