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The Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF) is the major tool used to produce and preserve affordable housing in the District of Columbia. It is a special revenue fund administered by DHCD’s Development and Finance Division (DFD) that provides gap financing for projects affordable to low and moderate income households. DHCD issues a notice of funding availability (NOFA) or Request for Proposals. To view all of the Department of Housing and Community Development’s Open Request for Proposals, please visit: https://dhcd.dc.gov/solicitations.
HANTA, or the High-Area Needs Tax Abatement, is a property tax abatement program developed by Mayor Bowser to spur the development of new affordable housing units in areas of the District that have the highest dedicated affordable housing goals. If you are interested in increasing affordable housing in the District, applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Apply or inquire at [email protected].
Housing in Downtown is an innovative program designed to catalyze new residential development through commercial-to-residential conversion via a 20-year tax abatement. The program is competitive, with available funds set by program caps:
- FY24-26 – $2.5M total; cap remaining $1.725M
- FY27 – $5M total; cap remaining $.96M or $962.3K
- FY28 – $41M total; cap remaining $22.9M
- Future Years – The prior year's cap, with 4% annual escalation in each successive year.
The Request for Applications will be open on a rolling basis, and can be accessed at https://dmped.dc.gov/featured-content/housing-downtown-program.
DHCD administers programs on rental conversions and sales. Learn more about these programs here.
If you are a developer and interested in learning more about the District’s Affordable Dwelling Units (ADUs), Community Facility Planning, Inclusionary Zoning, Program Compliance or more, visit DHCD here.
The Tax Abatements for Affordable Housing in High-Needs Areas Amendment Act of 2020 authorizes tax abatements as incentives for the production of new affordable housing in the Rock Creek West, Rock Creek East, Capitol Hill and Upper Northeast planning areas, identified in the District’s Housing Equity Report, released in October 2019, as areas in high-need for affordable housing. Information on rulemaking for the program may be found here.