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HR 1784 111th Congress House

Investment Property Opportunity Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the purchase of residential property by providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains.

Introduced: March 30, 2009 See on congress.gov
Taxation Capital gains taxHousing finance and home ownershipIncome tax exclusion
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Mar 30, 2009
Introduced in House
Mar 30, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Latest action March 30, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Investment Property Opportunity Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income gain from the sale of residential real property that is: (1) located in a distressed housing area (i.e., a county with high foreclosure rates and declining housing fair market values); (2) acquired within 18 months after enactment of this Act; and (3) held for more than three years.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1784: Investment Property Opportunity Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1784/
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"H.R. 1784: Investment Property Opportunity Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1784/.
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H.R. 1784, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1784/.
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