2017 Competitive AHP Applications: By the Numbers

June 29, 2017

For 27 years, members of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBC) have partnered with community developers and public agencies to apply for Affordable Housing Program (AHP) subsidies. These grants are awarded to the highest-scoring projects through a competitive process until the funds are exhausted. The 2017 competitive round closed on June 16.

Some member and sponsor applicants will receive a request for clarification during one of the following weeks:
July 31, August 28, and September 18. The date on which a clarification request is sent is not an indication of competitiveness, nor will all applicants receive a request for clarification.

Highlights
  1. 55 members and 84 sponsors jointly submitted 117 applications.
  2. Almost $61 million in competitive AHP subsidies was requested to support the construction, acquisition, and/or rehabilitation of 6,231 housing units.
  3. The FHLBC expects to award $24.6 million this year.
  4. The applications by project location were distributed between Illinois (47) and Wisconsin (61), plus 9 from outside the district.
  5. 84 of the applications submitted were for rental projects and 33 were for homeownership projects.
  6. The total development cost for the 117 projects is $1.2 billion.
  7. The average subsidy requested was $521,249.
  8. All applicants will be notified of the status of their application in early December.
  9. In 2016, 126 applications were submitted, requesting approximately $68 million, and approximately
    $23.6 million was awarded.
  10. Since 1989, the FHLBC has awarded approximately $401 million in competitive AHP subsidies to support more than 76,000 housing units.  

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