Department of the Treasury / Internal Revenue Service · Housing · Economic Development · Parks & Recreation
Federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC)
20% tax credit on qualified rehabilitation expenditures for income-producing certified historic structures. Cities sponsor local rehabs and partner with developers; National Park Service Part-1/2/3 approval required.
Whether your city can win this comes down to hard rules — population, designation, match capacity. Run your city and our AI checks it against the rules below in about 8 minutes.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $500K – $50M
- Non-federal match
- Varies by NOFO
- Eligible entity
- U.S. cities & local governments
- Application window
- Continuous; Part 1/2 reviews via SHPO, Part 3 after completion.
- Typical prep time
- 16–52 weeks
- Statutory authority
- IRC §47
Verify on the Department of the Treasury / Internal Revenue Service page →
Who is eligible for Federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC)?
These are the hard rules we check against. If one fails, the program is ineligible — the AI never overrides a rule.
- Cities are eligible applicants.
Not a grant. Joint NPS / IRS administration. Cities frequently pair HTC with NMTC and LIHTC. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
Run a city dossier and our AI cross-checks ACS demographics, 5-year USAspending award history, FEMA disaster history, and CEJST/Justice40 + HUD designations against this program's rules. You get a clear eligibility, strategic, and competitive answer — with the city's own hard evidence ready to anchor the narrative — instead of a generic match badge. And if it's a no-go, you'll know before you spend the month.
The dossier isn't the AI's guesswork — eligibility is decided by the rules, and the numbers come straight from official sources. The answer your reviewer will check line by line.
No credit card. 30-day trial, 3 dossiers, 1 seat.
Related programs
- Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (DOT)$500K – $100M
- Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup, and Revolving Loan Fund Grants (EPA)$200K – $5M
- Pollution Prevention (P2) Grant Program (EPA)$250K – $1M
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement (HUD)$500K – $30M
- CDBG Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) (HUD)$5M – $500M
- Section 108 Loan Guarantee (HUD)$1M – $100M
Award ranges, match percentages, and windows are approximate.