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HR 4873 109th Congress House Taxation Affordable housing Armed Forces and National Security Building construction Collection of accounts Commerce Disasters Displaced homemakers Displaced persons Education Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Families Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Higher education Housing and Community Development Housing finance Housing subsidies

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage investment in affordable housing.

Introduced: March 2, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 2, 2006
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) rename the low-income housing tax credit as the affordable housing credit; (2) revise the applicable percentage rates for the credit; (3) increase the credit for low-income buildings that are part of state-designated projects; (4) allow the credit for buildings eligible for moderate rehabilitation assistance under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937; (5) repeal certain repayment requirements for qualified mortgage revenue bond issues; (6) qualify displaced homemakers, single parents, and certain disaster victims for mortgage revenue bond-financed first-time home loans; (7) repeal rules requiring recapture of income from sales of low-income buildings that are reasonably expected to be operated on a low-income basis; (8) impose recapture reporting requirements on owners of qualified low-income buildings eligible for housing credits; (9) exempt affordable housing tax credit amounts from the alternative minimum tax; and (10) exempt interest on certain exempt private activity bonds, qualified mortgage revenue bonds, qualified veterans' mortgage bonds, and certain exempt facility bonds used for residential rental projects from the alternative minimum tax.

What's happening now March 2, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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