{"id":13463,"date":"2026-03-04T16:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=13463"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:52:24","slug":"public-notice-amended-housing-opportunity-through-modernization-act-interim-guidance-for-lihtc-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/03\/04\/public-notice-amended-housing-opportunity-through-modernization-act-interim-guidance-for-lihtc-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBLIC NOTICE: Amended Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act Interim Guidance for LIHTC Properties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is providing an update regarding the implementation of the <\/span><b>Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) requirements for properties participating in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has extended the implementation date for HOTMA from <\/span><b>January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a result, DHCD will <\/span><b>extend the interim guidance established in <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/url?sa=D&amp;q=https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/HousingDevelopment\/RHF%2520Current%2520Notices\/Notice24-01.pdf&amp;ust=1772736180000000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2RUDUSnMWarl3wBdDNDh3d&amp;hl=en&amp;source=gmail\"><b>Multifamily Notice 24-01<\/b> <\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">until the new implementation date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This extension allows housing providers additional time to prepare for the HOTMA requirements while continuing to follow the interim guidance currently in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional information and updates will be provided by DHCD as the new implementation date approaches.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is providing an update regarding the implementation of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) requirements for properties participating in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has extended the implementation date for HOTMA from January 1,<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/03\/04\/public-notice-amended-housing-opportunity-through-modernization-act-interim-guidance-for-lihtc-properties\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":267,"featured_media":11497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-development","category-legal-notices"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13464,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13463\/revisions\/13464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}