low-income housing

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low-income housing

(1) Generically, any housing that is limited to occupancy by persons whose family income does not exceed certain preset maximum levels.(2) For purposes of special tax incentives provided to persons who build or rehabilitate “qualified low income housing projects,”the IRS defines the term as (a) any project in which 20 percent or more of the units are both rent restricted and occupied by persons whose income is 50 percent or less of the area median gross income or (b) one in which 40 percent or more of the units are both rent restricted and occupied by persons whose income is 60 percent or less of the area median gross income.

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Under the federal low-income housing tax credit system, states are allocated set amounts of credits, and each state awards the credits to selected projects.

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The $26 million project--at $400,000 per apartment--will be financed by a $7 million New York Restore grant; $10 million in federal grants from the Home and Low Income Housing Tax Credits Program and $6.5 million from the New York State Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program.

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Use our interactive map to view the roughly 70 low-income housing projects that bypassed the state's point system and got board-approved for coveted tax credit subsidies over the last decade - subsidies worth a combined $660 million.

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Affordable housing development fuels economic gains in distressed neighborhoods, according to a new study of New York low-income housing. The study, commissioned by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and Enterprise Community Partners, shows affordable housing development is a proven economic stimulus that can expand neighborhood spending power, raise surrounding property values, and help low-income families stabilize their financial situations.