Bill > S1703

Introduced Session

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes. This bill revises provisions of the low-income housing tax credit and renames it as the affordable housing credit. The bill increases the per capita dollar amount of the credit and its minimum ceiling amount beginning in 2019 and extends the inflation adjustment for such amounts. The bill modifies tenant income eligibility requirements and the average income formula for determining such income. It also revises rules for student occupancy of rental units and tenant voucher payments and prohibits any refusal to rent to victims of domestic abuse. The bill further modifies the credit to establish a 4% minimum credit rate for certain housing projects, repeal the qualified census tract population cap, prohibit local approval and contribution requirements, increase the credit for certain projects designated to serve extremely low-income households, increase the credit for certain bond-financed projects designated by state agencies, eliminate the basis reduction for properties that receive certain energy-related tax benefits, and increase the population cap for difficult development areas (i.e., areas with high construction, land, and utility costs relative to area median gross income). The bill also includes Indian and rural areas as difficult development areas and modifies other requirements relating to casualty losses, acquisition credits, and foreclosures.

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Maria Cantwell (D)*,  Tammy Baldwin (D),  Michael Bennet (D),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Cory Booker (D),  Sherrod Brown (D),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  Ben Cardin (D),  Tom Carper (D),  Bob Casey (D),  Susan Collins (R),  Chris Coons (D),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Dianne Feinstein (D),  Cory Gardner (R),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Lindsey Graham (R),  Maggie Hassan (D),  Mazie Hirono (D),  Johnny Isakson (R),  Tim Kaine (D),  Angus King (I),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  Patrick Leahy (D),  Martha McSally (R),  Lisa Murkowski (R),  Gary Peters (D),  Rob Portman (R),  Jacky Rosen (D),  Bernie Sanders (I),  Jeanne Shaheen (D),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Tina Smith (D),  Debbie Stabenow (D),  Dan Sullivan (R),  Jon Tester (D),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D),  Ron Wyden (D),  Todd Young (R), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3218) (on 06/04/2019)

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