<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>H Plus Housing</title><description>LIHTC, HHFDC programs and the Hawaii housing market, explained by a developer who works on these deals. Written from the QAP, the board packets and the statute, not from summaries.</description><link>https://hplushousing.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Hawaii&apos;s 2027 LIHTC round: what&apos;s published, what isn&apos;t, and the FY 2027 trap</title><link>https://hplushousing.com/articles/hawaii-2027-lihtc-round/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hplushousing.com/articles/hawaii-2027-lihtc-round/</guid><description>HHFDC has released nothing about a 2027 Consolidated Application round, and its board was told in July that QAP revisions now underway land in 2028. The &quot;FY 2027 Consolidated Application&quot; currently open is a different program. Here is the actual state of play, and what to do with the gap.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>hawaii-lihtc</category><author>Sun-Ik Ham</author></item><item><title>The 25% bond test: what OBBBA changed for 4% LIHTC deals in Hawaii</title><link>https://hplushousing.com/articles/the-25-percent-bond-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hplushousing.com/articles/the-25-percent-bond-test/</guid><description>OBBBA cut the bond financing test for 4% LIHTC from 50% to 25% of aggregate basis. In Hawaii, which draws the small-state minimum on private activity bonds, that roughly doubles how far the annual cap stretches — and exposes what the real constraint was all along.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>federal-lihtc</category><author>Sun-Ik Ham</author></item></channel></rss>