The operating system for affordable housing compliance
CertifyIQ reviews LIHTC, HOME, Section 8 and HOTMA certifications against the rule pack assigned to each property, returns a Pass or Fail score with cited findings and correction steps, and routes it to a human for final approval.
Inside CertifyIQ — the 4-minute compliance walkthrough
What the platform is · how the AI review works · why a human eye alone puts credits at risk
0:00
What CertifyIQ is
One compliance system of record for LIHTC, Section 8, HOME and HOTMA across all 50 states.
0:40
Register a property
Pick the programs at registration and CertifyIQ assigns the exact federal and state rule pack.
1:25
Upload the file
TICs, income certifications, verifications, EIVs, leases and asset docs — a folder at a time.
2:10
The AI review
Every field is extracted and tested against each rule, then scored Pass or Fail with the citation.
3:05
Corrections & sign-off
Ordered correction steps with owners and due dates — a human reviewer keeps final approval.
3:50
Audit day
Findings, timelines and rule versions are already documented before the auditor asks.
What a human eye alone misses — and what it costs
Every item below is a real source of fines, repayment agreements, IRS Form 8823 findings or recaptured tax credits. Manual review catches most of them, most of the time. CertifyIQ tests all of them, every time.
Miscalculated household income
Unit disqualified · credits recaptured
A single overlooked bonus, self-employment schedule or asset imputation flips a unit out of compliance for the whole year.
Late or missing recertification
IRS Form 8823 finding
Manual calendars slip. One missed annual recert can put an entire building's set-aside in question.
Wrong rent or utility allowance
Gross-rent violation, non-curable
Applying last year's utility allowance overcharges the resident and permanently loses the credit for that unit.
Unsigned or expired verifications
File rejected at audit
Third-party verifications older than 120 days, missing signatures and blank certifications are the most common findings.
HOTMA asset & income errors
Repayment agreements + HUD sanctions
The $50,000 asset limit, imputed returns and de minimis rules changed the math on every file after 2024.
Student-status and set-aside mistakes
Unit non-compliance
Full-time student households and blended LIHTC/HOME/Section 8 set-asides trip up even experienced reviewers.
Blended-program conflicts
Findings under two programs at once
The stricter rule always wins. Human reviewers routinely apply the wrong program's threshold.
Inconsistent reviewer judgment
Unpredictable audit outcomes
Two reviewers, two answers. CertifyIQ applies the same versioned rule pack to every single file.
The Smart Investment That Pays for Itself
$65,000+
One recaptured credit unit
Typical credit value lost on a single non-curable finding
41 min → 4 min
Manual review time
Per certification, with citations written for you
~230 hrs
Reviewer hours saved monthly
At a 5,000-unit portfolio with quarterly recerts
$1,499/mo
CertifyIQ Business plan
Less than one finding. Every month.
One avoided non-curable finding pays for years of CertifyIQ. Your reviewers stop hunting for citations and start signing off with confidence — and every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
Tax credits stay intact
A single uncorrected §42 finding can trigger IRS Form 8823 and put allocated credits at risk. CertifyIQ catches it while it is still curable.
Fewer audit findings
Every certification is scored Pass or Fail against the exact rule pack assigned to that property, with the correction steps written out.
Minutes, not hours
Reviews drop from ~41 minutes of manual file work to about 4 minutes, with a human keeping final sign-off authority.
Your trial ends in 5 days
After the trial, keep unlimited certification reviews, state rule packs and Academy training on the Business plan at $1,499/month.
- Up to 5,000 units
- Multi-property portfolios
- State rule packs included
- AI document processing (5,000 docs/mo)