How does the Commission decide which Projects to select for Credit?
There are Allocation Criteria which are used by the Commission staff to evaluate Projects and make recommendations to the Commission for Credit, subject to the Credit Set-Aside categories. You must select and receive a minimum of 130 Allocation Criteria Points in order for a Project to be considered for Credit. If Projects receive equal scores, priority in the recommendations for Credit Reservations and/or Allocations will be given to the Application that requests the least amount of Credit. If Projects receive equal scores and also request the same amount of Credit, priority in the recommendations for Credit Reservations and/or Allocations will be given to the Application that requests the least amount of Credit per Housing Unit. The total possible number of Allocation Criteria Points is 200 However, no one Project can meet all the Allocation Criteria or, consequently, receive a total of 200 points. In addition, the number of points needed to qualify for Credit changes each year.
