Housing Tax Credit Program

The Housing Tax Credit Program also known as LIHTC, produces rental housing for households with incomes between 20% to 80% Area Median Income. Georgia DCA awards Housing Tax Credits to qualified development teams. Over the last three decades, the Housing Tax Credit has become the most successful affordable rental housing production program in history.

DCA monitors projects to ensure they comply with IRC Section 42, HOME regulations (24 CFR Part 92), the Final Allocation Application, the Qualified Allocation Plan, program manuals, and all restrictive documents. DCA also oversees some properties with FDIC restrictions. While DCA checks for Owner compliance, it is not liable for any Owner noncompliance.

Resident Concerns

The DCA Office of Portfolio Management oversees program compliance for many of Georgia's State and Federally funded affordable housing programs.  The majority of our residents under our programs reside in apartment communities that receive HOME funds or communities that are part of the Low Income Tax Credit Housing (LIHTC) program.

Residents of a DCA program or concerned citizens can notify DCA of a violation of our program compliance rules. Read through the applicable information before filling out the online form.

• Submit a Resident Concern
• You should ALWAYS attempt to resolve your tenant concern with your landlord or management company prior to contacting the DCA. Our online forms will ask you to comment on the communication with your management company or landlord, prior to contacting the DCA.

Other Resident Resources

• Please take a moment to review your rights as a tenant in any DCA affordable housing program. 
  •  See the Resident Concern Notice
• Need more information regarding Georgia's rental laws? 
  •  DCA has made the Georgia Landlord Tenant Handbook available online.
• Here is a link to HUD resources for the State of Georgia

Fair Housing Complaint?

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, handicap/disability, familial status, national origin, age, marital status, domestic partnership status, source of income, type of occupation, gender identity, or sexual orientation, in the admission to, access to, or treatment or employment in, our housing programs and activities. If you have a Fair Housing concern you can contact the Office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at www.HUD.gov.

How to File a Complaint

• Online - You can file a complaint with FHEO online in English or Spanish.
• Email - You can download this form (also available in Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese) and email it to your local FHEO office at the email address on this list.

Note: You may always complete the DCA online Notification of a Resident Concern, regardless of whether you have or intend to contact HUD with the same concern.

For more information on Resident Concerns, please see our website here.