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North Carolina Housing Finance Agency Market Study Checklist

The 15 items North Carolina Housing Finance Agency requires in the site, market area, economy and data-currency sections of a LIHTC market study.

Source: 2026 QAP Appendix A — Market Study Standards and Requirements · Updated October 2026

Required items

#Required item
1Site pictures from different vantage points (site only)
2Location map: closest shopping, schools (family), employment centers, medical facilities with miles
3PMA map clearly depicting the census tracts
4Employment by industry — numbers and percentages
5Major employers and anticipated expansions/contractions; WARN report referenced
6Labor force and unemployment trends, county/smallest area, past 10 years plus most recent month
7Employment data less than one year old
8Public transit: as the agency describes
9Unemployment history, 10 years
10Major employers: major employers with anticipated expansions/contractions, newly planned employers, WARN notices
11Recent or planned employer expansions and reductions
12Source listed at each table
13Analyst: Agency bids/contracts analysts and assigns projects; signed no-interest statement (confirm before submission)
14Other exhibit: Location/amenity map
15Other exhibit: Negative site attributes discussion

The section and page reference for each item, and the checklist filled in for your report, are in StudyScribe's HFA Guide for account holders. The agency's own guideline is linked at the top.

North Carolina Housing Finance Agency 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 North Carolina → — staleness window, capture-rate threshold, QAP link and the full section list.

Export a Front End in the NCHFA (QAP Appendix A) format

StudyScribe's Format for selector reorders the Market Data sections to this agency's order, uses its headings, and prints this checklist as the last page with each item marked present or missing — from BLS, Census, FBI and the other official sources, nothing estimated.

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This checklist restates North Carolina Housing Finance Agency's published market study guidance as understood by StudyScribe on the date above; it is not legal or compliance advice. Confirm against the current guideline linked at the top before submitting.