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Low Income Housing for Defense Communities Act
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for rental housing for members of the Armed Forces.
Summary
This bill provides tax incentives to encourage rental housing development for active duty military members and their families. It excludes military basic housing allowances from income calculations when determining eligibility for the low-income housing tax credit and tax-exempt bonds for rental projects. The bill also increases the low-income housing tax credit for buildings located within 15 miles of major military installations with a plant replacement value exceeding $2.8 billion, treating such buildings as located in "difficult development areas" eligible for higher credits. Buildings developed under these incentives do not need to be occupied exclusively by military members.
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- Jan 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Jan 9, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 9, 2025
Mr. Moore of Utah (for himself and Ms. Strickland) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for rental housing for members of the Armed Forces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Low Income Housing for Defense Communities Act”.
(b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that in addition to expanding and strengthening the affordable housing credit for active duty military members through the provisions in the Low Income Housing for Defense Communities Act, further steps should be taken to drive investment into affordable housing projects in the United States and boost overall housing supply for workers and families in the United States, such as the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023.
SEC. 2. TAX INCENTIVES FOR RENTAL HOUSING FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Military Basic Housing Allowance Not Taken Into Account in Applying Certain Income Restrictions on Residential Rental Projects.—
(1) Low-income housing tax credit.—Section 42(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(10) Income determined without regard to military basic housing allowance.—Payments under section 403 of title 37, United States Code, as a basic pay allowance for housing shall not be taken into account in determining income for purposes of this section.”.
(2) Tax-exempt bonds for qualified residential rental projects.—
(A) In general.—Section 142(d)(2)(B) of such Code, as amended by subparagraph (B), is amended by inserting after clause (i) the following new clause:
“(ii) Income determined without regard to military basis housing allowance.—Payments under section 403 of title 37, United States Code, as a basic pay allowance for housing shall not be taken into account in determining income for purposes of clause (i).”.
(B) Repeal of deadwood.—Section 142(d)(2)(B) of such Code is amended by striking clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv).
(3) Effective date.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to determinations made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Increase in Low-Income Housing Credit for Buildings Near Certain Large Military Installation.—
(1) In general.—Section 42(d)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
“(vi) Buildings near certain large military installation.—
“(I) In general.—Any building which is located within 15 miles of a large military installation shall be treated as located in a difficult development area which is designated for purposes of this subparagraph.
“(II) Large military installation.—For purposes of this clause, the term ‘large military installation’ means any military installation with a total plant replacement value (as determined by the Secretary of the Defense) in excess of $2,833,000,000.”.
(2) Effective date.—The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to buildings placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) No requirement that buildings be occupied solely by members of the armed forces.—Nothing in the amendment made by this subsection shall be applied or interpreted to require that buildings described in section 42(d)(5)(B)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) be occupied solely by members of the Armed Forces. <all>
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