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LIHTC in Alaska: 2026 allocations, QAP and data
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) allocates Alaska's housing tax credits. The population-based part of Alaska's 2026 9% credit ceiling, before carryforwards and returned credits, is $3,953,600. That is the small-state minimum: 737,270 residents times $3.416 would give only $2,518,514. Its 2026 private activity bond cap is the $397,625,000 minimum, and every 4% deal in the state needs a share of it.
Agency and qualified allocation plan
| Allocating agency | Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) |
|---|---|
| Tax credit program page | AHFC LIHTC page |
| Current QAP | GOAL Program Rating and Award Criteria Plan (Qualified Allocation Plan) (2026-2027) |
| QAP status | Version June 24, 2026 (file named FY2027 GOAL QAP); governs the SFY 2027 GOAL round (July 2026-June 2027) for 9% LIHTC, HOME, SCHDF, NHTF. Stable link: ahfc.us link. GOAL page: ahfc.us link |
Agency and QAP links checked 2026-10-30.
2026 credit ceiling and bond cap
| Item | 2026 | Per resident |
|---|---|---|
| Population (IRS Notice 2026-22) | 737,270 | 49th of 52 |
| 9% ceiling, population amount | $3,953,600 | $5.36 |
| Formula | greater of $3.416 × pop or $3,953,600 | minimum applies |
| Private activity bond cap | $397,625,000 | $539.32 |
| Formula | greater of $135 × pop or $397,625,000 | minimum applies |
Sources: IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 secs. 4.08 and 4.19 (the 9% amounts already include the 12% increase from Pub. L. 119-21 sec. 70422); IRS Notice 2026-22 (2026-15 I.R.B.). Computed by us and rounded to the dollar; agencies may round differently.
Alaska is one of 13 jurisdictions (8 states, DC and the four insular areas) that receive the same $3,953,600 minimum, so its credits per resident ($5.36) are above the $3.416 national rate. See every state side by side on the 2026 ceilings and bond caps table.
Basis boost areas: 2027 QCTs and DDAs
HUD's 2027 lists, which apply from January 1, 2027, put 16 Alaska census tracts in qualified census tracts, spread across 9 counties. 10 nonmetropolitan counties are difficult development areas. In metro areas, 3 ZIP code areas (ZCTAs) are Small Area DDAs. A building in either can take 130% of eligible basis. Check an address with the QCT and DDA lookup.
| County | 2027 QCT tracts |
|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality | 6 |
| Bethel Census Area | 2 |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 2 |
| Dillingham Census Area | 1 |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | 1 |
Nonmetro DDA counties: Aleutians East Borough, Aleutians West Census Area, Bethel Census Area, Chugach Census Area, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Kodiak Island Borough, Nome Census Area, North Slope Borough, Northwest Arctic Borough, Petersburg Borough.
Metro areas with Small Area DDAs: Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area; Fairbanks-College, AK MSA.
Every Alaska qualified census tract, with its population, poverty rate and median income, is on the Alaska QCT list by county.
Source: HUD 2027 QCT and DDA designations, FR Doc. 2026-20390 (91 FR 63573, Oct. 6, 2026).
Tax credit properties in Alaska
HUD's database lists 174 Alaska properties financed with housing tax credits that the allocating agency still monitors, with 6,474 income-restricted units. The largest city totals are below; browse them on the Alaska apartments page.
| City | Properties | Restricted units |
|---|---|---|
| Anchorage | 57 | 2,989 |
| Fairbanks | 12 | 693 |
| Juneau | 17 | 458 |
| Kodiak | 7 | 434 |
| Wasilla | 15 | 375 |
| Palmer | 9 | 277 |
| Eagle River | 6 | 199 |
| Kenai | 5 | 142 |
| Ketchikan | 6 | 133 |
| County | Properties | Restricted units |
|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality | 68 | 3,347 |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | 12 | 693 |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 24 | 629 |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | 20 | 496 |
| Juneau City and Borough | 18 | 495 |
| Kodiak Island Borough | 8 | 458 |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 7 | 154 |
| Chugach Census Area | 4 | 41 |
| Aleutians West Census Area | 3 | 30 |
| Haines Borough | 1 | 29 |
For buyers and lenders: the Alaska Year 15 and Year 30 list shows which of these properties reach the end of the compliance period or the 30-year extended use minimum from 2022 to 2034, by county.
Source: HUD's national LIHTC database (LIHTCPUB, revised May 28, 2026; projects placed in service through 2024). City pages cover cities with at least five properties; county links go to that county's 2026 income and rent limits.
Financing a LIHTC deal in Alaska
A 9% deal in Alaska competes for AHFC's 2026 ceiling of $3,953,600 (population amount) under the GOAL Program Rating and Award Criteria Plan (Qualified Allocation Plan) (2026-2027). A 4% deal needs an award from the state's $397,625,000 private activity bond cap: tax-exempt bonds must finance 50% of the aggregate basis of the building and land, or at least 25% if one or more of those bonds, from an issue dated after December 31, 2025, together finance at least 5% of that basis (the 25% bond test, for buildings placed in service in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025). Sites in Alaska's 16 qualified census tracts for 2027 can take the 130% basis boost.
On HUD's records for the 134 Alaska properties on this site's city pages, 24% of those reporting the field were financed with tax-exempt bonds and 81% took 9% (70% present value) credits; 9 received allocations in 2015 or later.
Sources: IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32; HUD 2027 QCT list; HUD's national LIHTC database (LIHTCPUB, revised May 28, 2026; projects placed in service through 2024), bond and credit-type fields. What to read in a QAP: state LIHTC programs. Sizing a Alaska deal: get a financing quote.
State housing tax credit
No state LIHTC found. No state LIHTC found on AHFC's site; Alaska has no individual income tax. Not confirmed by statute search.
More Alaska data
- Alaska 2026 income and rent limitsby county
- Alaska tax credit apartmentsby city
- Alaska QCTs and DDAs2027 lists by county
- Year 15 and Year 30 propertiesby county
- QCT and DDA lookupby address
- Monthly credit ratesIRS
- LIHTC in Alabamaprevious
- LIHTC in American Samoanext
- All statescompare
Questions people ask
How much 9% LIHTC does Alaska get in 2026?
The population part of Alaska's 2026 housing credit ceiling is $3,953,600: the greater of $3.416 per resident or $3,953,600, applied to the 737,270 population in IRS Notice 2026-22. The agency's actual 2026 authority also adds unused and returned credits and any national pool share, so its own published figure can be higher.
Who allocates housing tax credits in Alaska?
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC). It awards 9% credits under its qualified allocation plan (GOAL Program Rating and Award Criteria Plan (Qualified Allocation Plan), 2026-2027) and sets the rules 4% bond deals must meet to receive credits.
Does Alaska have a state low-income housing tax credit?
Not a state LIHTC as of October 2026. No state LIHTC found on AHFC's site; Alaska has no individual income tax. Not confirmed by statute search.
Financing a Alaska tax credit deal?
Construction, bond, bridge-to-equity and permanent debt for Alaska 4% and 9% deals.