Workforce Housing Tax Credits
The Workforce Housing Tax Credits Program provides tax benefits to developers to provide housing in Iowa communities, focusing especially on those projects using abandoned, empty or dilapidated properties. The program is administered by the IEDA.
Criteria
Projects must meet one of four criteria:
- Housing development located on a grayfield or brownfield site
- Repair or rehabilitation of dilapidated housing stock
- Upper story housing development
- New construction in a greenfield (only communities or a project qualifying under the Small Cities set aside)
The developer must build or rehabilitate at least four single-family homes or at least one multi-family building containing three or more units or at least two upper story units.
Benefit Limits
Total program benefits limited to $1 million per project.
Application Process
The developer must apply for the credit. More information and application deadline can be found on the IEDA website.