Affordable Housing
Buckeye Community Hope Foundation has fulfilled its affordable housing development mission with the assistance of numerous partners-developers, builders, bankers and financing intermediaries, investors, federal, state and local government agencies and community groups. Critical to our success has been access to the largest federal program for affordable housing, the low-income housing tax credit program.
Our Accomplishments:
- Since our first tax credit project in 1993, Buckeye has been awarded competitive tax credits for 114 rental communities as a developer and/or general partner. These projects encompass more than 4,700 units, with the majority located in Ohio. Additional projects include 22 in West Virginia, 4 in Kentucky, 3 in Indiana, 1 in Virginia, 2 in Pennsylvania, 1 in Illinois, and 6 in South Carolina (including 4 through a Buckeye affiliate).
- Buckeye served as general partner and general contractor for three tax-exempt bond/4% credit developments, rehabilitating Section 8 complexes in southwest Ohio.
- Buckeye has successfully utilized various programs, including HOME, Housing Trust Fund, ARRA (Tax Credit Exchange and Tax Credit Assistance Program), Affordable Housing Program (AHP) through FHLB, and Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funding, with or without tax credits.
- In our early years, Buckeye converted two subsidized rental housing communities into condominiums using the HOPE program, which inspired the inclusion of “Hope” in our name.
Buckeye Community Hope Receives Achievement in Affordable Housing
Buckeye Community Hope Foundation received the 2011 Nonprofit Affordable Housing Builder Award for outstanding service and contributions in building affordable housing for Kentuckians. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation has developed more than 75 Low Income Housing Tax Credit projects, 3 HOPE VI Planning Grants, and 2 Implementation Grants.
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Development News & Updates
Former McKinley Elementary School set to be Demolished
A former elementary school in Zanesville, Ohio is set to be demolished after the holidays. McKinley Elementary School ...
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Tour with the Ohio Treasurer of State
Ian Maute, Director of Development at BCHF, gave a tour to the Ohio Treasurer of State and the Neighborhood Housing Partnership ...
Learn More BCHF Awarded Low-Income Housing Tax Credits From the Ohio Housing Finance Agency
Buckeye Community Hope Foundation (BCHF) is pleased to announce we were awarded Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) from ...
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Defiance Ridge Apartments Will Receive Annual LIHTC Award
Defiance Ridge Apts is an existing 36-unit USDA RD community that has been providing an affordable housing option ...
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2022 Ohio Housing Conference
Ian Maute, Vice President of Development, spoke at the 2022 Ohio Housing Conference as a panelist on: 30 ...
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Development closes on LIHTC deals
The Development Division has officially closed on two more LIHTC deals. RD Transfer for Acquisition into the new ...
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