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LIHTC in Oklahoma: 2026 allocations, QAP and data

Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) allocates Oklahoma's housing tax credits. The population-based part of Oklahoma's 2026 9% credit ceiling, before carryforwards and returned credits, is $14,085,152. That is $3.416 times 4,123,288 residents. Its 2026 private activity bond cap, which 4% deals compete for, is $556,643,880 ($135 per person).

$14.09 million2026 9% ceiling (population amount)
$557 million2026 bond volume cap
2302027 qualified census tracts
471monitored LIHTC properties in HUD's database

Agency and qualified allocation plan

Allocating agencyOklahoma Housing Finance Agency (OHFA)
Tax credit program pageOHFA LIHTC page
Current QAP2026 Qualified Allocation Plan (2026)
QAP status2026 QAP board approved 09/24/2025 (Word file on the page). 2027 QAP final approved 9/23/2026: ohfa.org link

Agency and QAP links checked 2026-10-30.

2026 credit ceiling and bond cap

Item2026Per resident
Population (IRS Notice 2026-22)4,123,28828th of 52
9% ceiling, population amount$14,085,152$3.42
Formulagreater of $3.416 × pop or $3,953,600per-capita applies
Private activity bond cap$556,643,880$135.00
Formulagreater of $135 × pop or $397,625,000per-capita 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.

Only the population amount is shown. The full 2026 ceiling adds credits unused from 2025, credits returned by projects and any share of the national pool, which the agency reports in its allocation materials. 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 230 Oklahoma census tracts in qualified census tracts, spread across 46 counties. 8 nonmetropolitan counties are difficult development areas. In metro areas, 6 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.

Nonmetro DDA counties: Beckham County, Bryan County, Carter County, Craig County, Kingfisher County, Love County, Texas County, Woodward County.

Metro areas with Small Area DDAs: Oklahoma City, OK HUD Metro FMR Area; Okmulgee County, OK HUD Metro FMR Area.

Every Oklahoma qualified census tract, with its population, poverty rate and median income, is on the Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma

HUD's database lists 471 Oklahoma properties financed with housing tax credits that the allocating agency still monitors, with 24,928 income-restricted units. The largest city totals are below; see all cities on the Oklahoma apartments page.

CityPropertiesRestricted units
Oklahoma City474,451
Tulsa353,091
Shawnee19783
Norman9735
Edmond8670
Muskogee12528
Stillwater9493
Claremore8487
Ardmore9477
Durant11447

For buyers and lenders: the Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma

A 9% deal in Oklahoma competes for OHFA's 2026 ceiling of $14,085,152 (population amount) under the 2026 Qualified Allocation Plan. A 4% deal needs an award from the state's $556,643,880 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 Oklahoma's 230 qualified census tracts for 2027 can take the 130% basis boost.

On HUD's records for the 285 Oklahoma properties on this site's city pages, 2% of those reporting the field were financed with tax-exempt bonds and 87% took 9% (70% present value) credits; 54 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 Oklahoma deal: get a financing quote.

State housing tax credit

Yes. Oklahoma Affordable Housing Tax Credit (Oklahoma Affordable Housing Act of 2014, OAC 330:36), new construction; credit may not exceed the project's federal credit. OHFA page shows $4M split 4% and 9%. (primary source)

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Questions people ask

How much 9% LIHTC does Oklahoma get in 2026?

The population part of Oklahoma's 2026 housing credit ceiling is $14,085,152: the greater of $3.416 per resident or $3,953,600, applied to the 4,123,288 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 Oklahoma?

Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency (OHFA). It awards 9% credits under its qualified allocation plan (2026 Qualified Allocation Plan, 2026) and sets the rules 4% bond deals must meet to receive credits.

Does Oklahoma have a state low-income housing tax credit?

Yes. Oklahoma Affordable Housing Tax Credit (Oklahoma Affordable Housing Act of 2014, OAC 330:36), new construction; credit may not exceed the project's federal credit. OHFA page shows $4M split 4% and 9%.

Financing a Oklahoma tax credit deal?

Construction, bond, bridge-to-equity and permanent debt for Oklahoma 4% and 9% deals.

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