Tax Credit Resource Library

Tax Credit Resource Library...

CDFA's Tax Credit Resource Library is a one-stop center for resources and research on a wide variety of tax credit finance options for assisting the economic development industry. Browse the Database for information about state and federal programs for housing, brownfields remediation/redevelopment, green building, historic rehabilitation, and new markets tax credits.


Tax credits have become one of the economic development industry’s most important financing tools.These resources introduce the fundamentals of tax credit applications, giving readers a broad overview of the various types of credits available and the various state and federal authorities issuing them.


Rehabilitation tax credits were established to discourage unnecessary demolition of older buildings and to slow capital flight from older urban areas. These credits frequently close the financing gap needed to restore the nation's aging storefronts, historic buildings, and other treasures of the built environment.


The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) was created to address the lack of capital available to business and economic development ventures in low-income communities, providing the incentive of a federal tax credit to individuals or corporations that invest in Community Development Entities (CDEs).


Many tax credits exist to either repair environmental damage or prevent it from happening in the first place. Browse here to learn about the various ways state and federal governments are using tax credit programs to clean up brownfields, build environmentally efficient structures, and preserve quality of life in their communities.


These tax credits promote the construction and rehabilitation of housing for low-income persons and a means by which developers may raise capital for the construction or acquisition and substantial rehabilitation of affordable housing. This section profiles a range of state and federal programs.
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