Overview
The federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit ("LIHTC") Program is frequently used in conjunction with New York State Housing Finance Agency ("HFA") financing. HFA is one of three sub-allocating agencies in the State of New York. As such, HFA allocates Cap Credits from the State Annual Allocation Cap, and "as of right" credits generated through the use of proceeds of federally tax exempt private activity bonds issued by HFA to finance qualified residential rental projects. The LIHTC application for projects financed by HFA is included in the overall Multifamily Financing Applications.
HFA also allocates "As of Right" credits to projects financed by Private Activity Bonds issued by other State agencies such as Industrial Development Agencies and Public Housing Authorities and maintains a separate application process for projects which only require the allocation of 4%, "As of Right" LIHTC.
Projects that obtain financing from other sources may receive allocations of Cap Credits from the State Annual Allocation Cap from the primary New York State LIHTC allocating agency, the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal ("DHCR"), or from one of the other sub-allocating agencies, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Development Authority of the North Country.
HFA has its own Qualified Allocation Plan ("QAP") which governs the allocation or allowance by HFA of Cap Credits, as well as the allocation of "as of right" credits, under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code ("Code"). Cap Credits may only be used in conjunction with taxable bond financing or conventional financing. Projects that receive taxable bond financing from the Agency and that are eligible for Cap Credits subject to the State LIHTC Ceiling (the total amount of Cap Credits available in New York State) may receive such credits pursuant to HFA's QAP only if DHCR has authorized HFA to allocate Cap Credits for the project from the State Ceiling, and the project meets all criteria applicable under HFA's QAP. The QAP also governs HFA's LIHTC project monitoring program.
Part 2188 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit 4 Percent Qualified Allocation Plan
4% LIHTC and SLIHC Cost Certification Forms
Mandatory Cost Certification Forms and Opinion Letters Required for Issuance of 4% LIHTC Forms 8609 and SLIHC DTF Form 625
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4% LIHTC/SLIHC projects:
- New construction
- Acquisition rehab
Opinion Letters are based on the National Council of State Housing Agencies Model Cost Certification Opinion Letter.
HCR Average Income Minimum Set Aside Guidance
Stand-Alone As of Right LIHTCs
Allocation of As of Right LIHTC to Projects Financed by Bonds from an Issuer Other than NYSHFA
NYSHFA is authorized to allocate "as of right" credits to projects financed by Private Activity Bonds issued by other State agencies such as Industrial Development Agencies and Public Housing Authorities and maintains a separate application process for projects which only require the allocation of 4%, "As of Right" LIHTC. Such allocations are made in accordance with the Agency's QAP and any project receiving an allocation of LIHTC from the Agency will be subject to NYSHFA's LIHTC project monitoring program as described in the QAP.
Applications for "As of Right" LIHTC may be made throughout the year.
Pursuant to §2188.4(j)(3) and §2188.7(c)(3) of the QAP, NYSHFA may charge reasonable application, allocation and monitoring fees to projects which do not receive financing from the Agency and which receive LIHTC from NYSHFA. While it develops experience with the credit allocation process for projects that do not receive NYSHFA debt financing, the Agency plans to charge an application fee of $2,000, due at the time of application. A credit allocation fee of three percent (3%) of the first year credit allocation amount is due when a project requests the issuance of Form or Forms 8609 evidencing the final credit allocation. Not-for-profit applicants (or their wholly owned subsidiaries) which will be the sole general partner of the partnership/project owner or sole managing member of the limited liability company/project owner may request and be approved to defer payment of the application fee until the time of issuance of the final credit allocation. Annual monitoring fees will be set at one percent (1%) of the maximum restricted rents for the low income units with a minimum annual monitoring fee of $10,000.
These fees are subject to revision by the Agency without prior notice and will be adjusted, if necessary, to reflect the cost to the Agency of the application, allocation and monitoring processes.