• 2018 ANNUAL OWNER CERTIFICATION (AOC)

    (Use this Form for All Program Funding)
  • All 2018 projects with any affordable housing program funding sources should use this form to complete the AOC

    Please read each question throroughly, you will be able to bypass questions that do not apply to your project

    Email Compliance@dca.ga.gov for any questions

  • LIHTC Program Funding and Other Layered Funding

    • Pursuant to IRC Section 42, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) monitoring regulations require all tax credit properties to annually submit the AOC to the tax credit agency (Georgia DCA)
    • If you have claimed tax credits or your project is in the Extended Use Period (EUP) you must submit this form annually to DCA
    • If there are any low income tenants at the project as of 12/31 for any year, the AOC must be submitted to DCA
    • Failure for properties to timely submit the AOC and any required documents by MARCH 1st of the following applicable calendar year may result in:
      • Issuance of an 8823 to the IRS
      • Negative property management company rating by DCA
      • Adverse scoring for future deals
  • HOME and NSP Program Funding

    • Pursuant to the HOME Investment Partnerships Act, Title II of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Act (as amended), 42 USC 12701 et seq. and as required by the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) agency and Georgia DCA, the AOC must be completed for each calendar year during the Period of Affordability (POA)
    • Failure for properties to timely submit an AOC and any required documents by MARCH 1st of the following applicable calendar year may  result
      • A notice of non-compliance
      • Adverse credit history reporting
      • Negative property management company rating by DCA
      • Adverse scoring for future deals
  • HOME Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) Funding

    • Projects receiving funding under the CHDO set aside for HOME program funding must complete the annual CHDO certification located within this AOC
    • Failure to requalify as a CHDO on an annual basis through the DCA AOC may result in the loss of the CHDO designation and adverse scoring for future deals
    • CHDOs must timely submit their AOC by MARCH 1st in order to requalify as a CHDO with DCA
  • *BEGIN QUESTIONS*

  • BUILDING(S) PLACED IN SERVICE

    IF YOU HAVE:

    • No building placed in service by 12/31 or
    • A building(s) placed in service and the owner elects to begin the tax credit period the year following the year it was placed in service,

    THEN YOU MAY BYPASS THE REMAINING QUESTIONS ON THIS AOC FORM

     

  • STOP!

     

    You have successfully completed reporting for this year's AOC

    See you again this time next year!

  • PROJECT INFORMATION

  • YOU MUST ENTER YOUR GA ID IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FORMATS TO CONTINUE:

    1234-567

    1234-5678

    PLEASE COMPLETE THE PROPER GA ID FIELD AND ANSWER "YES" TO THE PRECEDING QUESTION IN ORDER TO CONTINUE WITH THE FORM

  • AOC Reporting Covers Calendar Dates January 1 Through December 31

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  • PROJECT OWNERSHIP INFORMATION

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  • GENERAL PARTNER INFORMATION

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  • MANAGEMENT AGENT INFORMATION

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  • PROJECT INFORMATION FOR ALL FUNDING

  • MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY

  • A unit/building that is considered "suitable for occupancy" must take in to account the local health, safety, and building codes, the UPCS codes, and it must be free of any fire, flood, or mold damage that causes the unit/building to be uninhabitable   

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  • For the above question:

    • Consider all notices/citations issued by State or Local Government agencies
    • Do not include DCA inspection findings unless it was cited by a local authority
    • DCA may request local code reports during inspections
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  • Projects funded prior to 2010 may not require an AFHMP as part of their annual compliance.  If you have determined that your project is not required to submit an AFHMP, select "NO, an AFHMP has never been submitted" and confirm in the ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION box that the project did/does not require AFHMP submission during the AOC with a brief explanation.

     

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  • MARKETING, ADVERTISING, AND FAIR HOUSING COMPLIANCE

  • The AFHMP must be updated during every file audit review or if there is a significant change in your marketing due a change in area demographics

  • THE FAIR HOUSING ACT (FHA) PROHIBITS BOTH INTENTIONAL DISCRIMINATION AND HOUSING PRACTICES THAT HAVE AN UNJUSTIFIED DISCRIMINATORY EFFECT DUE TO RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR OTHER PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS. 

  • FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ENTER THE INFORMATION AS OF 12/31 OF THE CERTIFYING YEAR

  • HOME AND NSP/TCAP/HTF FUNDING

    HOME, NSP, TCAP, or HTF
  • LIHTC and LIHTC layered with any other funding can be completed in the next question set.

    IF YOU HAVE NSP, TCAP, AND/OR HTF WITHOUT HOME, COMPLETE THIS HOME SECTION TO SATIFY THEIR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

  • PROCEED TO THE LIHTC AND LAYERED FUNDING QUESTIONS


  • THE FOLLOWING QUESTION APPLIES TO UNITS WITH HOME ONLY

    (WITH NO LAYERED LIHTC)

  • CHDO ANNUAL CERTIFICATION

    The following questions satisfy the AOC for projects receiving funds under the Community Housing Development Organization set-aside for HOME Programs

    If you do not have CHDO funding, you will be able to bypass the next set of questions

  • SELECT THE NEXT BOX TO AFFIRM THAT YOU HAVE UPLOADED THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:

    • IRS FORM 990
    • THE MOST RECENT AUDITED FINANCIALS FOR THE NON-PROFIT (not the property)
    • LIST OF BOARD MEMBERS (use the board members from the CHDO application from the most recent funding year)
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  • LIHTC FUNDING

    Includes LIHTC Layered with Other Funding
  • SET ASIDES

    *If multiple projects are listed under one (1) funding ID then the below answer applies to all BINs

    See Line 8b of IRS Form 8609

  • NEXT AVAILABLE UNIT (NAU) RULE

    For the NAU Rule question set you must provide an explanation of how the property maintained compliance or failed to maintain compliance with the rule, in the space provided below

  • Remember that properties layered with HOME and/or NSP funding must follow applicable federal guidelines along with the NAU Rule

  • EXTENDED USE PERIOD (EUP)

    Projects must comply with implementing the Extended Low Income Housing Commitment as described in Section 42(h)(6) of the Code

  • You must complete the HUD Section 811 AOC found HERE on the DCA Compliance Monitoring page.

     

  • CONGRATULATIONS!

    You have successfully completed your Annual Owner Certification for the above property.

    Forms submitted after JANUARY 1st and before MARCH 1st for the preceeding year of reporting are considered on time.

     

     

  • YOU MUST CERTIFY AND SUBMIT TO FINALIZE YOUR AOC SUBMISSION

    Please review your answer carefully before submitting this form

  • LINK TO THE AOC SIGNATURE PAGE

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