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Low-Income Housing Credit

NY-LIHTC · New York

Summary

Federally-sourced housing credit allocated by New York State Housing Finance Agency for affordable housing projects.

Benefit

Percentage
Flat
Duration
Max annual
(taxpayer)
Max total
(taxpayer)
Carryforward

Program metadata

Distribution
allocated
Claimant subject
business
Refund/transfer election
Program family
Effective
Sunset
Application deadline
Transfer discount

Hard requirements (1)

  • local_approval_requiredCredits must be allocated by New York State Housing Finance Agency (HCR) via competitive selection

Preference / tiering rules (0)

None.

NAICS industries (0)

Any.

Geo zones (1)

  • statewide · Statewide (allocated by HCR)

Tags (4)

  • requires_application: true
  • pre_approval_required: true
  • allocation_method: ceiling_allocated
  • annual_cap_amount: 40000000

Tax bases

  • corporate_income_taxprimary

Source

https://www.tax.ny.gov/bus/business-incentives.htm
NY Tax Law Articles 9-A and 22; 26 USC § 42 (federal LIHTC)
Last verified: 2026-04-19