Emergency Affordable Housing Act of 2020 This bill enhances provisions of the low-income housing tax credit and adjusts the credit to provide assistance during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Specifically, the bill increases to three years (currently, two years) following an allocation of housing credits, the period for making rehabilitation expenditures for a low-income housing tax credit project; extends to three years the period during which a project may be placed in service and remain eligible for the credit; reduces for a two-year period the financing percentage for an affordable housing project from 50% to 25%; establishes a 4% minimum credit rate for affordable housing projects that received a housing credit allocation after 2019; makes permanent the expansion of the 9% housing tax credit; increases the credit for low-income housing tax credit buildings that designate at least 20% of their occupied units for extremely low-income households; increases the credit during a specified temporary period to compensate for construction or leasing delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and allows a credit for low-income housing supportive services.
Building constructionCardiovascular and respiratory healthEconomic developmentEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment and training programsIncome tax creditsIncome tax exclusionIndian social and development programsInfectious and parasitic diseasesInflation and pricesLandlord and tenantLow- and moderate-income housingMental healthResidential rehabilitation and home repairRural conditions and developmentSecuritiesState and local financeState and local government operations
Emergency Affordable Housing Act of 2020
USA116th CongressS-4078| Senate
| Updated: 6/25/2020
Emergency Affordable Housing Act of 2020 This bill enhances provisions of the low-income housing tax credit and adjusts the credit to provide assistance during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Specifically, the bill increases to three years (currently, two years) following an allocation of housing credits, the period for making rehabilitation expenditures for a low-income housing tax credit project; extends to three years the period during which a project may be placed in service and remain eligible for the credit; reduces for a two-year period the financing percentage for an affordable housing project from 50% to 25%; establishes a 4% minimum credit rate for affordable housing projects that received a housing credit allocation after 2019; makes permanent the expansion of the 9% housing tax credit; increases the credit for low-income housing tax credit buildings that designate at least 20% of their occupied units for extremely low-income households; increases the credit during a specified temporary period to compensate for construction or leasing delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and allows a credit for low-income housing supportive services.
Building constructionCardiovascular and respiratory healthEconomic developmentEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment and training programsIncome tax creditsIncome tax exclusionIndian social and development programsInfectious and parasitic diseasesInflation and pricesLandlord and tenantLow- and moderate-income housingMental healthResidential rehabilitation and home repairRural conditions and developmentSecuritiesState and local financeState and local government operations