California Tax Credit Agency Incentives For Non-Smoking Units

California Tax Credit Agency Supports No-Smoking Rules in Affordable Housing

By Jack Nicholl, Board Member, American Lung Association of California

The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee recently adopted incentives to encourage developers of low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) properties to designate between 50 percent and 100 percent of units in their properties as nonsmoking. TCAC awards a smoke-free point to projects designating a smoke-free section of at least 50 percent of the units (to qualify, the units must be grouped together). A similar but more demanding policy has also been adopted by Maine's tax credit agency.

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