Utility Allowances

Are you requesting to change your Utility Allowance methodology? Please follow DCA's policy as set forth in the LIHTC & HOME Compliance Manual, which you can access at the link below.

• DCA LIHTC & HOME Compliance Manual

2025

• DCA Utility Allowance - North
• DCA Utility Allowance - South

2024

• DCA Utility Allowance- North
• DCA Utility Allowance- South
• DCA Utility Allowance Map  (no changes from 2023)

2023

• DCA Utility Allowance
• DCA Utility Allowance Map  (no changes from 2022)

2022

• Utility Allowance Schedule
• DCA Utility Allowance Map  (no changes from 2021)

2021

• DCA Utility Allowance Schedule
• DCA Utility Allowance Map  (no changes from 2020)

2020

**Changes to the Unit Type Selection**

HUD Definitions

• Single Family Detached (one family under one roof)
• Semi-Detached (duplex, attached on one side)
• Rowhouse/Townhouse (attached on two sides)
• Low-rise apartment building (4 stories or fewer)
• High-rise apartment building (5 stories or more)
• Manufactured Home (mobile home)