Step 1 — Determine if your project will be using only HTF funding sources, or if you will be using a combination of federal funding sources.
Step 2 — Select the correct environmental review document based on your answers in Step 1. HCD has prepared four different environmental review documents (linked below) depending on the proposed NHTF project status.
- Only HTF Funding
- Rehabilitation — HTF Environmental Provisions Compliance Form (DOC)
- New Construction — HTF Environmental Provisions Compliance Form (DOC)
- HTF Funding and Other Federal Funding
- Rehabilitation — HTF Environmental Provisions Compliance Form (DOC)
- New Construction — HTF Environmental Provisions Compliance Form (DOC)
Step 3 — Open the file, review the instructions, and complete the beginning Project Information section.
Step 4 — All multifamily projects (over 4 units) are required to have a Phase I ESA (Environmental Site Assessment), and if any recognized environmental conditions (RECs) are identified in the Phase I ESA, a Phase II ESA will also be required.
As you go through the environmental provisions checklists, be sure you are including all supporting documentation, including any necessary technical studies and maps (See how to prepare a correct map/figure).