Single Family 2024-2025 Allocation Plan
2025 Technical Amendment and Single Family Tax Credit Underwriting Guidelines (update) have been approved by the OHFA Board
On Wednesday, September 18th, the OHFA Board approved the proposed updates presented in the program's 2025 Technical Amendment and the Underwriting Guidelines.
A link to the summary of the highlighted updates introduced in the 2025 Technical Amendment can be found below. Most notably, the amendment allows for additional monthly application periods through June 2025, increases the per-dwelling tax credit maximum from $50,000 to $100,000 and reduces the required construction financing commitment from 75% to 51%.
For a full review of the implemented updates, for both the Single Family Tax Credit's Allocation Plan and Underwriting Guidelines, click the links below:
- Highlighted Updates from Single Family Tax Credit 2025 Technical Amendment (173 KB Adobe PDF File)
- 2024-2025 Single Family Tax Credit Allocation Plan w/ 2025 Technical Amendments (1.07 MB Adobe PDF File) Updated 9/18/24
- Single Family Tax Credit Underwriting Guidelines (769 KB Adobe PDF File) Updated 9/18/24
Single Family Tax Credit Application Period
The Single Family Tax Credit Program is creating more opportunities for projects to submit applications for consideration. OHFA will administer monthly applications for the program for the remainder of calendar year 2024. The schedule is as follows:
| Application Period Start Date | Application Period Due Date | |
| January Round | Thursday, January 2, 2025 | Friday, January 31, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. EST |
| February Round | Monday, February 3, 2025 | Friday, February 28, 2025, at 4:00 EST |
| March Round | Monday, March 3, 2025 | Friday, March 28, 2025, at 4:00 EST |
| April Round | Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | Friday, April 25, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. EST |
| May Round | Thursday, May 1, 2025 | Friday, May 30, 2025, at 4:00 EST |
| June Round | Monday, June 2, 2025 | Friday, June 27, 2025, at 4:00 EST |
OHFA will review applications and award funding for each monthly round identified above. Each round will be reviewed and scored independently, with all applications submitted in each monthly round competitively scored against each other.
Click Here for ApplicationThe resources below are designed to assist you with your Single Family Tax Credit application.
If you are unsure which pool your site is eligible for (Central City, Metro/Suburban, Rural), use the OHFA Property Locator Search Tool to look up details including census tract, geographic pool, opportunity index category, and opportunity index score.
Once you know the pool in which your site is located, use the relevant interactive map below to see how your site scores. Please note that the maps include only geographic scoring categories. The interactive map instructions provide a step-by-step guide designed to walk you through the process of using the maps for your application and include a Frequently Asked Questions section as well as a section on Data and Methodology. If you have questions regarding the maps after reading through these materials, please contact the Office of Research and Analytics.
- 2024 Single Family Tax Credit Allocation Plan Map Instructions (430 KB Adobe PDF File)
- 2024 Single Family Tax Credit Allocation Plan: Central City
- 2024 Single Family Tax Credit Allocation Plan: Metro/Suburban
- 2024 Single Family Tax Credit Allocation Plan: Rural
- Overview of the Ohio 2024-2025 USR Opportunity Index
- Ohio 2024-2025 USR Opportunity Index (103 KB Excel File)
- Extreme Homeownership Need (13 KB Excel File)
- Homeownership Rates (15 KB Excel File)
- Grocery Stores (194 KB Excel File)
- Medical Clinics (29 KB Excel File)
- Pharmacies (196 KB Excel File)
- Public Libraries (59 KB Excel File)
- Public Parks (55 KB Excel File)
How It Works
The Single Family Tax Credit program leverages public-private partnerships to increase the inventory of affordable, single-family housing for Ohio's growing workforce. The program provides $50 million a year for four years to fill the financing gap to develop or substantially rehabilitate housing in Ohio.
Project applications must include a minimum of five, single-family dwellings to be constructed or blighted structures to be made habitable. The dwelling sites may be contiguous or "scattered" site. Each dwelling must include a minimum of two bedrooms and one and one-half baths.
Each dwelling must be sold to a qualified buyer, as defined by the program, who will use it as their primary residence. The sale price of the house must be affordable (i.e., no more than 30% of the qualified buyer's monthly income) and remain affordable for 10 years after the initial sale.
The tax credit is calculated as the difference between the total development cost of the project and the aggregate appraised market value of all dwellings in the project. Proposed projects may receive up to a maximum of $50,000 in tax credits per dwelling, which are issued at the completion of the project. The tax credit can be claimed annually over a 10-year period with the annual amount equaling one-tenth of the total issued tax credit.
- Single Family Tax Credit Fact Sheet (688 KB Adobe PDF File)
- 2024-2025 Single Family Tax Credit Allocation Plan w/ 2025 Technical Amendments (1.07 MB Adobe PDF File) Updated 9/18/24
- Single Family Tax Credit Underwriting Guidelines (769 KB Adobe PDF File) Updated 9/18/24
Ohio Revised Code and Ohio Administrative Code
Questions?
For more information, contact:
Single Family Tax Credit Program
singlefamilytaxcredit@ohiohome.org
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency is an Equal Opportunity Housing entity. Loans are available on a fair and equal basis regardless of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, military status, disability or ancestry.
