The Kansas Housing Resources Corporation held a virtual public hearing on May 23, 2025, to accept public comments on an amended 2025 Qualified Allocation Plan that incorporates changes required by House Bill 2289, including a statewide cap of $25,000,000 in Kansas Affordable Housing Tax Credits for 2025.

Diane Engstrom, director of housing development at the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, opened the hearing and said KHRC published the proposed amended 2025 QAP on May 8 and was accepting comments through 5 p.m. Central on May 23, 2025. Engstrom directed people to submit comments via the webinar questions function or by email to housingdevelopment@kshousingcorp.org.

Terry Bradshaw, manager of housing development, summarized the statutory changes and how KHRC adjusted the amended QAP. Bradshaw said House Bill 2289 "implements additional requirements regarding the Kansas Affordable Housing Tax Credit or KAHTC" and that KHRC "has incorporated this change into the proposed amended 2025 QAP that was published on May eighth of 2025." He described the $25,000,000 statewide cap as the primary driver of the amendment.

Bradshaw explained how the cap affects the 4% (bond) rounds: "the total amount, of potential award is 16,000,000 and that is then divided between 2 rounds, round 1 and round 2 with 8,000,000 awarded in each round, up to 8,000,000 awarded in each round." The amended QAP text published May 8 updates the 4% round 1 award announcement date (moved from May 23 to June 6) and lists $8,000,000 of state credit available in each 4% round for a combined total of $16,000,000 under the amended plan.

KHRC staff also said the amended QAP removes targeted set-asides for the 4% rounds and noted a specific change involving the 35% set-asides: Bradshaw stated the set-aside change concerns the "35 percent acquisition rehab and 35% new construction" and that this is the only amendment to the 2025 QAP beyond the credit cap and timing changes described above.

On federal pairing, an attendee asked whether federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits would be decoupled from the state credits. Bradshaw responded, "No. They will not be decoupled. So, no. They are not decoupled. It is still a dollar for dollar match with the federal credit."

A Lawrence resident from Douglas County asked whether the period of affordability could be extended; the commenter said local officials "would like to recommend that the period of affordability be extended" and sought guidance on when such a change could be considered. Engstrom told the commenter that the amended 2025 QAP is narrowly focused on changes required for 2025 and that any broader changes to affordability periods would be considered in the full 2026 QAP expected for publication later in the summer.

KHRC staff reiterated that questions and written comments would be published with written responses after the hearing. The agency gave the email housingdevelopment@kshousingcorp.org for submissions and closed the hearing after the public comment window ended.

The hearing produced no formal motions or votes; it was an opportunity to collect public input on the narrowly scoped amendments to the 2025 QAP required by House Bill 2289.