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FAIRMONT – Judy Marshall has lived in some unique places in Marion County.
Her previous home once belonged to the grandparents of Olympic gold medalist and Fairmont native Mary Lou Retton.
“I can just see little Mary Lou doing flip flops in the living room,” Marshall said of Retton, who, at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, was the first ever American woman to win the all-around gold medal in gymnastics.
Today, Marshall calls The Miller School Apartments home. Her... Continue Reading
The Fund administers the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program, which generates low-income residential rental units by encouraging private investment through federal tax credits. Since its inception, this program has produced more than 18,400 affordable rental units in West Virginia.
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program is a program for developers of low-income residential rental housing. Individuals cannot receive tax credits through this program. Please follow this link to search for affordable rental housing in West Virginia.
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Ask a question about this program.The Fund has released the 2025 and 2026 Tax Credit Manual. Please see link below.
2025 and 2026 LIHTCP Tax Credit Manual
Above is a link to the Fund’s main underwriting spreadsheets. The three main underwriting spreadsheets used by the Fund are (1) Analysis of Intermediary Costs, (2) Analysis of Property Costs, and (3) Determination of Housing Credit Dollar Amount Needed. The link is to an Excel file which contains two tabs for each underwriting spreadsheet – one which is a locked example, and a second which is a blank which may be used to enter property-specific information. It is of note that the three underwriting spreadsheets are embedded in the Fund’s LIHTCP Application (WVHDF Form 1040).
2025 and 2026 Allocation Plan–Coming Soon!
2025 and 2026 LIHTCP Tax Credit Manual
2025 and 2026 LIHTCP Program Calendar
2025 Qualified Census Tracts and Difficult Development Areas
General Instructions for Uploading Files to Microsoft Teams
The 2024 per property credit limitation as referenced in the Limitation on Amount of Property Allocation subsection of the Manual is $769,980.
The 2024 “maximum favorable financing rate” as referenced in the Favorable Financing scoring criterion of the Plan is less than or equal to 6% fixed.