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H.R. 5219 117th Congress House

Affordable Housing Equity Act of 2021

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to designate projects serving extremely low-income households for purposes of allocating the State housing credit ce… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to designate projects serving extremely low-income households for purposes of allocating the State housing credit ceiling and determining an increased amount of low-income housing tax credit.

Introduced: September 10, 2021 Introduced by: Jimmy Gomez Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 10, 2021
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 Latest action September 10, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Affordable Housing Equity Act of 2021

This bill requires allocations through 2031 of low-income housing credit amounts for buildings designated to serve certain low-income households (i.e., aggregate household income does not exceed the greater of 30% of area median gross income, or 100% of an amount equal to the federal poverty line). The bill also increases the rate of the low-income housing credit for projects designated to serve such low-income households.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 418 Reintroduced Bill Affordable Housing Equity Act of 2023
  • S 2820 DASH Act
  • HR 5376 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.
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DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Sep 10, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5219: Affordable Housing Equity Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5219/
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"H.R. 5219: Affordable Housing Equity Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5219/.
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H.R. 5219, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5219/.
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