Arizona Department of Housing | Building Efficiency Scoring in QAP for Higher Production of Units

Arizona Department of Housing implemented a building efficiency scoring category in its QAP encouraging a greater proportion of the building to be used for rental units. This encouraged new construction for developers to have the ability to achieve a higher score by configuring the layout of a new building in comparison to working with an existing floor plan in a rehabilitation project. This resulted in an 11.6% increase in the number of equal sized units that could be achieved with the LIHTC.