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Michigan State Housing Development Authority Market Study Checklist

The items Michigan State Housing Development Authority requires in the site, market area, economy and data-currency sections of a LIHTC market study, each with the guideline it comes from.

Source: MSHDA Guidelines for Market Studies (Updated June 1, 2024) — Sections 3 Effective Date, 5 Site Factors/Location, 6 Market Area Definition, 7 Employment and Economy, 9 Competitive Environment (I.3 permits) · Updated September 2026

Required items

Required itemWhere required
Photographs of the site and neighborhood (within two blocks) and a map§5 Site Factors/Location (F)
Transportation, community anchors, medical services, public transit, commercial services§5 (F)
Public transit analysis§5 (F)
Public safety: crime statistics in the vicinity of the site§5 (F)
PMA boundaries by census tracts, school districts, jurisdictions, street names, with a map§6 Market Area Definition (G)
Employment by industry sector§7 Employment and Economy (H)
Major employers in the PMA§7 (H)
Historical unemployment rate for the last ten years§7 (H)
At-place employment§7 (H)
Future trends for employment§7 (H)
Typical wages by occupation§7 (H)
Five-year history of building permits by housing type with comments on trends§9 (I.3)
Initial submission dated no more than 6 weeks before the deadline; study valid six months (memo Jan 25, 2023)§3 Effective Date (D); Market Study Memo

Michigan State Housing Development Authority section headings

Where the agency's wording differs from the NCHMA Model Content Standards, its reviewers look for these headings:

LIHTC market study requirements in Michigan → — staleness window, capture-rate threshold, QAP link and the full section list.

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