Multifamily Tax Subsidy Projects (MTSP) Rent and Income Limit Archive

Each year the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) publishes revised income limits. There is no deadline date for HUD to publish such limits, so the effective date varies from year to year.

These are not official Treasury income limits; however, they have been calculated in accordance with anticipated treasury standards. Calculations of the 30% to 45%, 55% and 60% income limits were extrapolated using the HUD-published 50% income limits with no rounding.

In accordance with IRS requirements, rent limits are based on an imputed formula of 1.5 persons per bedroom. For example, to calculate the one-bedroom rent limit: add the one person income limit to the 2 person income limit, divide by two, multiply by 30% and divide by twelve. Rent is gross rent, which includes utilities paid by the tenant and other non-optional charges.

There is a forty-five (45) day grace period from the effective date to when the income and rent limits must be implemented.

Due to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), income limits for projects funded with tax credits and/or financed with tax exempt housing bonds (TE Bonds) are calculated and presented separately from the Section 8 income limits. Beginning with the publication of FY2009 Median Family Income estimates and Income Limits, the section 8 income limits CAN NO LONGER be used for tax credit or TE Bond properties.