STATE LIHTC RESEARCH

Kansas
QAP scoring guide.

Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC) · 2026 QAP

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● Verified guideChecked Sep 12, 2026View source QAP ↗

THE POINT TABLE

Competitive scoring

12 categories

null — the QAP does not state a historical or typical winning score, and no scoring-summary/ranking figures were found in the QAP or in the KHRC award materials reviewed alongside it.

Select a category to read its scoring criteria.

A. Previous Experience

10 pts

Past Performance: up to 5 points for in-state Kansas LIHTC properties (1 pt each, placed in service 1/1/2016-12/31/2025, applicant as developer/GP/managing member in good standing) or 3 points for 3+ out-of-state properties (mutually exclusive, higher of the two counts). Plus Successful Below-Market Loans and Support: 5 points for meeting ≥2 of several below-market financing/support criteria (HOME, CDBG, FHLB AHP, other public resources, fee waivers, tax abatement, IRA rebates) on a prior Kansas LIHTC property. Subject to point deductions (Penalties): up to 10 points off for Housing Development violations (qualified-contract requests, design/accessibility failures, overdue cost certifications, etc.) and up to 20 points off for Housing Compliance violations (unapproved management/ownership changes, LURA violations, failure to fund reserves, chronic noncompliance) on prior developments.

B. Underserved Areas

10 pts

10 points if the site is not in a ZIP code that has received a LIHTC award in the past 4 years (separate published ZIP-code exclusion lists for Metropolitan and Rural Counties). Mutually exclusive with Subsequent Phase (C) — an application cannot earn both.

C. Subsequent Phase

10 pts

10 points if the proposed building(s) are the 2nd or 3rd phase of a development, within .25 miles of the earlier phase(s), where the earlier phase(s) have <5% physical vacancy for 6 months pre-application, waitlists ≥50% of the proposed phase's units, share the same original Applicant, and have not gone through a qualified-contract process. Mutually exclusive with Underserved Areas (B).

D. Residential Character

5 pts

5 points if the site is in or adjacent to existing residential development compatible in density and architectural style with neighboring structures, located within city limits on land in/committed to urban development (FPPA definition), documented via Google map and narrative.

E. Quality Site

5 pts

5 points each to up to 2 proposals in Metropolitan Counties and up to 2 proposals in Rural Counties that KHRC staff subjectively rate as the most desirable sites, based on factors like street appeal, natural features, walkability, traffic, buildability, safety, and neighborhood stability. Scored at full application.

F. Proximity to Amenities

20 pts

Primary amenities (up to 10 points): weighted Google-Maps driving distance to grocery (x0.5), shopping (x0.75), and pharmacy (x1.0) establishments, ranked within Metro vs. Rural pools, maximum points to the lowest weighted-distance applicant and pro-rated points to the rest (4% new construction uses a flat 0.4-mile comparable-scoring benchmark instead of ranking). Secondary amenities (up to 10 points): 1 point each (½ point beyond 3 miles for Rural sites, up to 20 miles) for up to 10 of 16 listed qualifying amenity types (retail, restaurants, hospital/clinic, licensed childcare, schools/colleges, recreation center, park, library, fire/police, bank, food pantry/community nonprofit, farmers market, transit stop, town square [rural only]).

G. Below-Market Loans and Support

30 pts

9% proposals only, scored at full application. Loans (up to 10 points): scaled 5 points for $4,000-$10,000/unit and 10 points for >$10,000/unit of qualifying low-interest (≤1% rate, ≥20-year amortization) below-market loans/grants from eligible public/charitable sources. Other Support (up to 20 points, 10 points per category, once each): Land Donation (site owned by local government, ≤$5,000 in application land/building cost lines), Fee Waiver (local government commits to waive impact/utility/other fees on a tiered $20k-$120k schedule by unit count, or 10 points for a 100% waiver), Historic rehabilitation tax credit eligibility, and Sales Tax Exemption (Kansas Retailers' Sales Tax Act exemption via Industrial Revenue Bonds resolution).

H. Community Revitalization Plans (CRP)

15 pts

5 points if a local government formally adopted a plan to revitalize a defined geographic area containing the site (not a standard land-use/comprehensive plan), the CRP wasn't Principal-initiated, the project furthers a CRP goal, and the local government is making non-housing infrastructure/amenity/service investments. Plus 10 additional points if the CRP area includes a Qualified Census Tract (2025 or 2026) or the developer was selected via a local RFP/RFQ process. Mutually exclusive with Opportunity Sites (I) — higher of the two is awarded if eligible for both.

I. Opportunity Sites

15 pts

Points scaled by the site's census-tract Opportunity Site score (Appendix D methodology). For 9%: ranked separately within Metropolitan and Rural set-asides, with maximum points (15) to the highest-percentile site and pro-rated points below that. For 4%: maximum points to any site scoring above a standard benchmark of 70, pro-rated below 70. Scattered-site projects use the median site score. Mutually exclusive with CRP (H).

J. Senior Housing with Services or Family Housing

10 pts

Mutually exclusive sub-options. Senior Housing with Services: 5 points for senior developments committing to ≥3 of 11 listed amenities/services (garages, storm shelters, extra UFAS units, community room/kitchen, fitness room, internet access, walking path, community garden, adjacency to a senior/community center, transportation, structured programs). Three or More Bedrooms: 10 points for family properties with ≥25% of LIHTC units having 3+ bedrooms.

K. Deeper Affordability or Homeownership

20 pts

Income Targeting (5 points): an additional 15% of LIHTC units set aside at 30% AMI in Metropolitan Counties, on top of the Section V threshold requirement. Plus up to 15 points under one of four mutually exclusive sub-options: Fair Market Rents (60%-AMI-and-below units priced at/below HUD FMR), Project-Based Rental Assistance (≥60% of units, with PHA commitment), Conversion to Homeownership (9% proposals only, per Section V(C)(6) requirements), or State Set-Aside Income and Rent Targeting (4% proposals only — the same average-54%/57%-AMI or 20/50-40/60 elections that are mandatory thresholds for 9%).

L. Tiebreaker

See criteria

Not a point category. Used only to break ties when applications have equal total scores and insufficient credits remain for all tied applicants (9% full application only) — see tie_breakers field.

Scoring source

2026 QAP Section VI, "Selection Criteria: Rehabilitation" (printed p. 20; PDF p. 23) -- a separate, unlettered, discretionary priority ranking with NO point scoring (6 declining-priority factors: rehab work needed, resyndication year 22+, %PBRA, hard-cost ratio, local revitalization designation, applicant experience) -- and Section VII, "Selection Criteria: New Construction" (printed pp. 21-34; PDF pp. 24-37), subsections A (Previous Experience) through L (Tiebreaker), which IS where the lettered point rubric below applies. The mandatory statutory Appendix A, "Article 10 Criteria" (K.A.R. 110-10-1 category/point table, totaling 310 points), is at printed p. 45 / PDF p. 48 of https://kshousingcorp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2026-QAP-FINAL.pdf.

WHEN SCORES ARE CLOSE

Tie-breakers

Review the agency’s tie-breaker rules alongside the scoring criteria.

Not a ranked sequence -- KHRC awards at its own discretion based on which tied site(s) best serve the households served, have demonstrated higher energy standards, have requested the lower amount of LIHTCs, and have the highest percentage of ≤30% AMI units (9% full application only).

MODEL ASSUMPTIONS

Underwriting parameters

2026 QAP Section VIII, "Underwriting Standards" (printed pp. 35–40; PDF pages 38–43 of the 112-page document at https://kshousingcorp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2026-QAP-FINAL.pdf): VIII(A) All Applications and Properties (pro forma, reserves, equity pricing, commitment letters, minimum developer fee, contractor fee caps); VIII(B) Rehabilitation (developer fee formula, development costs); VIII(C) New Construction (developer fee schedule, development costs); VIII(D) HUD Resources. The KHRC fee schedule is in Section II(E), "KHRC Fees" (printed pp. 5–6; PDF pp. 8–9). Reserve/utility-allowance detail is cross-referenced to KHRC's companion "Housing Tax Credit Program Compliance and Policies and Procedures Manual," which was also reviewed and did not add numeric underwriting parameters beyond what the QAP itself states.

OPERATING ASSUMPTIONS

Utility allowance

Preferred method: local_pha (PHA Section 8 Existing Housing Program schedule) — this is the default/fallback method for all "Other Buildings" units, and is mandatory (cannot be displaced) for any unit occupied by a tenant with HUD rental assistance (Section 8 HCV). For units without HUD tenant assistance, the owner may instead elect the Local Utility Company Estimate, KHRC Agency Estimate, HUD USM, or Energy Consumption Model, and if it obtains one of those for any unit it becomes the applicable UA for all units of similar size/construction in the building.

Actual Usage Utility Allowance Spreadsheet (KHRC submetering/actual-consumption UA workbook) ↗

2026 QAP, Part VI.A.3 "Utility Allowance" (PDF pp. 35-36); detailed procedures in KHRC Housing Tax Credit Program Compliance Policy and Procedures Manual, Section 8.8 "Utility Allowance Calculations," esp. 8.8.4(a)-(b) and 8.8.6 (Submetering)

YOUR NEXT STEPS

Development guides for Kansas

PHASE 1Site sourcing and screening PHASE 2Site control and the annual clock PHASE 3Zoning proof, not a pathway election PHASE 4Picking a credit program and competition bucket PHASE 5Setting rents, targeting income, and building the underwriting pro forma PHASE 6Construction costs, cost review, and the labor package PHASE 7Assembling the capital stack: soft funds, the state credit, and tax abatement PHASE 8Assembling a submission that clears KHRC's gates PHASE 9Staying compliant between reservation and Form 8609 PHASE 10Construction, the CPA opinion, and Kansas's 120-day clock to Form 8609 PHASE 11Year 15, the 30-year LURA floor, and a qualified contract you've already waived

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