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6.G. - Page 19 of 23 Page 19 entities and governments facilitate local housing production that will assist local governments in meeting their Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA). Analysis: Application deadline January 31, 2021. Expected award announcement May 31, 2021 and ongoing. Period of performance expended by December 31, 2023. Multifamily Housing Program (MHP) MHP makes low-interest, long-term deferred -payment permanent loans for new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional rental housing for lower-income households. Analysis: Release of the NOFA is scheduled for January 2021 with an Application deadline currently scheduled for March,2021. Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Program (VHHP) VHHP makes long-term loans for development or preservation of rental housing for very low- and low-income veterans and their families. Funds are made available to sponsors who are for-profit or nonprofit corporations and public agencies. Analysis: The next NOFA is scheduled for May 2021. Local Housing Trust Fund Program (LHTF) This program lends money for construction of rental housing projects with units restricted for at least 55 years to households earning less than 60 percent of area median income. State funds match local housing trust funds as down payment assistance to first-time homebuyers. A Local or Regional Housing Trust Fund is required to be a public, joint public and private, or charitable nonprofit organization organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which was established by legislation, ordinance, resolution (including nonprofit articles of incorporation), or a public-private partnership organized to receive specific public, or public and private, revenue to address local housing needs. The key characteristic of a Local Housing Trust Fund is that it receives Ongoing Revenues from Dedicated Sources of funding sufficient to permit the Local Housing Trust Fund to comply with the requirements of the Program. Analysis: The HCD website indicates that a NOFA will be issued in the Spring of 2021 and applications due by June 2021. This is another project specific grant funding opportunity with some relatively narrow eligibility criteria. Fire Protection Assistance to Firefighters (AFG) Administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA), the Assistance to Firefighters program focus' on enhancing the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire and fire - related hazards. The AFG Program accomplishes this by providing financial assistance directly to eligible fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical service (EMS) organizations, and State Fire Training Academies (SFTA) for critical training and equipment. 321