H.R. 3238 · 118th Congress

Expands and revises the low-income housing tax credit for affordable rental housing

Official title: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 20231

Never got a floor voteBusiness tax breaks

§1What it does

Why this matters: A plain-English description of the bill as it was voted on, written by us from the official summary and text.

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The bill would expand and revise the low-income housing tax credit, which states allocate to rental housing projects, and rename it the affordable housing tax credit.2,3 It would raise the amount of credits available to states, including by increasing the per-person amount and the minimum state allocation, and would give larger credits to some projects serving extremely low-income households or financed with tax-exempt bonds.3 It would also change tenant income and student occupancy rules, bar refusing to rent to victims of domestic abuse, and treat Indian and rural areas as difficult development areas, a category for places with high building costs compared with local incomes.3

§2Status

StatusLatest action, May 11, 2023: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.1
IntroducedMay 11, 2023
SponsorRep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16]
Cosponsors273 cosponsors (152 Democratic, 121 Republican)
Official recordH.R. 3238 on Congress.gov

§3It never got a vote

Why this matters: This bill had wide support from both parties, but it never reached the House or Senate floor, so no member of Congress was ever recorded voting for or against it.

Latest action, May 11, 2023: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.1 How bills die without a vote.

2026 candidates who sponsored or cosponsored it (191)