July 30, 2024

Member Outreach to Senators Needed – Senate to Vote on Tax Bill on Thursday

Urge Your Senators to Pass the Tax Package with Key Housing Credit Provisions!

Background: The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (H.R. 7024) on Thursday, August 1. If passed, this bill would:

  • Restore the 12.5 percent increase in 9 Percent Housing Credit authority the program suffered after a temporary increase expired in 2021. The bill’s cap increase would apply to calendar years 2023, 2024, and 2025.
  • Lower the bond-financing threshold for 4 Percent Housing Credit developments financed with bonds that have an issue date prior to 2026.

Together, these provisions would finance over 200,000 affordable rental homes. The provisions would also support over 304,000 jobs, generate over $34 billion in wages and business income, and generate almost $12 billion in federal, state, and local tax revenue.

The legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year by a wide bipartisan vote of 357 to 70 but has been stalled in the Senate for months due to Republican leadership opposition to aspects of the bill that are not related to affordable housing.

How Members Can Help: Please Reach out to your Senators now to remind them just what is at stake for affordable housing and urge them to vote for the legislation. The bill will need 60 votes to overcome a filibuster and pass. Please reach out now! Members can easily help advocate support for the bill by the utilizing this ACTION Coalition Alert to generate and send a message (or customize the template email message if you have a relationship with a Senator’s Office): ACTION Alert: Senate to Vote Thursday on Critical Housing Credit Resources! Please fill-in the Contact Information, then Preview the message, and hit Send! More information, including a fact sheet on the housing provisions in the bill is available here. 

 Now is the time to ask your lawmakers to increase the supply of affordable housing by supporting the LIHTC provisions in the Tax bill to preserve, rehabilitate, and create new affordable units!

Thanks,

NAHMA Government Affairs Team