S. 1703: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-04 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3218)

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-04 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3218) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019

Plain summary

Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019 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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Official text

Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · 40 cosponsors

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Todd Young (R-IN), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tina Smith (D-MN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] reported raising $985,139 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s1703.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s1703 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116