Examples of Vacant Unit in a sentence
The Vacant Unit Rule is the subject of IRS Revenue Ruling 2004-82, Answering 12 Questions About Low Income Housing Credit Under IRC Section 42 (see questions #8, #9 and #10), published August 30, 2004.
Further, for single building projects that are mixed use (i.e. those that have both market and low income units), the Next Available Unit and Vacant Unit rules will apply separately to each building.
Once this occurs, the owner cannot correct the noncompliance and the Next Available Unit, Vacant Unit and full Recertification Rules will always apply.
Exemption from the Next Available Unit Rule, Vacant Unit Rule and full Recertification Rule applies.
If the project is set up to be 100% low income and the owner still has units occupied by ineligible households at the end of the first year of the credit period (as occasionally seen in Acquisition/Rehab or straight Rehab projects), the project is deemed to be mixed use and the Next Available Unit Rule, Vacant Unit Rule and full Recertification Rule do apply.
Once all units are both income and rent restricted the project type changes to 100% low income and the project is exempt from the Next Available Unit Rule, Vacant Unit Rule and full Recertification Rule.
Additionally, vacant units previously occupied by income-qualified households continue to qualify as LIHTC units as long as the owner properly follows the Vacant Unit Rule.
The Vacant Unit Referral Form (EXHIBIT 7-7) was developed to create a list of available units of which the program is aware.
A building treated as a separate project or buildings considered part of a multi-building project, for which all units are to be both income and rent restricted is eligible for exemption from the Next Available Unit Rule, Vacant Unit Rule, and Recertification Rule.
For “mixed-use” buildings, audit issues should include consideration of the taxpayer’s compliance with the Available Unit Rule, the Vacant Unit Rule, and the requirement to perform annual income recertifications for all low-income households.