There is no equivalent federal credit for such rehabilitations.

Click here for Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. Click here for the Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for Rehabilitation. The removal of historic materials or alteration of features and spaces that characterize a property shall be avoided. Building must be used for income producing purposes, for example office, retail, residential rental, bed and breakfast, and light manufacturing uses. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or architectural elements from other buildings, shall not be undertaken. Distinctive features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property shall be preserved. Historic Places or be barns constructed before 1937.

The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. Once your preliminary plans are approved by the NPS, you can begin the rehabilitation project. Significant archeological resources affected by a project shall be protected and preserved. Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. All rehabilitation work must be completed within one year.

Part 1, to request a preliminary determination of significance. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Special permission may be applied for to extend the work over a period of up to five years.

After rehabilitation, the building must be owned by the same owner and operated as an income producing property for five years. The surface cleaning of structures, if appropriate, shall be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Upgrading downtowns and neighborhoods and often increasing the amount of available housing within the community.