(1) An application must be submitted.

(2) At the time the application is submitted, an applicant must also submit:

(a) a description of the efforts made by the applicant to coordinate the loan with other housing assistance programs administered by the board, the federal government, state agencies, tribal government, local public housing authorities, local governments, and private entities;

(b) an explanation of how the loan will not replace existing or available funding for the project, including a detailed description of the public benefit obtained from program funding, including construction phase funding, if applicable, compared to funding from other existing and available funding sources with substantially similar terms and conditions; and

(c) for mobile home park projects, documentation of lot rents for comparable mobile home parks in the market area and an explanation demonstrating that proposed lot rents will be reasonable and affordable for prospective residents.

(3) Applications that are substantially incomplete as determined by the board staff will not be processed but will be returned to the applicant. 

(4)  Applicants must demonstrate project development progress through submission of quarterly progress reports from the time of preliminary loan application approval through loan closing.  Quarterly progress reports must be submitted in accordance with the requirements of and using the quarterly report form for the Housing Credit program.  Copies of the housing credit quarterly report form and requirements may be obtained by contacting the board by mail at P.O. Box 200528, Helena, Montana 59620-0528, by telephone at (406) 841-2840, or at the board's web site www.housing.mt.gov.