Finance Committee, Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act This bill modifies the Mortgage Revenue Bond (MRB) and the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) programs of state housing finance agencies to expand the supply of affordable homes and homeownership for low- and moderate-income homebuyers. The bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to annually report to the congressional banking and tax committees on the use by states of their private activity bond authority for housing investment. It also increases the MRB home improvement loan limit from $15,000 to $50,000. The bill permits states to redesignate their carryforward authority and use it for housing investment and permits MRBs to be used to refinance home loans for borrowers who have incomes below 115% of median family income. The bill modifies the recapture requirement for homeowners who receive a MRB-financed mortgage or an MCC and sell their residences within the first nine years of ownership and reduces the time in which a recapture tax may be assessed from nine to five years. The bill revises the MCC benefit calculation to a simple percentage of the original loan balance. It also extends the MCC revocation period from two to four years. The bill reduces the public notice requirement for MCC issuers from 90 days to 30 days and eliminates certain MCC lendor reporting requirements.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development. Hearings held.
Taxation
Congressional oversightHousing and community development fundingHousing finance and home ownershipHousing supply and affordabilityIncome tax creditsLow- and moderate-income housingResidential rehabilitation and home repairState and local financeState and local government operations
Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act
USA118th CongressS-1805| Senate
| Updated: 4/16/2024
Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act This bill modifies the Mortgage Revenue Bond (MRB) and the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) programs of state housing finance agencies to expand the supply of affordable homes and homeownership for low- and moderate-income homebuyers. The bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to annually report to the congressional banking and tax committees on the use by states of their private activity bond authority for housing investment. It also increases the MRB home improvement loan limit from $15,000 to $50,000. The bill permits states to redesignate their carryforward authority and use it for housing investment and permits MRBs to be used to refinance home loans for borrowers who have incomes below 115% of median family income. The bill modifies the recapture requirement for homeowners who receive a MRB-financed mortgage or an MCC and sell their residences within the first nine years of ownership and reduces the time in which a recapture tax may be assessed from nine to five years. The bill revises the MCC benefit calculation to a simple percentage of the original loan balance. It also extends the MCC revocation period from two to four years. The bill reduces the public notice requirement for MCC issuers from 90 days to 30 days and eliminates certain MCC lendor reporting requirements.
Finance Committee, Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Taxation
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Congressional oversightHousing and community development fundingHousing finance and home ownershipHousing supply and affordabilityIncome tax creditsLow- and moderate-income housingResidential rehabilitation and home repairState and local financeState and local government operations