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American Affordability Act of 2025

Introduced Dec 18, 2025 · Last action Dec 18, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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This legislation is called the American Affordability Act of 2025. It is being reviewed by a committee.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6900 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6900

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to address the nation's
                         cost-of-living crisis.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2025

Mr. Thompson of California (for himself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr.
 Davis of Illinois, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Sewell, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Chu, Ms.
Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Evans of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Horsford, Ms.
Plaskett, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Bell, Ms. Craig, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Garamendi,
Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kennedy of New York,
 Ms. Matsui, Ms. McBride, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Mrvan,
 Mr. Quigley, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Titus, and Ms. Scholten) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means,
   and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to address the nation's
                         cost-of-living crisis.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``American
Affordability Act of 2025''.
    (b) Amendment of 1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an
amendment to a section or other provision, the reference shall be
considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
    (c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; etc.
             TITLE I--HOUSING AND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE

                 Subtitle A--Low-income Housing Credit

              Part 1--Reform of State Allocation Formulas

Sec. 11101. Increases in State allocations.
             Part 2--Reforms Relating to Tenant Eligibility

Sec. 11201. Average income test applicability to exempt facility bonds.
Sec. 11202. Codification of rules relating to increased tenant income.
Sec. 11203. Modification of student occupancy rules.
Sec. 11204. Tenant voucher payments taken into account as rent for
                            certain purposes.
Sec. 11205. Requirement that low-income housing credit-supported
                            housing protect victims of domestic abuse.
Sec. 11206. Clarification of general public use requirement relating to
                            veterans, etc.
     Part 3--Rules Relating to Credit Eligibility and Determination

Sec. 11301. Reconstruction or replacement period after casualty loss.
Sec. 11302. Modification of previous ownership rules; limitation on
                            acquisition basis.
Sec. 11303. Certain relocation costs taken into account as
                            rehabilitation expenditures.
Sec. 11304. Repeal of qualified census tract population cap.
Sec. 11305. Determination of community revitalization plan to be made
                            by housing credit agency.
Sec. 11306. Prohibition of local approval and contribution
                            requirements.
Sec. 11307. Increase in credit for certain projects designated to serve
                            extremely low-income households.
Sec. 11308. Increase in credit for bond-financed projects designated by
                            State agency.
Sec. 11309. Elimination of basis reduction for low-income housing
                            properties energy efficient commercial
                            building deduction.
Sec. 11310. Restriction of planned foreclosures.
Sec. 11311. Increase of population cap for difficult development areas.
Sec. 11312. Increased cost oversight and accountability.
         Part 4--Reforms Relating to Native American Assistance

Sec. 11401. Selection criteria under qualified allocation plans.
Sec. 11402. Inclusion of Indian areas as difficult development areas
                            for purposes of certain buildings.
              Part 5--Reforms Relating to Rural Assistance

Sec. 11501. Inclusion of rural areas as difficult development areas.
Sec. 11502. Uniform income eligibility for rural projects.
                     Part 6--Exempt Facility Bonds

Sec. 11601. Revision and clarification of the treatment of refunding
                            issues.
             Part 7--Reforms Relating to Disabled Veterans

Sec. 11701. Treatment of veteran disability compensation or pension
                            payments for purposes of low income housing
                            tax credit and residential rental project
                            bonds.
         Part 8--Reforms Relating to Certain Other Populations

Sec. 11801. Additional housing credit allocations for certain
                            populations who face unique barriers to
                            affordable housing.
         Part 9--Qualified Contracts and Right of First Refusal

Sec. 11901. Repeal of qualified contract option.
Sec. 11902. Modification and clarification of rights relating to
                            building purchase.
               Subtitle B--Additional Housing Incentives

Sec. 12001. Investment credit for conversion of non-residential
                            buildings to affordable housing.
Sec. 12002. Neighborhood homes credit.
Sec. 12003. Modification of historic rehabilitation tax credit.
Sec. 12004. Increase of exclusion of gain from sale of principal
                            residence.
Sec. 12005. Middle-income housing tax credit.
                Subtitle C--Affording the American Dream

Sec. 13001. First-time homebuyer refundable tax credit.
Sec. 13002. Refundable credit for rent paid for principal residence.
                    TITLE II--LOWERING ENERGY COSTS

  Subtitle A--Lowering Costs Through an All-of-the-above Energy Policy

Sec. 21001. Clean energy production credit.
Sec. 21002. Clean electricity investment credit.
Sec. 21003. Advanced manufacturing production credit.
Sec. 21004. Repeal of restriction on the extension of advance energy
                            project credit program.
Sec. 21005. Reversion of construction date for clean hydrogen
                            production credit.
Sec. 21006. Reversion of termination for residential clean energy
                            credit.
Sec. 21007. Reinstatement of special rate for sustainable aviation
                            fuel.
          Subtitle B--Lowering Costs Through Energy Efficiency

Sec. 22001. Energy efficient home improvement credit.
Sec. 22002. New energy efficient home credit.
Sec. 22003. Repeal of termination of new energy efficient commercial
                            buildings deduction.
Sec. 22004. Restoration of cost recovery for energy property.
     Subtitle C--Lowering Costs for Electric Vehicles and Charging
                             Infrastructure

Sec. 23001. Reversion of termination date for previously-owned vehicle
                            credit.
Sec. 23002. Reversion of termination date for clean vehicle credit.
Sec. 23003. Qualified commercial clean vehicles credit.
Sec. 23004. Reversion of termination date for alternative fuel vehicle
                            refueling property credit.
Sec. 23005. Credit for certain new electric bicycles.
   Subtitle D--Lowering Costs of Clean Infrastructure and Resiliency

Sec. 24001. Qualifying water reuse project credit.
Sec. 24002. Recycling property investment credit.
Sec. 24003. Exclusion of amounts received from State-based catastrophe
                            loss mitigation programs.
Sec. 24004. Exclusion from gross income of certain emergency
                            agricultural assistance.
Sec. 24005. Credit for disaster mitigation expenditures.
Sec. 24006. Establishment of electric power transmission line credit.
Sec. 24007. Qualifying advanced battery project credit.
                  TITLE III--CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE

                      Subtitle A--Child Tax Credit

Sec. 31001. Establishment of refundable child tax credit with monthly
                            advance payment.
                  Subtitle B--Child and Dependent Care

Sec. 32001. Enhancement of Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit.
Sec. 32002. Increased maximum contribution to dependent care assistance
                            programs.
Sec. 32003. Credit for working family caregivers.
Sec. 32004. Licensed family child care credit.
               Subtitle C--Ensuring Affordable Adoptions

Sec. 33001. Refundable adoption tax credit.
               TITLE IV--EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING

            Subtitle A--Ensuring Affordable Higher Education

Sec. 41001. American opportunity credit expanded to 6 years, made
                            temporarily fully refundable.
Sec. 41002. Expansion of Pell Grant exclusion from gross income.
Sec. 41003. Expansion of American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning
                            Credits.
Sec. 41004. Elimination of denial of American Opportunity Tax Credit
                            for students convicted of a felony drug
                            offense.
Sec. 41005. Modification of treatment of student loan forgiveness.
Sec. 41006. Student loan interest deduction limitation applied
                            separately to each spouse.
                  Subtitle B--Supporting Our Workforce

Sec. 42001. Educator expense deduction to include early childhood
                            educators.
Sec. 42002. Allowance of deduction for certain expenses of the trade or
                            business of being an employee.
Sec. 42003. Modification of deduction for cash tips.
Sec. 42004. Deduction for certain overtime compensation.
Sec. 42005. Above-the-line deduction of expenses of performing artists.
Sec. 42006. Permanent extension of earned income credit rules for
                            individuals without qualifying children.
Sec. 42007. Application of earned income credit to possessions of the
                            United States.
Sec. 42008. Election to use prior year earned income for earned income
                            tax credit.
                          TITLE V--HEALTHCARE

Sec. 50001. Increase in eligibility for health insurance premium
                            assistance tax credit.
Sec. 50002. Filling the coverage gap.
Sec. 50003. Freeze of premium adjustment percentage increase.
Sec. 50004. Requiring coverage of certain immunizations recommended by
                            the Advisory Committee on Immunization
                            Practices.

             TITLE I--HOUSING AND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE

                 Subtitle A--Low-income Housing Credit

              PART 1--REFORM OF STATE ALLOCATION FORMULAS

SEC. 11101. INCREASES IN STATE ALLOCATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Clause (ii) of section 42(h)(3)(C) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) in subclause (I), by striking ``$1.75'' and inserting
        ``the per capita amount'', and
            (2) in subclause (II), by striking ``$2,000,000'' and
        inserting ``the minimum amount''.
    (b) Per Capita Amount; Minimum Amount.--Section 42(h)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraphs (H)
and (I) and inserting the following:
                    ``(H) Per capita amount.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (C)(ii)(I), the per capita amount shall be
                determined as follows:
                            ``(i) Calendar year 2026.--For calendar
                        year 2026, the per capita amount is $4.25.
                            ``(ii) Calendar year 2027.--For calendar
                        year 2027, the per capita amount is the product
                        of--
                                    ``(I) 1.25, and
                                    ``(II) the dollar amount under
                                clause (i) increased by an amount equal
                                to--
                                            ``(aa) such dollar amount,
                                        multiplied by
                                            ``(bb) the cost-of-living
                                        adjustment determined under
                                        section 1(f)(3) for such
                                        calendar year, determined by
                                        substituting `calendar year
                                        2025' for `calendar year 2016'
                                        in subparagraph (A)(ii)
                                        thereof.
                                If the amount determined after
                                application of the preceding sentence
                                is not a multiple of $5,000, such
                                amount shall be rounded to the next
                                lowest multiple of $5,000.
                            ``(iii) Calendar years after 2027.--In the
                        case of any calendar year after 2027, the per
                        capita amount is the dollar amount determined
                        under clause (ii) increased by an amount equal
                        to--
                                    ``(I) such dollar amount,
                                multiplied by
                                    ``(II) the cost-of-living
                                adjustment determined under section
                                1(f)(3) for such calendar year,
                                determined by substituting `calendar
                                year 2026' for `calendar year 2016' in
                                subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.
                        Any amount increased under the preceding
                        sentence which is not a multiple of 5 cents
                        shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of
                        5 cents.
                    ``(I) Minimum amount.--For purposes of subparagraph
                (C)(ii)(II), the minimum amount shall be determined as
                follows:
                            ``(i) Calendar year 2026.--For calendar
                        year 2026, the minimum amount is $4,876,000.
                            ``(ii) Calendar year 2027.--For calendar
                        year 2027, the minimum amount is the product
                        of--
                                    ``(I) 1.25, and
                                    ``(II) the dollar amount under
                                clause (i) increased by an amount equal
                                to--
                                            ``(aa) such dollar amount,
                                        multiplied by
                                            ``(bb) the cost-of-living
                                        adjustment determined under
                                        section 1(f)(3) for such
                                        calendar year, determined by
                                        substituting `calendar year
                                        2025' for `calendar year 2016'
                                        in subparagraph (A)(ii)
                                        thereof.
                                If the amount determined after
                                application of the preceding sentence
                                is not a multiple of 5 cents, such
                                amount shall be rounded to the next
                                lowest multiple of 5 cents.
                            ``(iii) Calendar years after 2027.--In the
                        case of any calendar year after 2027, the
                        minimum amount is the dollar amount determined
                        under clause (ii) increased by an amount equal
                        to--
                                    ``(I) such dollar amount,
                                multiplied by
                                    ``(II) the cost-of-living
                                adjustment determined under section
                                1(f)(3) for such calendar year,
                                determined by substituting `calendar
                                year 2026' for `calendar year 2016' in
                                subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.
                        Any amount increased under the preceding
                        sentence which is not a multiple of $5,000
                        shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of
                        $5,000.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2025.

             PART 2--REFORMS RELATING TO TENANT ELIGIBILITY

SEC. 11201. AVERAGE INCOME TEST APPLICABILITY TO EXEMPT FACILITY BONDS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 142(d) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(A) or (B)'' and inserting ``(A), (B), or
        (C)'', and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
        subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Average income test.--A project meets the
                requirements of this subparagraph if it meets the
                minimum requirements of section 42(g)(1)(C).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to elections made under section 142(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 after March 23, 2018.

SEC. 11202. CODIFICATION OF RULES RELATING TO INCREASED TENANT INCOME.

    (a) In General.--Clause (i) of section 42(g)(2)(D) is amended by
striking ``clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv)'' and all that follows and
inserting ``clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and (vi), notwithstanding an
increase in the income of the occupants above the income limitation
applicable under paragraph (1)--
                                    ``(I) a low-income unit shall
                                continue to be treated as a low-income
                                unit if the income of such occupants
                                initially was 60 percent or less of
                                area median gross income and such unit
                                continues to be rent-restricted, and
                                    ``(II) a unit to which, at the time
                                of initial occupancy by such occupants,
                                any Federal, State, or local government
                                income restriction applied, and which
                                subsequently becomes part of a building
                                with respect to which rehabilitation
                                expenditures are taken into account
                                under subsection (e), shall be treated
                                as a low-income unit if the income of
                                such occupants initially was 60 percent
                                or less of area median gross income and
                                does not exceed 120 percent of area
                                median gross income as of the date of
                                acquisition of the property by the
                                taxpayer.''.
    (b) Exception.--Subparagraph (D) of section 42(g)(2) is amended by
adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(vi) Exception to rule relating to
                        increased tenant income.--In the case of an
                        occupant of a low-income unit who initially
                        qualified to occupy such unit by reason of
                        paragraph (1)(C) with an income in excess of 60
                        percent of area median gross income but not in
                        excess of 80 percent of area median gross
                        income, clause (i) shall be applied for
                        substituting `80 percent' for `60 percent' each
                        place it appears.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11203. MODIFICATION OF STUDENT OCCUPANCY RULES.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (D) of section 42(i)(3) is amended to
read as follows:
                    ``(D) Rules relating to students.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A unit occupied solely
                        by individuals who--
                                    ``(I) have not attained age 24, and
                                    ``(II) are enrolled in a full-time
                                course of study at an institution of
                                higher education (as defined in section
                                3304(f)),
                        shall not be treated as a low-income unit.
                            ``(ii) Exception for certain federal
                        programs.--In the case of a federally-assisted
                        building (as defined in subsection
                        (d)(6)(C)(i)), clause (i) shall not apply to a
                        unit all of the occupants of which meet all
                        applicable requirements under the housing
                        program described in such subsection through
                        which the building is assisted, financed, or
                        operated.
                            ``(iii) Other exceptions.--An individual
                        shall not be treated as described in clause (i)
                        if the individual meets the income limitation
                        applicable under subsection (g)(1) to the
                        project of which the building is a part and--
                                    ``(I) is married,
                                    ``(II) is a person with
                                disabilities (as defined in section
                                3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing
                                Act of 1937),
                                    ``(III) is a veteran (as defined in
                                section 101(2) of title 38, United
                                States Code),
                                    ``(IV) has 1 or more qualifying
                                children (as defined in section
                                152(c)),
                                    ``(V) is or has been a victim or
                                threatened victim of domestic violence,
                                dating violence, sexual assault, or
                                stalking (as defined in section 40002
                                of the Violence Against Women Act of
                                1994),
                                    ``(VI) is or has been a victim of
                                any form of human trafficking, or
                                    ``(VII) is, or was prior to
                                attaining the age of majority--
                                            ``(aa) an emancipated minor
                                        or in legal guardianship as
                                        determined by a court of
                                        competent jurisdiction in the
                                        individual's State of legal
                                        residence,
                                            ``(bb) under the care and
                                        placement responsibility of the
                                        State agency responsible for
                                        administering a plan under part
                                        B or part E of title IV of the
                                        Social Security Act, or
                                            ``(cc) an unaccompanied
                                        youth (within the meaning of
                                        section 725(6) of the McKinney-
                                        Vento Homeless Assistance Act
                                        (42 U.S.C. 11434a(6))) or a
                                        homeless child or youth (within
                                        the meaning of section 725(2)
                                        of such Act (42 U.S.C.
                                        11434a(2))).
                                For purposes of subclause (VI), an
                                individual is or has been a victim of
                                human trafficking if such individual
                                was subjected to an act or practice
                                described in paragraph (11) or (12) of
                                section 103 of the Trafficking Victims
                                Protection Act of 2000.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11204. TENANT VOUCHER PAYMENTS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS RENT FOR
              CERTAIN PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 42(g)(2) is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: ``In the case of a
project with respect to which the taxpayer elects the requirements of
subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1), or the portion of a project to which
subsection (d)(5)(C) applies, clause (i) shall not apply with respect
to any tenant-based assistance (as defined in section 8(f)(7) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(f)(7))).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to rent paid in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11205. REQUIREMENT THAT LOW-INCOME HOUSING CREDIT-SUPPORTED
              HOUSING PROTECT VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 42(h)(6) is amended by
striking ``and'' at the end of clause (v), by striking the period at
the end of clause (vi) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the
end the following new clause:
                            ``(vii) which--
                                    ``(I) prohibits the refusal to
                                lease to, or termination of a lease by,
                                a person solely on the basis of
                                criminal activity directly relating to
                                domestic violence, dating violence,
                                sexual assault, or stalking that is
                                engaged in by a member of the household
                                of the tenant or any guest or other
                                person under the control of the tenant,
                                if the tenant or an affiliated
                                individual of the tenant is the victim
                                or threatened victim of such domestic
                                violence, dating violence, sexual
                                assault, or stalking, and
                                    ``(II) allows prospective, present,
                                or former occupants of the building the
                                right to enforce in any State court the
                                prohibition of subclause (I).''.
    (b) Bifurcation.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (B) of section 42(h)(6), as
        amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the
        end the following new flush sentence:
                ``For purposes of clause (vii)(I), rules similar to the
                rules of section 41411(b)(3)(B) of the Violence Against
                Women Act of 1994 shall apply with respect to the owner
                or manager of a building.''.
            (2) Effect of bifurcation.--Paragraph (2) of section 42(g)
        is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Treatment of bifurcation in cases of domestic
                violence.--In any case in which--
                            ``(i) an occupant is evicted or removed
                        from a low-income unit because such occupant
                        has engaged in criminal activity directly
                        relating to domestic violence, dating violence,
                        sexual assault, or stalking against an
                        affiliated individual or other individual on
                        the basis of criminal activity directly
                        relating to domestic violence, dating violence,
                        sexual assault, or stalking, and
                            ``(ii) the lease on such unit is bifurcated
                        as provided in the last sentence of subsection
                        (h)(6)(B),
                then the remaining occupants of such low-income unit
                shall not be treated as a new tenant for purposes of
                this section.''.
    (c) Clarification of General Public Use Requirement.--Paragraph (9)
of section 42(g) is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of
subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C)
and inserting ``, or'', and by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
                    ``(D) who are victims or threatened victims of
                criminal activity directly relating to domestic
                violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or
                stalking.''.
    (d) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        amendments made by this section shall apply to agreements
        executed or modified on or after the date that is 30 days after
        the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Public use requirement.--The amendments made by
        subsection (c) shall apply to buildings placed in service
        before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 11206. CLARIFICATION OF GENERAL PUBLIC USE REQUIREMENT RELATING TO
              VETERANS, ETC.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (9) of section 42(g), as amended by
section 11205, is further amended by adding at the end the following
flush language:
        ``Any veteran of the Armed Forces shall be treated as a member
        of a specified group under a Federal program for purposes of
        subparagraph (B).''.
    (b) Qualified Residential Rental Projects.--Paragraph (2) of
section 142(d) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Clarification of general public use
                requirement.--A unit shall not fail to meet the general
                public use requirement solely because of occupancy
                restrictions or preferences, if such restrictions or
                preferences meet the general public use requirement of
                section 42.''.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
        apply to buildings placed in service before, on, or after the
        date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Qualified residential rental projects.--The amendment
        made by subsection (b) shall apply to bonds issued before, on,
        or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     PART 3--RULES RELATING TO CREDIT ELIGIBILITY AND DETERMINATION

SEC. 11301. RECONSTRUCTION OR REPLACEMENT PERIOD AFTER CASUALTY LOSS.

    (a) No Recapture Following Casualty Loss.--Subparagraph (E) of
section 42(j)(4) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(E) No recapture by reason of casualty loss.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The increase in tax
                        under this subsection shall not apply to a
                        reduction in qualified basis by reason of a
                        casualty loss to the extent such loss is
                        restored by reconstruction or replacement
                        within a reasonable period established by the
                        applicable housing credit agency, not to exceed
                        25 months from the date on which the qualified
                        casualty loss arises.
                            ``(ii) Qualified casualty losses.--In the
                        case of a qualified casualty loss, the period
                        described in clause (i) may be extended, but
                        not in excess of 12 months, if the applicable
                        housing credit agency determines the qualified
                        casualty arose by reason of an event which was
                        not discrete to the building and which made a
                        reconstruction or replacement within 25 months
                        impractical. In the event the applicable
                        housing credit agency determines a period in
                        excess of 25 months is necessary for such
                        reconstruction or replacement, the compliance
                        period shall be increased by any such
                        additional time.
                            ``(iii) Application.--The determination
                        under paragraph (1) shall not be made with
                        respect to a property the basis of which is
                        affected by a qualified casualty loss until the
                        period described in clause (i) (as modified by
                        clause (ii), if applicable) with respect to
                        such property has expired.
                            ``(iv) Qualified casualty loss.--For
                        purposes of this subparagraph, the term
                        `qualified casualty loss' means a casualty loss
                        that is the result of a federally declared
                        disaster (as defined in section 165(i)(5)).''.
    (b) Qualified Basis Following Casualty Loss.--Paragraph (1) of
section 42(c) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Qualified basis following casualty loss.--If
                a casualty causes the qualified basis of a building in
                any year to be less than the qualified basis in the
                immediately preceding year then, in the year of such
                casualty and each succeeding year until such building
                or the units affected by the casualty are reconstructed
                or replaced (but only through the last year of the
                period permitted for reconstruction or replacement
                under subsection (j)(4)(E))--
                            ``(i) the qualified basis of such building
                        shall be equal to the qualified basis of such
                        building as of the last day of the year
                        preceding the year in which such casualty
                        occurred,
                            ``(ii) if such building is not
                        reconstructed or replaced by the expiration of
                        the applicable period for such reconstruction
                        or replacement under subsection (j)(4), then
                        the recapture amount provided for in subsection
                        (j)(1) shall include the amount of any credit
                        claimed under this section by reason of the
                        application of clause (i), and
                            ``(iii) a building which was a qualified
                        low-income building as of the last day of the
                        year preceding the year in which such casualty
                        occurred shall not cease to be a qualified low-
                        income building solely because of such
                        casualty.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to casualties occurring after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11302. MODIFICATION OF PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP RULES; LIMITATION ON
              ACQUISITION BASIS.

    (a) In General.--Clause (ii) of section 42(d)(2)(B) is amended by
inserting ``, or the taxpayer elects the application of subparagraph
(C)(ii)'' after ``service''.
    (b) Limitation on Acquisition Basis.--Subparagraph (C) of section
42(d)(2) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``For purposes of subparagraph (A), the
        adjusted basis'' and inserting ``For purposes of subparagraph
        (A)--
                            ``(i) In general.--The adjusted basis'',
                        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
                            ``(ii) Buildings in service within previous
                        10 years.--If the period between the date of
                        acquisition of the building by the taxpayer and
                        the date the building was last placed in
                        service is less than 10 years, the taxpayer's
                        basis attributable to the acquisition of the
                        building which is taken into account in
                        determining the adjusted basis shall not exceed
                        the sum of--
                                    ``(I) the lowest amount paid for
                                acquisition of the building by any
                                person during the 10 years preceding
                                the date of the acquisition of the
                                building by the taxpayer, adjusted as
                                provided in clause (iii), and
                                    ``(II) the value of any capital
                                improvements made by the person who
                                sells the building to the taxpayer
                                which are reflected in such seller's
                                basis.
                            ``(iii) Adjustment.--With respect to a
                        basis determination made in any taxable year,
                        the amount described in clause (ii)(I) shall be
                        increased by an amount equal to--
                                    ``(I) such amount, multiplied by
                                    ``(II) a cost-of-living adjustment,
                                determined in the same manner as under
                                section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year
                                in which the taxable year begins by
                                taking into account the acquisition
                                year in lieu of calendar year 1992.
                        For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
                        acquisition year is the calendar year in which
                        the lowest amount referenced in clause (ii)(I)
                        was paid for the acquisition of the
                        building.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Clause (i) of section 42(d)(2)(D) is
amended--
            (1) by striking ``for subparagraph (b)'' in the heading,
        and
            (2) by striking ``subparagraph (B)(ii)'' in the matter
        preceding subclause (I) and inserting ``subparagraph (B)(ii) or
        (C)(ii)''.
    (d) Modification of Placed in Service Rule.--Clause (iii) of
section 42(d)(2)(B) is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(iii) the building was not owned by the
                        taxpayer or by any person related (as of the
                        date of acquisition by the taxpayer) to the
                        taxpayer at any time during the 5-year period
                        ending on the date of acquisition by the
                        taxpayer, and''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to buildings placed in service after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11303. CERTAIN RELOCATION COSTS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS
              REHABILITATION EXPENDITURES.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 42(e) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Certain relocation costs.--In the case of a
                rehabilitation of a building to which section 280B does
                not apply, costs relating to the relocation of
                occupants, including--
                            ``(i) amounts paid to occupants,
                            ``(ii) amounts paid to third parties for
                        services relating to such relocation, and
                            ``(iii) amounts paid for temporary housing
                        for occupants,
                shall be treated as chargeable to capital account and
                taken into account as rehabilitation expenditures.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to expenditures paid or incurred after December 31, 2025.
    (c) No Inference.--Nothing in the amendment made by this section
shall be construed to create any inference with respect to the
treatment of relocation costs paid or incurred before January 1, 2026.

SEC. 11304. REPEAL OF QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACT POPULATION CAP.

    (a) In General.--Clause (ii) of section 42(d)(5)(B) is amended--
            (1) by striking subclauses (II) and (III), and
            (2) by striking ``Qualified census tract.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The term'',
        and inserting ``Qualified census tract.--The term''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to designations of qualified census tracts under section
42(d)(5)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 after December 31,
2025.

SEC. 11305. DETERMINATION OF COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PLAN TO BE MADE
              BY HOUSING CREDIT AGENCY.

    (a) In General.--Subclause (III) of section 42(m)(1)(B)(ii) is
amended by inserting ``, as determined by the housing credit agency
according to criteria established by such agency,'' after
``(d)(5)(B)(ii)) and''.
    (b) Criteria.--Paragraph (1) of section 42(m) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Criteria for determination relating to
                concerted community revitalization plan.--For purposes
                of subparagraph (B)(ii)(III), the criteria which shall
                be established by a housing credit agency for
                determining whether the development of a project
                contributes to a concerted community development plan
                shall take into account any factors the agency deems
                appropriate, including the extent to which the proposed
                plan--
                            ``(i) is geographically specific,
                            ``(ii) outlines a clear plan for
                        implementation and goals for outcomes,
                            ``(iii) includes a strategy for applying
                        for or obtaining commitments of public or
                        private investment (or both) in nonhousing
                        infrastructure, amenities, or services, and
                            ``(iv) demonstrates the need for community
                        revitalization.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to allocations of housing credit dollar amounts made under
qualified allocation plans (as defined in section 42(m)(1)(B) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986) adopted after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11306. PROHIBITION OF LOCAL APPROVAL AND CONTRIBUTION
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 42(m), as amended by
section 11305, is further amended--
            (1) by striking clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) and by
        redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) thereof as clauses (ii)
        and (iii), and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Local approval or contribution not taken into
                account.--The selection criteria under a qualified
                allocation plan shall not include consideration of--
                            ``(i) any support or opposition with
                        respect to the project from local or elected
                        officials, or
                            ``(ii) any local government contribution to
                        the project, except to the extent such
                        contribution is taken into account as part of a
                        broader consideration of the project's ability
                        to leverage outside funding sources, and is not
                        prioritized over any other source of outside
                        funding.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to allocations of housing credit dollar amounts made under
qualified allocation plans (as defined in section 42(m)(1)(B) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986) adopted after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11307. INCREASE IN CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS DESIGNATED TO SERVE
              EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (5) of section 42(d) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Increase in credit for projects designated to
                serve extremely low-income households.--In the case of
                any building--
                            ``(i) 20 percent or more of the residential
                        units (determined as if the imputed income
                        limitation applicable to such units were 30
                        percent of area median gross income) in which
                        are designated by the taxpayer for occupancy by
                        households the aggregate household income of
                        which does not exceed the greater of--
                                    ``(I) 30 percent of area median
                                gross income, or
                                    ``(II) 100 percent of an amount
                                equal to the Federal poverty line
                                (within the meaning of section
                                36B(d)(3)), and
                            ``(ii) which is designated by the housing
                        credit agency as requiring the increase in
                        credit under this subparagraph in order for
                        such building to be financially feasible as
                        part of a qualified low-income housing project,
                subparagraph (B) shall not apply to the portion of such
                building which is comprised of such units (determined
                in a manner similar to the unit fraction under
                subsection (c)(1)(C)), and the eligible basis of such
                portion of the building shall be 150 percent of such
                basis determined without regard to this
                subparagraph.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to buildings which receive allocations of housing credit dollar amount
after the date of enactment of this Act, or in the case of buildings
that are described in section 42(h)(4)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, for obligations that are part of an issue the issue date of
which is after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11308. INCREASE IN CREDIT FOR BOND-FINANCED PROJECTS DESIGNATED BY
              STATE AGENCY.

    (a) In General.--Clause (v) of section 42(d)(5)(B) is amended by
striking the second sentence.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Clause (v) of section 42(d)(5)(B), as
amended by subsection (a), is further amended--
            (1) by striking ``State'' in the heading, and
            (2) by striking ``State housing credit agency'' and
        inserting ``housing credit agency''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to buildings that are described in section 42(h)(4)(B) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, taking into account only obligations
that are part of an issue the issue date of which is after December 31,
2025.

SEC. 11309. ELIMINATION OF BASIS REDUCTION FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING
              PROPERTIES ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL BUILDING
              DEDUCTION.

    (a) Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction.--Subsection
(e) of section 179D is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Reduction.--For purposes'' and inserting
        ``Reduction.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Exception for affordable housing properties.--
        Paragraph (1) shall not apply for purposes of determining
        eligible basis under section 42.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to buildings which receive allocations of housing credit dollar
amount after the date of the enactment of this Act and to buildings
that are described in section 42(h)(4)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 taking into account only obligations that are part of an issue
the issue date of which is after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11310. RESTRICTION OF PLANNED FORECLOSURES.

    (a) In General.--Subclause (I) of section 42(h)(6)(E)(i) is amended
to read as follows:
                                    ``(I) on the 61st day after the
                                taxpayer (or a successor in interest)
                                provides notice to the Secretary and
                                the housing credit agency that the
                                building has been acquired by
                                foreclosure (or instrument in lieu of
                                foreclosure) and that the taxpayer
                                intends the termination of such period,
                                unless, before such date, the Secretary
                                or the housing credit agency determines
                                that such acquisition is part of an
                                arrangement with the taxpayer a purpose
                                of which is to terminate such period,
                                or''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The second sentence of clause (i) of
section 42(h)(6)(E) is amended by striking ``Subclause (II)'' and
inserting ``Subclauses (I) and (II)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to acquisitions by foreclosure (or instrument in lieu of
foreclosure) after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11311. INCREASE OF POPULATION CAP FOR DIFFICULT DEVELOPMENT AREAS.

    (a) In General.--Subclause (II) of section 42(d)(5)(B)(iii) is
amended by striking ``20 percent'' and inserting ``30 percent''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to designations made under section 42(d)(5)(B)(iii) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11312. INCREASED COST OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (C) of section 42(m)(1) is amended by
striking ``and'' at the end of clause (ix), by striking the period at
the end of clause (x) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end
the following new clause:
                            ``(xi) the reasonableness of the
                        development costs of the project.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to allocations of credits under section 42 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 made after December 31, 2025.

         PART 4--REFORMS RELATING TO NATIVE AMERICAN ASSISTANCE

SEC. 11401. SELECTION CRITERIA UNDER QUALIFIED ALLOCATION PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (C) of section 42(m)(1), as amended
by section 11312, is further amended by striking ``and'' at the end of
clause (x), by striking the period at the end of clause (xi) and
inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(xii) the affordable housing needs of
                        individuals in the State who are--
                                    ``(I) enrolled members of a tribe
                                with respect to an Indian tribal
                                government (including any agencies or
                                instrumentalities of an Indian tribal
                                government and any Alaska Native
                                regional or village corporation, as
                                defined in, or established pursuant to,
                                the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
                                (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), or
                                    ``(II) described in section 801(9)
                                of the Native American Housing
                                Assistance and Self-Determination Act
                                of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221(9)).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to allocations of credits under section 42 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 made after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11402. INCLUSION OF INDIAN AREAS AS DIFFICULT DEVELOPMENT AREAS
              FOR PURPOSES OF CERTAIN BUILDINGS.

    (a) In General.--Subclause (I) of section 42(d)(5)(B)(iii) is
amended by inserting before the period the following: ``, and any
Indian area''.
    (b) Indian Area.--Clause (iii) of section 42(d)(5)(B) is amended by
redesignating subclause (II) as subclause (III) and by inserting after
subclause (I) the following new subclause:
                                    ``(II) Indian area.--For purposes
                                of subclause (I), the term `Indian
                                area' means any Indian area (as defined
                                in section 4(11) of the Native American
                                Housing Assistance and Self
                                Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C.
                                4103(11))) and any housing area (as
                                defined in section 801(5) of such Act
                                (25 U.S.C. 4221(5))).''.
    (c) Eligible Buildings.--Clause (iii) of section 42(d)(5)(B), as
amended by subsection (b), is further amended by adding at the end the
following new subclause:
                                    ``(IV) Special rule for buildings
                                in indian areas.--In the case of an
                                area which is a difficult development
                                area solely because it is an Indian
                                area, a building shall not be treated
                                as located in such area unless such
                                building is assisted or financed under
                                the Native American Housing Assistance
                                and Self Determination Act of 1996 (25
                                U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) or the project
                                sponsor is an Indian tribe (as defined
                                in section 45A(c)(6)), a tribally
                                designated housing entity (as defined
                                in section 4(22) of such Act (25 U.S.C.
                                4103(22))), or wholly owned or
                                controlled by such an Indian tribe or
                                tribally designated housing entity.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to buildings placed in service after December 31, 2025.

              PART 5--REFORMS RELATING TO RURAL ASSISTANCE

SEC. 11501. INCLUSION OF RURAL AREAS AS DIFFICULT DEVELOPMENT AREAS.

    (a) In General.--Subclause (I) of section 42(d)(5)(B)(iii), as
amended by section 11402, is further amended by inserting ``, any rural
area'' after ``median gross income''.
    (b) Rural Area.--Clause (iii) of section 42(d)(5)(B), as amended by
section 11402, is further amended by redesignating subclause (III) as
subclause (IV) and by inserting after subclause (II) the following new
subclause:
                                    ``(III) Rural area.--For purposes
                                of subclause (I), the term `rural area'
                                means any non-metropolitan area, or any
                                rural area as defined by section 520 of
                                the Housing Act of 1949, which is
                                identified by the qualified allocation
                                plan under subsection (m)(1)(B).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to buildings placed in service after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 11502. UNIFORM INCOME ELIGIBILITY FOR RURAL PROJECTS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (8) of section 42(i) is amended by
striking the second sentence.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.

                     PART 6--EXEMPT FACILITY BONDS

SEC. 11601. REVISION AND CLARIFICATION OF THE TREATMENT OF REFUNDING
              ISSUES.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (A) of section 146(i)(6) is amended
to read as follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--During the 12-month period
                beginning on the date of a repayment of a loan financed
                by an issue 95 percent or more of the net proceeds of
                which are used to provide projects described in section
                142(d), if such repayment is used to provide a new loan
                for any project described in section 142(a)(7) or for
                any purpose described in subsection (a)(2)(A) or (b) of
                section 143, any bond which is issued to refinance such
                issue shall be treated as a refunding issue. Any issue
                treated as a refunding issue by reason of the preceding
                sentence shall be so treated only to the extent the
                principal amount of such refunding issue does not
                exceed the principal amount of the bonds refunded.''.
    (b) Removal of One-Refunding Limit.--Subparagraph (B) of section
146(i)(6) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``4 years'' in clause (i) and inserting
        ``10 years'',
            (2) by striking ``was issued'' in clause (ii) and inserting
        ``is issued'',
            (3) by redesignating clauses (i) (as so amended), (ii) (as
        so amended), and (iii) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III),
        respectively, and by moving such subclauses 2 ems to the right,
            (4) by striking ``Limitations.--Subparagraph (A) shall
        apply to only one refunding of the original issue and'' and
        inserting ``Limitations.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subparagraph (A) shall
                        apply to a bond'', and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(ii) Source of loan repayment.--
                        Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any
                        repayment of a loan which is--
                                    ``(I) made by a repayment of
                                another loan, or
                                    ``(II) financed by an issue treated
                                as a refunding issue under subparagraph
                                (A).''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The heading of paragraph (6) of section
146(i) is amended by striking ``residential rental project bonds as
refunding bonds irrespective of obligor'' and inserting ``bonds as
refunding bonds''.
    (d) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and
        (c) shall apply to refunding issues described in section
        146(i)(6)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 issued on or
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Removal of one-refunding limit.--The amendments made by
        subsection (b) shall apply to repayments of loans received
        after July 30, 2008.

             PART 7--REFORMS RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS

SEC. 11701. TREATMENT OF VETERAN DISABILITY COMPENSATION OR PENSION
              PAYMENTS FOR PURPOSES OF LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT
              AND RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROJECT BONDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 142(d)(2)(B) is amended by adding at the
end the following new clause:
                            ``(v) Veteran disability compensation or
                        pension.--For purposes of determining income
                        under this subparagraph, payments of disability
                        compensation or pension under chapter 11 or 15
                        of title 38, United States Code, shall be
                        disregarded.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to determinations made after the date of the enactment of this
Act.

         PART 8--REFORMS RELATING TO CERTAIN OTHER POPULATIONS

SEC. 11801. ADDITIONAL HOUSING CREDIT ALLOCATIONS FOR CERTAIN
              POPULATIONS WHO FACE UNIQUE BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE
              HOUSING.

    (a) In General.--Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by
inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection:
    ``(n) Additional Allocation for Units for Certain Populations Who
Face Unique Barriers to Affordable Housing.--
            ``(1) In general.--A housing credit agency may allocate, in
        any calendar year, an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount
        such housing credit agency may allocate under subsection
        (h)(3)(C) to projects which contain a unit described in
        paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Unit described.--A unit is described in this
        paragraph if--
                    ``(A) such unit is part of a low-income housing
                project,
                    ``(B) the housing credit agency and the owner of
                such unit, not later than the first day of the second
                year of the credit period of such project, execute a
                compliance agreement,
                    ``(C) the taxpayer prioritizes populations who face
                unique barriers to affordable housing for occupancy of
                such units, and
                    ``(D) the taxpayer, in consultation with covered
                service providers, makes available to any resident of
                such unit appropriate supportive services during the
                compliance period.
            ``(3) Compliance agreement.--For purposes of paragraph
        (2)(B), the term `compliance agreement' means an agreement
        which--
                    ``(A) requires the owner of a unit to submit to the
                housing credit agency for approval a supportive service
                plan for each calendar year during the compliance
                period,
                    ``(B) requires the approval of the housing credit
                agency with respect to any agreement between such owner
                and any covered service provider relating to services
                provided pursuant to this subsection, and
                    ``(C) allows the housing credit agency to monitor
                compliance with such agreement and with the
                requirements of this subsection.
            ``(4) Populations who face unique barriers to affordable
        housing.--For purposes of this subsection, the term
        `populations who face unique barriers to affordable housing'
        means individuals who are--
                    ``(A) formerly justice-involved individuals,
                    ``(B) current or former foster youths, or
                    ``(C) kinship caregivers.
            ``(5) Covered service provider.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `covered service provider' means any
        entity with demonstrated experience providing supportive
        services to populations who face unique barriers to affordable
        housing.
            ``(6) Formerly justice-involved individual.--For purposes
        of this paragraph, the term `formerly justice-involved
        individual' means an individual who faces barriers to obtaining
        housing as a result of being arrested, charged, or convicted of
        any criminal offense.
            ``(7) Current or former foster youth.--The term `current or
        former foster youth' means an individual who was eligible at
        any time to receive services under section 477(a) of the Social
        Security Act.
            ``(8) Not included in aggregate housing credit dollar
        amount.--An amount allocated under paragraph (1) shall not be
        included in the aggregate housing credit dollar amount for any
        calendar year of the State which made such allocation.
            ``(9) Enforcement.--The Secretary shall, in consultation
        with housing credit agencies, establish such mechanisms
        (including penalties) as the Secretary determines appropriate
        to ensure that--
                    ``(A) each unit with respect to which a credit is
                allowed under paragraph (1) meets the requirements
                described in paragraph (2), and
                    ``(B) each housing credit agency which makes an
                allocation under paragraph (1) is taking appropriate
                steps to enforce each compliance agreement to which
                such housing credit agency is a party under paragraph
                (3).''.
    (b) Allocations Allowed in Addition to State Ceiling.--Section
42(h)(1) of such Code is amended by striking ``the housing credit
dollar amount allocated to such building under this subsection'' and
inserting ``the sum of the housing credit dollar amounts allocated to
such building under this subsection and subsection (n)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to calendar years beginning after 2026.

         PART 9--QUALIFIED CONTRACTS AND RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

SEC. 11901. REPEAL OF QUALIFIED CONTRACT OPTION.

    (a) Termination of Option for Certain Buildings.--
            (1) In general.--Subclause (II) of section 42(h)(6)(E)(i)
        is amended by inserting ``in the case of a building described
        in clause (iii),'' before ``on the last day''.
            (2) Buildings described.--Subparagraph (E) of section
        42(h)(6) is amended by adding at the end the following new
        clause:
                            ``(iii) Buildings described.--A building
                        described in this clause is a building--
                                    ``(I) which received its allocation
                                of housing credit dollar amount before
                                January 1, 2026, or
                                    ``(II) in the case of a building
                                any portion of which is financed as
                                described in paragraph (4), and which
                                received before January 1, 2026, under
                                the rules of paragraphs (1) and (2) of
                                subsection (m), a determination from
                                the issuer of the tax-exempt bonds or
                                the housing credit agency that the
                                building would be eligible under the
                                qualified allocation plan to receive an
                                allocation of housing credit dollar
                                amount or that the credits to be earned
                                are necessary for financial feasibility
                                of the project and its viability as a
                                qualified low-income housing project
                                throughout the credit period.''.
    (b) Rules Relating to Existing Projects.--Subparagraph (F) of
section 42(h)(6) is amended by striking ``the nonlow-income portion''
and all that follows and inserting ``the nonlow-income portion and the
low-income portion of the building for fair market value (determined by
the housing credit agency by taking into account the rent restrictions
required for the low-income portion of the building to continue to meet
the standards of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (g)). The
Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or
appropriate to carry out this paragraph.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Paragraph (6) of section 42(h) is amended by striking
        subparagraph (G) and by redesignating subparagraphs (H), (I),
        (J), and (K) as subparagraphs (G), (H), (I), and (J),
        respectively.
            (2) Subclause (II) of section 42(h)(6)(E)(i) is amended by
        striking ``subparagraph (I)'' and inserting ``subparagraph
        (H)''.
    (d) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
        amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date
        of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Subsection (b).--The amendments made by subsection (b)
        shall apply to buildings with respect to which a written
        request described in section 42(h)(6)(H) of the Internal
        Revenue Code of 1986, as redesignated by subsection (c), is
        submitted after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 11902. MODIFICATION AND CLARIFICATION OF RIGHTS RELATING TO
              BUILDING PURCHASE.

    (a) Modification of Right of First Refusal.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 42(i)(7) is
        amended by striking ``a right of 1st refusal'' and inserting
        ``an option''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--The heading of paragraph (7) of
        section 42(i) is amended by striking ``right of 1st refusal''
        and inserting ``option''.
    (b) Clarification With Respect to Right of First Refusal and
Purchase Options.--
            (1) Purchase of partnership interest.--
                    (A) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section
                42(i)(7), as amended by subsection (a), is amended by
                striking ``the property'' and inserting ``the property
                or all of the partnership interests (other than
                interests of the person exercising such option or a
                related party thereto (within the meaning of section
                267(b) or 707(b)(1))) relating to the property''.
                    (B) Application to S corporations and other pass-
                through entities.--Subparagraph (A) of section 42(i)(7)
                is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Except
                as provided by the Secretary, the rules of this
                paragraph shall apply to S corporations and other pass-
                through entities in the same manner as such rules apply
                to partnerships.''.
                    (C) Conforming amendment.--Subparagraph (B) of
                section 42(i)(7) is amended by adding at the end the
                following: ``In the case of a purchase of all of the
                partnership interests, the minimum purchase price under
                this subparagraph shall be an amount not less than the
                sum of the interests' shares of the amount which would
                be determined with respect to the property under this
                subparagraph without regard to this sentence.''.
            (2) Property includes assets relating to the building.--
        Paragraph (7) of section 42(i) is amended by adding at the end
        the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Property.--For purposes of subparagraph (A),
                the term `property' may include all or any of the
                assets held for the development, operation, or
                maintenance of a building.''.
            (3) Exercise of right of first refusal and purchase
        options.--Subparagraph (A) of section 42(i)(7), as amended by
        subsection (a) and paragraph (1)(A), is amended by adding at
        the end the following: ``For purposes of determining whether an
        option, including a right of first refusal, to purchase
        property or all of the partnership interests holding (directly
        or indirectly) such property is described in the preceding
        sentence--
                            ``(i) such option or right of first refusal
                        shall be exercisable with or without the
                        approval of any owner of the project (including
                        any partner, member, or affiliated organization
                        of such an owner), and
                            ``(ii) a right of first refusal shall be
                        exercisable in response to any offer to
                        purchase the property or all of the partnership
                        interests, including an offer by a related
                        party.''.
    (c) Other Conforming Amendment.--Subparagraph (B) of section
42(i)(7), as amended by subsection (b), is amended by striking ``the
sum of'' and all that follows through ``application of clause (ii).''
and inserting the following: ``the principal amount of outstanding
indebtedness secured by the building (other than indebtedness incurred
within the 5-year period ending on the date of the sale to the
tenants).''.
    (d) Effective Dates.--
            (1) Modification of right of first refusal.--The amendments
        made by subsections (a) and (c) shall apply to agreements
        entered into or amended after the date of the enactment of this
        Act.
            (2) Clarification.--The amendments made by subsection (b)
        shall apply to agreements among the owners of the project
        (including partners, members, and their affiliated
        organizations) and persons described in section 42(i)(7)(A) of
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 entered into before, on, or
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) No effect on agreements.--None of the amendments made
        by this section is intended to supersede express language in
        any agreement with respect to the terms of a right of first
        refusal or option permitted by section 42(i)(7) of the Internal
        Revenue Code of 1986 in effect on the date of the enactment of
        this Act.

               Subtitle B--Additional Housing Incentives

SEC. 12001. INVESTMENT CREDIT FOR CONVERSION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL
              BUILDINGS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

    (a) In General.--Subpart E of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
is amended by inserting after section 48E the following new section:

``SEC. 48F. AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONVERSION CREDIT.

    ``(a) Allowance of Credit.--For purposes of section 46, the
affordable housing conversion credit for any taxable year is an amount
equal to 20 percent of the qualified conversion expenditures of the
taxpayer with respect to a qualified affordable housing building placed
in service by the taxpayer during the taxable year.
    ``(b) Qualified Conversion Expenditures.--For purposes of this
section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified conversion
        expenditures' means, with respect to any qualified affordable
        housing building, any amount properly chargeable to capital
        account--
                    ``(A) for property for which depreciation is
                allowable under section 168, and
                    ``(B) in connection with the qualified conversion
                of a qualified affordable housing building.
            ``(2) Certain expenditures not included.--The term
        `qualified conversion expenditures' does not include--
                    ``(A) Limitation on period of conversion.--Except
                as provided in subsection (f), any amount paid or
                incurred other than during the 2-year period ending on
                the date on which the taxpayer places the qualified
                affordable housing building in service.
                    ``(B) Cost of acquisition.--The cost of acquiring
                any building or interest therein.
            ``(3) Special rule for brownfields.--Paragraph (1)(A) shall
        not apply with respect to any expenditure for clean up of
        qualifying brownfield property (as defined in section
        512(b)(19)).
            ``(4) Coordination with rehabilitation credit.--In the case
        of any qualified conversion expenditures which are taken into
        account for purposes of determining the rehabilitation credit
        under section 47, the amount of such expenditures taken into
        account under this section (determined without regard to this
        paragraph) shall be reduced by 50 percent.
    ``(c) Qualified Conversion.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified conversion' means
        the conversion of an eligible commercial building into a
        qualified affordable housing building if the qualified
        conversion expenditures of the taxpayer with respect to such
        conversion exceed the greater of--
                    ``(A) an amount equal to 50 percent of the adjusted
                basis of such building (determined immediately prior to
                such conversion), or
                    ``(B) $100,000.
            ``(2) Eligible commercial building.--The term `eligible
        commercial building' means any building which, with respect to
        any conversion--
                    ``(A) was originally placed in service not less
                than 20 years before the date on which such conversion
                begins, and
                    ``(B) immediately prior to such conversion, was
                nonresidential real property (as defined in section
                168).
    ``(d) Qualified Affordable Housing Building.--For purposes of this
section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified affordable housing
        building' means any residential building if during the 30-year
        period beginning on the date on which such building is placed
        in service by the taxpayer, not less than 20 percent of the
        residential units in the building are both rent-restricted and
        reserved for individuals whose income is 80 percent or less of
        the area median income.
            ``(2) Rent and income limitation.--For purposes of this
        subsection, rules similar to the rules of subsection (g) of
        section 42 shall apply to determine whether a unit is rent-
        restricted, treatment of units occupied by individuals whose
        incomes rise above the limit, and the treatment of units where
        Federal rental assistance is reduced as tenant's income
        increases.
    ``(e) Limitation on Aggregate Credit Allowable.--
            ``(1) Credit may not exceed credit amount allocated to
        building.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The amount of the credit
                determined under this section with respect to any
                building shall not exceed the qualified conversion
                credit dollar amount allocated to such building under
                this subsection by the housing credit agency of the
                State in which such building is located.
                    ``(B) Time for making allocation.--Except in the
                case of an allocation which meets the requirements of
                subparagraph (C), an allocation shall be taken into
                account under subparagraph (A) only if it is made not
                later than the close of the calendar year in which the
                building is placed in service.
                    ``(C) Exception where binding commitment.--An
                allocation meets the requirements of this subparagraph
                if there is a binding commitment (not later than the
                close of the calendar year in which the building is
                placed in service) by the housing credit agency to
                allocate a specified housing credit dollar amount to
                such building beginning in a later taxable year.
            ``(2) State limitation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The aggregate qualified
                conversion credit dollar amount which a housing credit
                agency of any State may allocate is the sum of--
                            ``(i) the amount which bears the same ratio
                        to the national qualified conversion credit
                        limitation as--
                                    ``(I) the population of such State,
                                bears to
                                    ``(II) the population of all
                                States, plus
                            ``(ii) the sum of any amounts determined
                        under subparagraph (C).
                    ``(B) National qualified conversion credit
                limitation.--The national qualified conversion credit
                limitation is $12,000,000,000.
                    ``(C) Additional amounts provided for certain
                buildings in economically distressed areas.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For purposes of
                        subparagraph (A)(ii), in any case in which--
                                    ``(I) the housing credit agency of
                                a State allocates an amount to a
                                building which is located in an
                                economically distressed area, and
                                    ``(II) the Secretary subsequently
                                designates such amount for purposes of
                                this paragraph,
                        the amount determined under this paragraph with
                        respect to such building shall be the amount
                        originally allocated by the housing credit
                        agency of the State under clause (i).
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--The aggregate amount
                        which the Secretary may designate under clause
                        (i)(II) shall not exceed $3,000,000,000.
                            ``(iii) Manner of designation.--Not later
                        than 120 days after the date of the enactment
                        of this section, the Secretary shall establish
                        a program for determining the designation of
                        amounts that may be designated under this
                        subparagraph.
                    ``(D) Reallocation of certain amounts.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding
                        subparagraph (A)--
                                    ``(I) no amount may be allocated
                                under paragraph (1) by a housing credit
                                agency of an undersubscribed State
                                after December 31, 2028, and
                                    ``(II) the dollar amount determined
                                under subparagraph (A) with respect to
                                any oversubscribed State after such
                                date shall be increased by such State's
                                share of the reallocation amount.
                            ``(ii) State share.--For purposes of clause
                        (i), an oversubscribed State's share of the
                        reallocation amount is the amount which bears
                        the same ratio to the reallocation amount as--
                                    ``(I) the population of such State,
                                bears to
                                    ``(II) the population of all
                                oversubscribed States.
                            ``(iii) Definitions.--For purposes of this
                        subparagraph--
                                    ``(I) Undersubscribed state.--The
                                term `undersubscribed State' means any
                                State that is not an oversubscribed
                                State.
                                    ``(II) Oversubscribed state.--The
                                term `oversubscribed State' means any
                                State the housing credit agency of
                                which has allocated all of the
                                qualified conversion credit dollar
                                amount which may be allocated by it
                                before the date described in clause
                                (i)(I).
                                    ``(III) Reallocation amount.--The
                                term `reallocation amount' means the
                                sum of the amounts described in
                                subparagraph (A) which have not been
                                allocated by undersubscribed States
                                before the date described in clause
                                (i)(I).
            ``(3) Manner of allocation.--
                    ``(A) Plan for allocation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any
                        other provision of this section, the qualified
                        conversion credit dollar amount with respect to
                        any building shall be zero unless such amount
                        was allocated pursuant to a conversion credit
                        allocation plan of the housing credit agency
                        which is approved by the governmental unit (in
                        accordance with rules similar to the rules of
                        section 147(f)(2) (other than subparagraph
                        (B)(ii) thereof)) of which such agency is a
                        part.
                            ``(ii) Conversion credit allocation plan.--
                        For purposes of this subparagraph, the term
                        `conversion credit allocation plan' means a
                        plan--
                                    ``(I) which sets selection criteria
                                for allocations, taking into account--
                                            ``(aa) whether the credit
                                        is needed to assure the
                                        financial feasibility of the
                                        conversion,
                                            ``(bb) the extent to which
                                        the conversion results in the
                                        creation of affordable housing,
                                            ``(cc) the extent to which
                                        the conversion results in the
                                        creation of housing near
                                        transportation, employment, and
                                        commercial opportunities,
                                            ``(dd) the extent to which
                                        the conversion will support
                                        small businesses and economic
                                        revitalization in the
                                        surrounding area,
                                            ``(ee) the degree of local
                                        government support for the
                                        conversion, and
                                            ``(ff) the readiness of the
                                        building for a qualified
                                        conversion, and
                                    ``(II) which provides a procedure
                                that the agency (or an agent or other
                                private contractor of such agency) will
                                follow in monitoring for noncompliance
                                with the requirements of subsection (d)
                                and in notifying the Internal Revenue
                                Service of such noncompliance.
                    ``(B) Binding allocation agreements; reporting.--In
                making allocations of qualified conversion credit
                dollar amounts, each housing credit agency shall--
                            ``(i) enter into binding agreements with
                        taxpayers for the allocation of qualified
                        conversion credit dollar amounts, which
                        agreements shall specify the amount of
                        qualified conversion credit dollar amount
                        allocated to the building and the terms for any
                        modifications or withdrawal of such allocation,
                        and
                            ``(ii) report to the Secretary, at such
                        time and in such manner as the Secretary may
                        require, the amount of allocations made with
                        respect to any building.
                    ``(C) State extended use requirements permitted
                past 30 years.--For purposes of this paragraph, a
                housing credit agency's plan shall not fail to be
                treated as a conversion credit allocation plan merely
                because it includes, and nothing in this section shall
                be construed to limit a binding allocation agreement
                from including, affordability or rent restriction
                requirements with respect to the building that apply
                for a longer period than the 30-year period described
                in subsections (d) and (g)(1)(B).
            ``(4) Definitions and other rules.--
                    ``(A) Housing credit agency.--The term `housing
                credit agency' means, with respect to any State, the
                housing credit agency authorized under section 42(h)(8)
                or such other agency as authorized by the State for
                purposes of this section.
                    ``(B) Economically distressed area.--The term
                `economically distressed area' means any area which--
                            ``(i) has been designated as a qualified
                        census tract under section 42(d)(5)(B)(ii) or
                        as a difficult development area under section
                        42(d)(5)(B)(iii), or
                            ``(ii) meets the requirement of section
                        301(a)(3) of the Public Works and Economic
                        Development Act of 1965.
                    ``(C) State.--The term `State' includes a
                possession of the United States.
                    ``(D) Other rules.--Rules similar to the rules of
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 42(h)(7) shall
                apply for purposes of this section.
    ``(f) Progress Expenditures.--If the Secretary determines, on the
basis of architectural plans and specifications that a qualified
conversion is reasonably expected to exceed 2 years, rules similar to
the rules of section 47(d) shall apply with respect to such conversion
for purposes of this section.
    ``(g) Special Rules for Certain Areas.--
            ``(1) Qualified census tracts and difficult development
        areas.--In the case of a qualified affordable housing
        building--
                    ``(A) which is located in any area which is
                designated as a qualified census tract under section
                42(d)(5)(B)(ii) or as a difficult development area
                under section 42(d)(5)(B)(iii), and
                    ``(B) with respect to which during 30-year period
                beginning on the date on which such building is placed
                in service by the taxpayer, not less than 20 percent of
                the residential units in the building are both rent-
                restricted and reserved for individuals whose income is
                60 percent or less of the area median income,
        subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting `30 percent'
        for `20 percent'.
            ``(2) Historic preservation in rural areas.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of a qualified
                affordable housing building which is in a rural area
                and is part of an historic preservation project, the
                taxpayer may elect to substitute `35 percent' for `20
                percent' under subsection (a) with respect to such
                portion of the aggregate qualified conversion
                expenditures taken into account under such subsection
                as does not exceed $2,000,000.
                    ``(B) Definitions.--For purposes of this
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) Rural area.--The term `rural area'
                        shall have the meaning given such term under
                        section 1393(a)(2).
                            ``(ii) Historic preservation project.--The
                        term `historic preservation project' means a
                        qualified conversion which involves the
                        certified rehabilitation of a certified
                        historic structure. Whether conversion of a
                        certified historic structure involves certified
                        rehabilitation shall be determined under rules
                        similar to the rules of section 47(c)(2)(C).
    ``(h) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue such regulations or
other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the
purposes of this section, including regulations or other guidance--
            ``(1) providing for the recapture of the credit determined
        under subsection (a) if the qualified affordable housing
        building ceases to be a qualified affordable housing building
        during the 30-year period beginning on the date that such
        building is placed in service by the taxpayer,
            ``(2) detailing any certifications required from the
        taxpayer or any housing credit agency of a State,
            ``(3) with respect to the application of subsection (b)(4),
            ``(4) with respect to information reporting on allocations
        of qualified conversion credit dollar amounts,
            ``(5) providing rules for making a determination as to
        whether an area is described in subsection (e)(4)(B), and
            ``(6) which encourages housing credit agencies to allocate,
        to the extent practicable, qualified conversion credit dollar
        amounts to non-metropolitan counties within a State in
        proportion to the non-metropolitan population of the State, but
        only to the extent it is demonstrated within such non-
        metropolitan counties that there are sufficient qualified
        conversion expenditures to warrant such allocations.''.
    (b) Transferability of Credit.--Section 6418(f)(1)(A) is amended by
adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(xiii) The affordable housing conversion
                        credit determined under section 48F.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 46 is amended in paragraph (6) by striking
        ``and'' at the end, in paragraph (7) by striking the period at
        the end and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the
        following new paragraph:
            ``(8) the affordable housing conversion credit.''.
            (2) Section 49(a)(1)(C) is amended by striking ``and'' at
        the end of clause (vii), in clause (viii) by striking the
        period at the end and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the
        end the follow new clause:
                            ``(ix) the basis of any property which is
                        being converted as part of a qualified
                        conversion under section 48F.''.
            (3) Section 50(a)(2)(E) is amended by striking ``or
        48E(e)'' and inserting ``48E(e), or 48F(f)''.
            (4) The table of sections for subpart E of part IV of
        subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end the
        following new item:

``Sec. 48F. Affordable housing conversion credit.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to qualified affordable housing buildings (as defined in section
48F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section)
placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 12002. NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
is amended by inserting after section 42 the following new section:

``SEC. 42A. NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES CREDIT.

    ``(a) Allowance of Credit.--For purposes of section 38, the
neighborhood homes credit determined under this section for the taxable
year is, with respect to each qualified residence sold by the taxpayer
during such taxable year in an affordable sale, the lesser of--
            ``(1) an amount equal to--
                    ``(A) the excess (if any) of--
                            ``(i) the reasonable development costs paid
                        or incurred by the taxpayer with respect to
                        such qualified residence, over
                            ``(ii) the sale price of such qualified
                        residence (reduced by any reasonable expenses
                        paid or incurred by the taxpayer in connection
                        with such sale), or
                    ``(B) if the neighborhood homes credit agency
                determines it is necessary to ensure financial
                feasibility, an amount not to exceed 120 percent of the
                amount under subparagraph (A),
            ``(2) 40 percent of the eligible development costs paid or
        incurred by the taxpayer with respect to such qualified
        residence, or
            ``(3) 32 percent of the national median sale price for new
        homes (as determined pursuant to the most recent census data
        available as of the date on which the neighborhood homes credit
        agency makes an allocation for the qualified project).
    ``(b) Development Costs.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Reasonable development costs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `reasonable development
                costs' means amounts paid or incurred for the
                acquisition of buildings and land, construction,
                substantial rehabilitation, demolition of structures,
                or environmental remediation, to the extent that the
                neighborhood homes credit agency determines that such
                amounts meet the standards specified pursuant to
                subsection (f)(1)(D) (as of the date on which
                construction or substantial rehabilitation is
                substantially complete, as determined by such agency)
                and are necessary to ensure the financial feasibility
                of such qualified residence.
                    ``(B) Considerations in making determination.--In
                making the determination under subparagraph (A), the
                neighborhood homes credit agency shall consider--
                            ``(i) the sources and uses of funds and the
                        total financing,
                            ``(ii) any proceeds or receipts generated
                        or expected to be generated by reason of tax
                        benefits, and
                            ``(iii) the reasonableness of the
                        developmental costs and fees.
            ``(2) Eligible development costs.--The term `eligible
        development costs' means the amount which would be reasonable
        development costs if the amounts taken into account as paid or
        incurred for the acquisition of buildings and land did not
        exceed 75 percent of such costs determined without regard to
        any amount paid or incurred for the acquisition of buildings
        and land.
            ``(3) Substantial rehabilitation.--The term `substantial
        rehabilitation' means amounts paid or incurred for
        rehabilitation of a qualified residence if such amounts exceed
        the greater of--
                    ``(A) $25,000, or
                    ``(B) 20 percent of the amounts paid or incurred by
                the taxpayer for the acquisition of buildings and land
                with respect to such qualified residence.
            ``(4) Construction and rehabilitation only after allocation
        taken into account.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The terms `reasonable
                development costs' and `eligible development costs'
                shall not include any amount paid or incurred before
                the date on which an allocation is made to the taxpayer
                under subsection (e) with respect to the qualified
                project of which the qualified residence is part unless
                such amount is paid or incurred for the acquisition of
                buildings or land.
                    ``(B) Land and building acquisition costs.--Amounts
                paid or incurred for the acquisition of buildings or
                land shall be included under paragraph (A) only if paid
                or incurred not more than 3 years before the date on
                which the allocation referred to in subparagraph (A) is
                made. If the taxpayer acquired any building or land
                from an entity (or any related party to such entity)
                that holds an ownership interest in the taxpayer, then
                such entity must also have acquired such property
                within such 3-year period, and the acquisition cost
                included under subparagraph (A) with respect to the
                taxpayer shall not exceed the amount such entity paid
                or incurred to acquire such property.
    ``(c) Qualified Residence.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified residence' means a
        residence that--
                    ``(A) is real property (constructed on-site or
                manufactured off-site) affixed on a permanent
                foundation,
                    ``(B) is--
                            ``(i) a house which is comprised of 4 or
                        fewer residential units,
                            ``(ii) a condominium unit, or
                            ``(iii) a house or an apartment owned by a
                        cooperative housing corporation (as defined in
                        section 216(b)),
                    ``(C) is part of a qualified project with respect
                to which the neighborhood homes credit agency has made
                an allocation under subsection (e), and
                    ``(D) is located in a qualified census tract
                (determined as of the date of such allocation).
            ``(2) Qualified census tract.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified census
                tract' means a census tract--
                            ``(i) which--
                                    ``(I) has a median family income
                                which does not exceed 80 percent of the
                                median family income for the applicable
                                area,
                                    ``(II) has a poverty rate that is
                                not less than 130 percent of the
                                poverty rate of the applicable area,
                                and
                                    ``(III) has a median value for
                                owner-occupied homes that does not
                                exceed the median value for owner-
                                occupied homes in the applicable area,
                            ``(ii) which--
                                    ``(I) is located in a city which
                                has a population of not less than
                                50,000 and such city has a poverty rate
                                that is not less than 150 percent of
                                the poverty rate of the applicable
                                area,
                                    ``(II) has a median family income
                                which does not exceed the median family
                                income for the applicable area, and
                                    ``(III) has a median value for
                                owner-occupied homes that does not
                                exceed 80 percent of the median value
                                for owner-occupied homes in the
                                applicable area,
                            ``(iii) which--
                                    ``(I) is located in a
                                nonmetropolitan county,
                                    ``(II) has a median family income
                                which does not exceed the median family
                                income for the applicable area, and
                                    ``(III) has been designated by a
                                neighborhood homes credit agency under
                                this clause,
                            ``(iv) which is not otherwise a qualified
                        census tract and is located in a disaster area
                        (as defined in section 7508A(d)(3)), but only
                        with respect to credits allocated in any period
                        during which the President of the United States
                        has determined that such area warrants
                        individual or individual and public assistance
                        by the Federal Government under the Robert T.
                        Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
                        Assistance Act, or
                            ``(v) which is not otherwise a qualified
                        census tract and is identified by the
                        neighborhood homes credit agency, through
                        methodologies detailed in the qualified
                        allocation plan, as having a shortage of
                        affordable owner-occupied homes.
                    ``(B) Applicable area.--The term `applicable area'
                means--
                            ``(i) in the case of a metropolitan census
                        tract, the metropolitan area in which such
                        census tract is located, and
                            ``(ii) in the case of a census tract other
                        than a census tract described in clause (i),
                        the State.
    ``(d) Affordable Sale.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `affordable sale' means a sale
        to a qualified homeowner of a qualified residence that the
        neighborhood homes credit agency certifies as meeting the
        standards promulgated under subsection (f)(1)(D) for a price
        that does not exceed--
                    ``(A) in the case of any qualified residence not
                described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D), the amount
                equal to the product of 4 multiplied by the median
                family income for the applicable area (as determined
                pursuant to the most recent census data available as of
                the date of the contract for such sale),
                    ``(B) in the case of a house comprised of 2
                residential units, 125 percent of the amount described
                in subparagraph (A),
                    ``(C) in the case of a house comprised of 3
                residential units, 150 percent of the amount described
                in subparagraph (A), or
                    ``(D) in the case of a house comprised of 4
                residential units, 175 percent of the amount described
                in subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) Qualified homeowner.--The term `qualified homeowner'
        means, with respect to a qualified residence, an individual--
                    ``(A) who owns and uses such qualified residence as
                the principal residence of such individual, and
                    ``(B) whose family income (determined as of the
                date that a binding contract for the affordable sale of
                such residence is entered into) is 140 percent or less
                of the median family income for the applicable area in
                which the qualified residence is located.
    ``(e) Credit Ceiling and Allocations.--
            ``(1) Credit limited based on allocations to qualified
        projects.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The credit allowed under
                subsection (a) to any taxpayer for any taxable year
                with respect to one or more qualified residences which
                are part of the same qualified project shall not exceed
                the excess (if any) of--
                            ``(i) the amount allocated by the
                        neighborhood homes credit agency under this
                        paragraph to such taxpayer with respect to such
                        qualified project, over
                            ``(ii) the aggregate amount of credit
                        allowed under subsection (a) to such taxpayer
                        with respect to qualified residences which are
                        a part of such qualified project for all prior
                        taxable years.
                    ``(B) Deadline for completion.--No credit shall be
                allowed under subsection (a) with respect to any
                qualified residence unless the affordable sale of such
                residence is during the 5-year period beginning on the
                date of the allocation to the qualified project of
                which such residence is a part (or, in the case of a
                qualified residence to which subsection (i) applies,
                the rehabilitation of such residence is completed
                during such 5-year period).
            ``(2) Limitations on allocations to qualified projects.--
                    ``(A) Allocations limited by state neighborhood
                homes credit ceiling.--The aggregate amount allocated
                to taxpayers with respect to qualified projects by the
                neighborhood homes credit agency of any State for any
                calendar year shall not exceed the State neighborhood
                homes credit amount of such State for such calendar
                year.
                    ``(B) Set-aside for certain projects involving
                qualified nonprofit organizations.--Rules similar to
                the rules of section 42(h)(5) shall apply for purposes
                of this section.
            ``(3) Determination of state neighborhood homes credit
        ceiling.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The State neighborhood homes
                credit amount for a State for a calendar year is an
                amount equal to the sum of--
                            ``(i) the greater of--
                                    ``(I) the product of $9, multiplied
                                by the State population (determined in
                                accordance with section 146(j)), or
                                    ``(II) $12,000,000, and
                            ``(ii) any amount previously allocated to
                        any taxpayer with respect to any qualified
                        project by the neighborhood homes credit agency
                        of such State which can no longer be allocated
                        to any qualified residence because the 5-year
                        period described in paragraph (1)(B) expires
                        during calendar year.
                    ``(B) 3-year carryforward of unused limitation.--
                The State neighborhood homes credit amount for a State
                for a calendar year shall be increased by the excess
                (if any) of the State neighborhood homes credit amount
                for such State for the preceding calendar year over the
                aggregate amount allocated by the neighborhood homes
                credit agency of such State during such preceding
                calendar year. Any amount carried forward under the
                preceding sentence shall not be carried past the third
                calendar year after the calendar year in which such
                credit amount originally arose, determined on a first-
                in, first-out basis.
    ``(f) Responsibilities of Neighborhood Homes Credit Agencies.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (e), the
        State neighborhood homes credit dollar amount shall be zero for
        a calendar year unless the neighborhood homes credit agency of
        the State--
                    ``(A) allocates such amount pursuant to a qualified
                allocation plan of the neighborhood homes credit
                agency,
                    ``(B) subject to paragraph (2), allocates not more
                than 20 percent of amounts allocated in the previous
                year (or for allocations made in the first allocation
                year under this section, not more than 20 percent of
                the neighborhood homes credit ceiling for such year) to
                projects with respect to qualified residences which--
                            ``(i) are located in census tracts
                        described in subsection (c)(2)(A)(iii),
                        (c)(2)(A)(iv), (i)(5), or
                            ``(ii) are not located in a qualified
                        census tract but meet the requirements of
                        subsection (i)(8),
                    ``(C) subject to paragraph (2), in addition to any
                allocation described in subparagraph (B), allocates not
                more than 20 percent of amounts allocated in the
                previous year (or for allocations made in the first
                allocation year under this section, not more than 20
                percent of the neighborhood homes credit ceiling for
                such year) to projects with respect to qualified
                residences which are located in any census tract
                described in subsection (c)(2)(A)(v), except that, with
                respect to any qualified residence located within such
                census tract which is sold to a qualified homeowner,
                subsection (d)(2) shall be applied by substituting `120
                percent' for `140 percent',
                    ``(D) promulgates standards with respect to
                reasonable qualified development costs and fees,
                    ``(E) promulgates standards with respect to
                construction quality which are consistent with building
                codes or other standards required by the State or local
                jurisdiction in which the project is located,
                    ``(F) in the case of any neighborhood homes credit
                agency which makes an allocation to a qualified project
                which includes any qualified residence to which
                subsection (i) applies, promulgates standards with
                respect to protecting the owners of such residences,
                including the capacity of such owners to pay
                rehabilitation costs not covered by the credit provided
                by this section and providing for the disclosure to
                such owners of their rights and responsibilities with
                respect to the rehabilitation of such residences,
                    ``(G) submits to the Secretary (at such time and in
                such manner as the Secretary may prescribe) an annual
                report specifying--
                            ``(i) the amount of the neighborhood homes
                        credits allocated to each qualified project for
                        the previous year,
                            ``(ii) with respect to each qualified
                        residence completed in the preceding calendar
                        year--
                                    ``(I) the census tract in which
                                such qualified residence is located,
                                    ``(II) with respect to the
                                qualified project that includes such
                                qualified residence, the year in which
                                such project received an allocation
                                under this section,
                                    ``(III) whether such qualified
                                residence was new, substantially
                                rehabilitated and sold to a qualified
                                homeowner, or substantially
                                rehabilitated pursuant to subsection
                                (i),
                                    ``(IV) the eligible development
                                costs of such qualified residence,
                                    ``(V) the amount of the
                                neighborhood homes credit with respect
                                to such qualified residence,
                                    ``(VI) the sales price of such
                                qualified residence, if applicable, and
                                    ``(VII) the family income of the
                                qualified homeowner (expressed as a
                                percentage of the applicable area
                                median family income for the location
                                of the qualified residence), and
                            ``(iii) such other information as the
                        Secretary may require,
                    ``(H) makes available to the general public a
                written explanation for any allocation of a
                neighborhood homes credit dollar amount which is not
                made in accordance with established priorities and
                selection criteria of the neighborhood homes credit
                agency, and
                    ``(I) provide educational outreach on application
                and compliance requirements, including for small
                residential builders and remodelers.
            ``(2) Alternative for certain states.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of any State which,
                for a calendar year, is an applicable State (as defined
                in subparagraph (B)), in lieu of the requirements under
                subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1), the
                neighborhood homes credit agency of the State may elect
                to allocate not more than 40 percent of amounts
                allocated in the previous year (or for allocations made
                in the first allocation year under this section, not
                more than 40 percent of the neighborhood homes credit
                ceiling for such year) to projects with respect to
                qualified residences which are described in either
                subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Applicable state.--For purposes of this
                paragraph, the term `applicable State' means a State
                which, for purposes of the determining the amount under
                subsection (e)(3)(A)(i) for the calendar year with
                respect to such State, received the amount described in
                subclause (II) of such subsection.
            ``(3) Qualified allocation plan.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `qualified allocation plan' means any plan
        which--
                    ``(A) sets forth the selection criteria to be used
                to prioritize qualified projects for allocations of
                State neighborhood homes credit dollar amounts,
                including--
                            ``(i) the need for new or substantially
                        rehabilitated owner-occupied homes in the area
                        addressed by the project,
                            ``(ii) the expected contribution of the
                        project to neighborhood stability and
                        revitalization, including the impact on
                        neighborhood residents,
                            ``(iii) the capability and prior
                        performance of the project sponsor, and
                            ``(iv) the likelihood the project will
                        result in long-term homeownership,
                    ``(B) has been made available for public comment,
                    ``(C) as determined by the neighborhood homes
                credit agency, is likely to result in the selection of
                highly qualified applicants while also minimizing, to
                the extent practicable, application costs and barriers
                to entry for small residential builders and re-
                modelers, and
                    ``(D) provides a procedure that the neighborhood
                homes credit agency (or any agent or contractor of such
                agency) shall follow for purposes of--
                            ``(i) identifying noncompliance with any
                        provisions of this section, and
                            ``(ii) notifying the Internal Revenue
                        Service of any such noncompliance of which the
                        agency becomes aware.
    ``(g) Repayment.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Sold during 5-year period.--If a qualified
                residence is sold during the 5-year period beginning
                immediately after the affordable sale of such qualified
                residence referred to in subsection (a), the seller
                shall transfer an amount equal to the repayment amount
                to the relevant neighborhood homes credit agency.
                    ``(B) Use of repayments.--A neighborhood homes
                credit agency shall use any amount received pursuant to
                subparagraph (A) only for purposes of qualified
                projects.
            ``(2) Repayment amount.--For purposes of paragraph (1)(A)--
                    ``(A) In general.--The repayment amount is an
                amount equal to the applicable percentage of the gain
                from the sale to which the repayment relates.
                    ``(B) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A), the applicable percentage is 50
                percent, reduced by 10 percentage points for each year
                of the 5-year period referred to in paragraph (1)(A)
                which ends before the date of such sale.
            ``(3) Lien for repayment amount.--A neighborhood homes
        credit agency receiving an allocation under this section shall
        place a lien on each qualified residence that is built or
        rehabilitated as part of a qualified project for an amount such
        agency deems necessary to ensure potential repayment pursuant
        to paragraph (1)(A).
            ``(4) Waiver.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The neighborhood homes credit
                agency may waive the repayment required under paragraph
                (1)(A) if the agency determines that making a repayment
                would constitute a hardship to the seller.
                    ``(B) Hardship.--For purposes of subparagraph (A),
                with respect to the seller, a hardship may include--
                            ``(i) divorce,
                            ``(ii) disability,
                            ``(iii) illness, or
                            ``(iv) any other hardship identified by the
                        neighborhood homes credit agency for purposes
                        of this paragraph.
    ``(h) Other Definitions and Special Rules.--For purposes of this
section--
            ``(1) Neighborhood homes credit agency.--The term
        `neighborhood homes credit agency' means the agency designated
        by the governor of a State as the neighborhood homes credit
        agency of the State.
            ``(2) Qualified project.--The term `qualified project'
        means a project that a neighborhood homes credit agency
        certifies will build or substantially rehabilitate one or more
        qualified residences.
            ``(3) Determinations of family income.--Rules similar to
        the rules of section 143(f)(2) shall apply for purposes of this
        section.
            ``(4) Possessions treated as states.--The term `State'
        includes the District of Columbia and the possessions of the
        United States.
            ``(5) Special rules related to condominiums and cooperative
        housing corporations.--
                    ``(A) Determination of development costs.--In the
                case of a qualified residence described in clause (ii)
                or (iii) of subsection (c)(1)(A), the reasonable
                development costs and eligible development costs of
                such qualified residence shall be an amount equal to
                such costs, respectively, of the entire condominium or
                cooperative housing property in which such qualified
                residence is located, multiplied by a fraction--
                            ``(i) the numerator of which is the total
                        floor space of such qualified residence, and
                            ``(ii) the denominator of which is the
                        total floor space of all residences within such
                        property.
                    ``(B) Tenant-stockholders of cooperative housing
                corporations treated as owners.--In the case of a
                cooperative housing corporation (as such term is
                defined in section 216(b)), a tenant-stockholder shall
                be treated as owning the house or apartment which such
                person is entitled to occupy.
            ``(6) Related party sales not treated as affordable
        sales.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A sale between related persons
                shall not be treated as an affordable sale.
                    ``(B) Related persons.--For purposes of this
                paragraph, a person (in this subparagraph referred to
                as the `related person') is related to any person if
                the related person bears a relationship to such person
                specified in section 267(b) or 707(b)(1), or the
                related person and such person are engaged in trades or
                businesses under common control (within the meaning of
                subsections (a) and (b) of section 52). For purposes of
                the preceding sentence, in applying section 267(b) or
                707(b)(1), `10 percent' shall be substituted for `50
                percent'.
            ``(7) Inflation adjustment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of a calendar year
                after 2026, the dollar amounts in subsections
                (b)(3)(A), (e)(3)(A)(i)(I), (e)(3)(A)(i)(II), and
                (i)(2)(C) shall each be increased by an amount equal
                to--
                            ``(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment
                        determined under section 1(f)(3) for such
                        calendar year by substituting `calendar year
                        2025' for `calendar year 2016' in subparagraph
                        (A)(ii) thereof.
                    ``(B) Rounding.--
                            ``(i) In the case of the dollar amounts in
                        subsections (b)(3)(A) and (i)(2)(C), any
                        increase under paragraph (1) which is not a
                        multiple of $1,000 shall be rounded to the
                        nearest multiple of $1,000.
                            ``(ii) In the case of the dollar amount in
                        subsection (e)(3)(A)(i)(I), any increase under
                        paragraph (1) which is not a multiple of $0.01
                        shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of
                        $0.01.
                            ``(iii) In the case of the dollar amount in
                        subsection (e)(3)(A)(i)(II), any increase under
                        paragraph (1) which is not a multiple of
                        $100,000 shall be rounded to the nearest
                        multiple of $100,000.
            ``(8) Report.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall annually
                issue a report, to be made available to the public,
                which contains the information submitted pursuant to
                subsection (f)(1)(G).
                    ``(B) De-identification.--The Secretary shall
                ensure that any information made public pursuant to
                subparagraph (A) excludes any information that would
                allow for the identification of qualified homeowners.
            ``(9) List of qualified census tracts.--The Secretary of
        Housing and Urban Development shall, for each year, make
        publicly available a list of qualified census tracts under--
                    ``(A) on a combined basis, clauses (i) and (ii) of
                subsection (c)(2)(A),
                    ``(B) clause (iii) of such subsection, and
                    ``(C) subsection (i)(5)(A).
            ``(10) Denial of deductions if converted to rental
        housing.--If, during the 5-year period beginning immediately
        after the affordable sale of a qualified residence referred to
        in subsection (a), an individual who owns a qualified residence
        (whether or not such individual was the purchaser in such
        affordable sale) fails to use such qualified residence as such
        individual's principal residence for any period of time, no
        deduction shall be allowed for expenses paid or incurred by
        such individual with respect to renting, during such period of
        time, such qualified residence.
    ``(i) Application of Credit With Respect to Owner-Occupied
Rehabilitations.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of a qualified
        rehabilitation by the taxpayer of any qualified residence which
        is owned (as of the date that the written binding contract
        referred to in paragraph (3) is entered into) by a specified
        homeowner, the rules of paragraphs (2) through (7) shall apply.
            ``(2) Alternative credit determination.--In the case of any
        qualified residence described in paragraph (1), the
        neighborhood homes credit determined under subsection (a) with
        respect to such residence shall (in lieu of any credit
        otherwise determined under subsection (a) with respect to such
        residence) be allowed in the taxable year during which the
        qualified rehabilitation is completed (as determined by the
        neighborhood homes credit agency) and shall be equal to the
        least of--
                    ``(A) the excess (if any) of--
                            ``(i) the amounts paid or incurred by the
                        taxpayer for the qualified rehabilitation of
                        the qualified residence to the extent that such
                        amounts are certified by the neighborhood homes
                        credit agency (at the time of the completion of
                        such rehabilitation) as meeting the standards
                        specified pursuant to subsection (f)(1)(D),
                        over
                            ``(ii) any amounts paid to such taxpayer
                        for such rehabilitation,
                    ``(B) 50 percent of the amounts described in
                subparagraph (A)(i), or
                    ``(C) $50,000.
            ``(3) Qualified rehabilitation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection,
                the term `qualified rehabilitation' means a
                rehabilitation or reconstruction performed pursuant to
                a written binding contract between the taxpayer and the
                specified homeowner if the amount paid or incurred by
                the taxpayer in the performance of such rehabilitation
                or reconstruction exceeds the dollar amount in effect
                under subsection (b)(3)(A).
                    ``(B) Application of limitation to expenses paid or
                incurred after allocation.--A rule similar to the rule
                of section (b)(4) shall apply for purposes of this
                subsection.
            ``(4) Specified homeowner.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `specified homeowner' means, with respect
        to a qualified residence, an individual--
                    ``(A) who owns and uses such qualified residence as
                the principal residence of such individual as of the
                date that the written binding contract referred to in
                paragraph (3) is entered into, and
                    ``(B) whose family income (determined as of such
                date) does not exceed the median family income for the
                applicable area (with respect to the census tract in
                which the qualified residence is located).
            ``(5) Additional census tracts in which owner-occupied
        residences may be located.--In the case of any qualified
        residence described in paragraph (1), the term `qualified
        census tract' includes any census tract which--
                    ``(A) meets the requirements of subsection
                (c)(2)(A)(i) without regard to subclause (III) thereof,
                and
                    ``(B) is designated by the neighborhood homes
                credit agency for purposes of this paragraph.
            ``(6) Modification of repayment requirement.--In the case
        of any qualified residence described in paragraph (1),
        subsection (g) shall be applied by beginning the 5-year period
        otherwise described therein on the date on which the qualified
        homeowner acquired such residence.
            ``(7) Related parties.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply if
        the taxpayer is the owner of the qualified residence described
        in paragraph (1) or is related (within the meaning of
        subsection (h)(6)(B)) to such owner.
            ``(8) Pyrrhotite remediation.--The requirement of
        subsection (c)(1)(D) shall not apply to a qualified
        rehabilitation under this subsection of a qualified residence
        that is documented by an engineer's report and core testing to
        have a foundation that is adversely impacted by pyrrhotite or
        other iron sulfide minerals.
    ``(j) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
section, including regulations that prevent avoidance of the rules, and
abuse of the purposes, of this section.''.
    (b) Credit Allowed as Part of General Business Credit.--Section
38(b) is amended by striking ``plus'' at the end of paragraph (40), by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (41) and inserting ``,
plus'', and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(42) the neighborhood homes credit determined under
        section 42A(a).''.
    (c) Credit Allowed Against Alternative Minimum Tax.--Section
38(c)(4)(B) is amended by redesignating clauses (iv) through (xii) as
clauses (v) through (xiii), respectively, and by inserting after clause
(iii) the following new clause:
                            ``(iv) the credit determined under section
                        42A,''.
    (d) Basis Adjustments.--
            (1) Energy efficient home improvement credit.--Section
        25C(g) is amended by adding after the first sentence the
        following new sentence: ``This subsection shall not apply for
        purposes of determining the eligible development costs or
        adjusted basis of any building under section 42A.''.
            (2) Residential clean energy credit.--Section 25D(f) is
        amended by adding after the first sentence the following new
        sentence: ``This subsection shall not apply for purposes of
        determining the eligible development costs or adjusted basis of
        any building under section 42A.''.
            (3) New energy efficient home credit.--Section 45L(e) is
        amended by inserting ``or for purposes of determining the
        eligible development costs or adjusted basis of any building
        under section 42A'' after ``section 42''.
    (e) Exclusion From Gross Income.--Part III of subchapter B of
chapter 1 is amended by inserting before section 140 the following new
section:

``SEC. 139M. STATE ENERGY SUBSIDIES FOR QUALIFIED RESIDENCES.

    ``(a) Exclusion From Gross Income.--Gross income shall not include
the value of any subsidy provided to a taxpayer (whether directly or
indirectly) by any State energy office (as defined in section 124(a) of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15821(a))) for purposes of any
energy improvements made to a qualified residence (as defined in
section 42A(c)(1)).''.
    (f) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subsections (i)(3)(C), (i)(6)(B)(i), and (k)(1) of
        section 469 are each amended by inserting ``or 42A'' after
        ``section 42''.
            (2) The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of
        subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by inserting after the
        item relating to section 42 the following new item:

``Sec. 42A. Neighborhood homes credit.''.
            (3) The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of
        chapter 1 is amended by inserting before the item relating to
        section 140 the following new item:

``Sec. 139M. State energy subsidies for qualified residences.''.
    (g) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 12003. MODIFICATION OF HISTORIC REHABILITATION TAX CREDIT.

    (a) Full Credit Allowed in the Year Building Placed in Service.--
Section 47(a) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) General Rule.--For purposes of section 46, the rehabilitation
credit for any taxable year is 20 percent of the qualified
rehabilitation expenditures.''.
    (b) Increase in the Rehabilitation Credit for Certain Small
Projects.--Section 47 is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
    ``(e) Special Rule Regarding Certain Small Projects.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any qualifying small
        project with respect to which there is an election in effect
        under this subsection--
                    ``(A) the total qualified rehabilitation
                expenditures taken into account for purposes of this
                section with respect to the rehabilitation shall not
                exceed $3,750,000,
                    ``(B) subsection (a) shall be applied by
                substituting `30 percent' for `20 percent', and
                    ``(C) subject to paragraph (4) and such regulations
                or other guidance as the Secretary may provide, the
                taxpayer may transfer all or a portion of the credit
                determined under this section with respect to such
                qualifying small project.
            ``(2) Qualifying small project.--For purposes of this
        subsection, the term `qualifying small project' means any
        qualified rehabilitated building or portion thereof if--
                    ``(A) such building is placed in service after the
                date of the enactment of this subsection, and
                    ``(B) no credit was allowed under this section
                (other than a credits allowed by reason of subsection
                (d)) for either of the two immediately preceding
                taxable years with respect to such building.
            ``(3) Special rule for rural projects.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of any qualifying
                small project in a rural area, paragraph (1)(A) shall
                be applied by substituting `$5,000,000' for
                `$3,750,000'.
                    ``(B) Rural area.--For purposes of this
                subparagraph, the term `rural area' means any area
                other than--
                            ``(i) a city or town that has a population
                        of greater than 50,000 inhabitants, or
                            ``(ii) the urbanized area contiguous and
                        adjacent to a city or town described in clause
                        (i), as defined by the Bureau of the Census
                        based on the latest decennial census of the
                        United States.
            ``(4) Transfer of credit for qualifying small projects.--
                    ``(A) Certification.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A transfer under
                        paragraph (1)(C) shall be accompanied by a
                        certificate which includes--
                                    ``(I) the certification for the
                                certified historic structure referred
                                to in subsection (c)(3),
                                    ``(II) the taxpayer's name,
                                address, tax identification number,
                                date of project completion, and the
                                amount of credit being transferred,
                                    ``(III) the transferee's name,
                                address, tax identification number, and
                                the amount of credit being transferred,
                                and
                                    ``(IV) such other information as
                                may be required by the Secretary.
                            ``(ii) Transferability of certificate.--A
                        certificate issued under this subsection to a
                        taxpayer shall be transferable to any other
                        taxpayer.
                    ``(B) Tax treatment relating to certificate.--
                            ``(i) Disallowance of deduction.--No
                        deduction shall be allowed for the amount of
                        consideration paid or incurred by the
                        transferee.
                            ``(ii) Allowance of credit.--The amount of
                        credit transferred under paragraph (1)(C)--
                                    ``(I) shall not be allowed to the
                                transferor for any taxable year, and
                                    ``(II) shall be allowable to the
                                transferee as a credit determined under
                                this section for the taxable year of
                                the transferee in which such credit is
                                transferred.
                            ``(iii) Exclusion.--Gross income shall not
                        include any amount received in connection with
                        the transfer of the certificate.
                    ``(C) Recapture and other special rules.--The
                taxpayer who claims a credit determined under this
                section by reason of a transfer of an amount of credit
                under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to an applicable
                rural project shall be treated as the taxpayer with
                respect to such project for purposes of section 50.
                    ``(D) Information reporting.--The transferor and
                the transferee shall each make such reports regarding
                the transfer of an amount of credit under paragraph
                (1)(C) and containing such information as the Secretary
                may require. The reports required by this subparagraph
                shall be filed at such time and in such manner as may
                be required by the Secretary.
                    ``(E) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe
                regulations or other guidance to carry out paragraph
                (1)(C) and this paragraph in a manner which is
                consistent with applicable requirements with respect to
                transfer of credits under section 6418.
            ``(5) Election.--An election under this subsection shall be
        made at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may by
        regulations prescribe.''.
    (c) Increasing the Type of Buildings Eligible for Rehabilitation.--
Section 47(c)(1)(B)(i)(I) is amended by inserting ``50 percent of''
before ``the adjusted basis''.
    (d) Elimination of Rehabilitation Credit Basis Adjustment.--
            (1) In general.--Section 50(c) is amended by adding at the
        end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Exception for rehabilitation credit.--In the case of
        the rehabilitation credit, paragraph (1) shall not apply.''.
            (2) Treatment in case of credit allowed to lessee.--Section
        50(d) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``In the
        case of the rehabilitation credit, paragraph (5)(B) of the
        section 48(d) referred to in paragraph (5) of this subsection
        shall not apply.''.
    (e) Modifications Regarding Certain Tax-Exempt Use Property.--
Section 47(c)(2)(B)(v) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subclause:
                                    ``(III) Disqualified lease rules to
                                apply only in case of government
                                entity.--For purposes of subclause (I),
                                except in the case of a tax-exempt
                                entity described in section
                                168(h)(2)(A)(i), the determination of
                                whether property is tax-exempt use
                                property shall be made under section
                                168(h) without regard to whether the
                                property is leased in a disqualified
                                lease (as defined in section
                                168(h)(1)(B)(ii)).''.
    (f) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
        subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to
        property placed in service after the date of the enactment of
        this Act.
            (2) Full credit allowed in the year building placed in
        service.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to
        property placed in service after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 12004. INCREASE OF EXCLUSION OF GAIN FROM SALE OF PRINCIPAL
              RESIDENCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 121(b) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$250,000'' and inserting ``$500,000''
        each place it appears,
            (2) by striking ``500,000'' and inserting ``$1,000,000''
        each place it appears,
            (3) in paragraph (2)(A), in the heading, by striking
        ``$500,000'' and inserting ``$1,000,000'', and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Adjustment for inflation.--In the case of a taxable
        year beginning after 2026, the $500,000 and $1,000,000 amounts
        in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) shall be increased by an amount
        equal to--
                    ``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                    ``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined
                under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which
                the taxable year begins, determined by substituting
                `2025' for `2016' in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.
        If any increase under this clause is not a multiple of $100,
        such increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of
        $100.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to sales and exchanges after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 12005. MIDDLE-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
is amended by inserting after section 42 the following new section:

``SEC. 42A. MIDDLE-INCOME HOUSING CREDIT.

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of section 38, the amount of the
middle-income housing credit determined under this section for any
taxable year in the credit period shall be an amount equal to--
            ``(1) the applicable percentage, of
            ``(2) the qualified basis of each qualified middle-income
        building.
    ``(b) Applicable Percentage.--
            ``(1) Determination of applicable percentage.--For purposes
        of this section--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `applicable percentage'
                means, with respect to any building, the appropriate
                percentage prescribed by the Secretary for the earlier
                of--
                            ``(i) the month in which such building is
                        placed in service, or
                            ``(ii) at the election of the taxpayer, the
                        month in which the taxpayer and the housing
                        credit agency enter into an agreement with
                        respect to such building (which is binding on
                        such agency, the taxpayer, and all successors
                        in interest) as to the housing credit dollar
                        amount to be allocated to such building.
                A month may be elected under clause (ii) only if the
                election is made not later than the 5th day after the
                close of such month. Such an election, once made, shall
                be irrevocable.
                    ``(B) Method of prescribing percentages.--The
                percentages prescribed by the Secretary for any month
                shall be percentages which will yield over a 15-year
                period amounts of credit under subsection (a) which
                have a present value equal to--
                            ``(i) 50 percent of the qualified basis of
                        a new building which is not Federally
                        subsidized for the taxable year, and
                            ``(ii) 20 percent of the qualified basis of
                        a building not described in clause (i).
                    ``(C) Method of discounting.--The present value
                under subparagraph (B) shall be determined--
                            ``(i) as of the last day of the 1st year of
                        the 15-year period referred to in subparagraph
                        (B),
                            ``(ii) by using a discount rate equal to 72
                        percent of the average of the annual Federal
                        mid-term rate and the annual Federal long-term
                        rate applicable under section 1274(d)(1) to the
                        month applicable under clause (i) or (ii) of
                        subparagraph (A) and compounded annually, and
                            ``(iii) by assuming that the credit
                        allowable under this section for any year is
                        received on the last day of such year.
            ``(2) Minimum credit rate.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The applicable percentage for
                any building which is not Federally subsidized for the
                taxable year shall not be less than 5 percent.
                    ``(B) Minimum credit rate for federally subsidized
                buildings.--In the case of any building to which
                subparagraph (A) does not apply, except as provided in
                paragraph (3), the applicable percentage shall not be
                less than 2 percent.
            ``(3) Exception for certain federally subsidized
        buildings.--In the case of any building to which paragraph
        (2)(A) does not apply, the applicable percentage is zero
        unless--
                    ``(A) a credit is allowed under section 42 with
                respect to such building for the taxable year, and
                    ``(B) such building is financed by tax-exempt bonds
                as described in section 42(h)(4).
            ``(4) Cross references.--
                    ``(A) For treatment of certain rehabilitation
                expenditures as separate new buildings, see subsection
                (e).
                    ``(B) For determination of applicable percentage
                for increases in qualified basis after the 1st year of
                the credit period, see subsection (f)(3).
                    ``(C) For authority of housing credit agency to
                limit applicable percentage and qualified basis which
                may be taken into account under this section with
                respect to any building, see subsection (h)(6).
    ``(c) Qualified Basis; Qualified Middle-Income Building.--For
purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Qualified basis.--
                    ``(A) Determination.--The qualified basis of any
                qualified middle-income building for any taxable year
                is an amount equal to--
                            ``(i) the applicable fraction (determined
                        as of the close of such taxable year) of
                            ``(ii) the eligible basis of such building
                        (determined under subsection (d)).
                    ``(B) Applicable fraction.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (A), the term `applicable fraction' means
                the smaller of the unit fraction or the floor space
                fraction.
                    ``(C) Unit fraction.--For purposes of subparagraph
                (B), the term `unit fraction' means the fraction--
                            ``(i) the numerator of which is the number
                        of middle-income units in the building, and
                            ``(ii) the denominator of which is the
                        number of residential rental units (whether or
                        not occupied) in such building.
                    ``(D) Floor space fraction.--For purposes of
                subparagraph (B), the term `floor space fraction' means
                the fraction--
                            ``(i) the numerator of which is the total
                        floor space of the middle-income units in such
                        building, and
                            ``(ii) the denominator of which is the
                        total floor space of the residential rental
                        units (whether or not occupied) in such
                        building.
            ``(2) Qualified middle-income building.--The term
        `qualified middle-income building' means any building which is
        part of a qualified middle-income housing project at all times
        during the period--
                    ``(A) beginning on the 1st day in the credit period
                on which such building is part of such a project, and
                    ``(B) ending on the last day of the credit period
                with respect to such building.
    ``(d) Eligible Basis.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) New buildings.--The eligible basis of a new building
        is its adjusted basis as of the close of the 1st taxable year
        of the credit period.
            ``(2) Existing buildings.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The eligible basis of an
                existing building is--
                            ``(i) in the case of a building which meets
                        the requirements of subparagraph (B), its
                        adjusted basis as of the close of the 1st
                        taxable year of the credit period, and
                            ``(ii) zero in any other case.
                    ``(B) Requirements.--A building meets the
                requirements of this subparagraph if--
                            ``(i) the building is acquired by purchase
                        (as defined in section 179(d)(2)),
                            ``(ii) there is a period of at least 10
                        years between the date of its acquisition by
                        the taxpayer and the date the building was last
                        placed in service,
                            ``(iii) the building was not previously
                        placed in service by the taxpayer or by any
                        person who was a related person with respect to
                        the taxpayer as of the time previously placed
                        in service, and
                            ``(iv) except as provided in subsection
                        (f)(5), a credit is allowable under subsection
                        (a) by reason of subsection (e) with respect to
                        the building.
                    ``(C) Adjusted basis.--For purposes of subparagraph
                (A), the adjusted basis of any building shall not
                include so much of the basis of such building as is
                determined by reference to the basis of other property
                held at any time by the person acquiring the building.
                    ``(D) Special rules.--
                            ``(i) Special rules for certain
                        transfers.--For purposes of determining under
                        subparagraph (B)(ii) when a building was last
                        placed in service, there shall not be taken
                        into account any placement in service--
                                    ``(I) in connection with the
                                acquisition of the building in a
                                transaction in which the basis of the
                                building in the hands of the person
                                acquiring it is determined in whole or
                                in part by reference to the adjusted
                                basis of such building in the hands of
                                the person from whom acquired,
                                    ``(II) by a person whose basis in
                                such building is determined under
                                section 1014(a) (relating to property
                                acquired from a decedent),
                                    ``(III) by any governmental unit or
                                qualified nonprofit organization if the
                                requirements of subparagraph (B)(ii)
                                are met with respect to the placement
                                in service by such unit or organization
                                and all the income from such property
                                is exempt from Federal income taxation,
                                    ``(IV) by any person who acquired
                                such building by foreclosure (or by
                                instrument in lieu of foreclosure) of
                                any purchase-money security interest
                                held by such person if the requirements
                                of subparagraph (B)(ii) are met with
                                respect to the placement in service by
                                such person and such building is resold
                                within 12 months after the date such
                                building is placed in service by such
                                person after such foreclosure, or
                                    ``(V) of a single-family residence
                                by any individual who owned and used
                                such residence for no other purpose
                                than as his principal residence.
                            ``(ii) Related person.--For purposes of
                        subparagraph (B)(iii), a person (hereinafter in
                        this subclause referred to as the `related
                        person') is related to any person if the
                        related person bears a relationship to such
                        person specified in section 267(b) or
                        707(b)(1), or the related person and such
                        person are engaged in trades or businesses
                        under common control (within the meaning of
                        subsections (a) and (b) of section 52).
            ``(3) Special rules relating to determination of adjusted
        basis.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
                subparagraph (B), the adjusted basis of any building
                shall be determined without regard to the adjusted
                basis of any property which is not residential rental
                property.
                    ``(B) Basis of property in common areas, etc.,
                included.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in
                        clause (ii), the adjusted basis of any building
                        shall be determined by taking into account the
                        adjusted basis of property (of a character
                        subject to the allowance for depreciation) used
                        in common areas or provided as comparable
                        amenities to all residential rental units in
                        such building.
                            ``(ii) Special rule.--In the case of any
                        building for which the low-income housing tax
                        credit is allowable under section 42, the
                        adjusted basis of the building under this
                        section shall be determined without regard to
                        property used in common areas or provided as
                        comparable amenities to all residential rental
                        units in such building.
                    ``(C) No reduction for depreciation.--The adjusted
                basis of any building shall be determined without
                regard to paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 1016(a).
            ``(4) Special rules for determining eligible basis.--
                    ``(A) Federal grants not taken into account in
                determining eligible basis.--The eligible basis of a
                building shall not include any costs financed with the
                proceeds of a Federally funded grant.
                    ``(B) Increase in credit for buildings in high cost
                areas.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In the case of any
                        building located in a difficult development
                        area which is designated for purposes of this
                        subparagraph--
                                    ``(I) in the case of a new
                                building, the eligible basis of such
                                building shall be 130 percent of such
                                basis determined without regard to this
                                subparagraph, and
                                    ``(II) in the case of an existing
                                building, the rehabilitation
                                expenditures taken into account under
                                subsection (e) shall be 130 percent of
                                such expenditures determined without
                                regard to this subparagraph.
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--Clause (i) shall not
                        apply to any building if paragraph (1) of
                        subsection (h) does not apply to any portion of
                        the eligible basis of such building by reason
                        of paragraph (9) of such subsection.
                            ``(iii) Difficult development areas.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The term
                                `difficult development areas' means any
                                area designated by the Secretary of
                                Housing and Urban Development as an
                                area which has high construction, land,
                                or utility costs relative to area
                                median gross income, any rural area,
                                and any Indian area.
                                    ``(II) Rural area.--For purposes of
                                subclause (I), the term `rural area'
                                means any non-metropolitan area, or any
                                rural area as defined by section 520 of
                                the Housing Act of 1949, which is
                                identified by the qualified allocation
                                plan under subsection (m)(1)(B).
                                    ``(III) Indian area.--For purposes
                                of subclause (I), the term `Indian
                                area' means any Indian area (as defined
                                in section 4(11) of the Native American
                                Housing Assistance and Self
                                Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C.
                                4103(11))).
                                    ``(IV) Special rule for buildings
                                in indian areas.--In the case of an
                                area which is a difficult development
                                area solely because it is an Indian
                                area, a building shall not be treated
                                as located in such area unless such
                                building is assisted or financed under
                                the Native American Housing Assistance
                                and Self Determination Act of 1996 (25
                                U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) or the project
                                sponsor is an Indian tribe (as defined
                                in section 45A(c)(6)), a tribally
                                designated housing entity (as defined
                                in section 4(22) of such Act (25 U.S.C.
                                4103(22))), or wholly owned or
                                controlled by such an Indian tribe or
                                tribally designated housing entity.
                                    ``(V) Limit on areas designated.--
                                The portions of metropolitan
                                statistical areas which may be
                                designated for purposes of this
                                subparagraph shall not exceed an
                                aggregate area having 20 percent of the
                                population of such metropolitan
                                statistical areas. A comparable rule
                                shall apply to nonmetropolitan areas.
                            ``(iv) Special rules and definitions.--For
                        purposes of this subparagraph--
                                    ``(I) population shall be
                                determined on the basis of the most
                                recent decennial census for which data
                                are available,
                                    ``(II) area median gross income
                                shall be determined in accordance with
                                subsection (g)(4),
                                    ``(III) the term `metropolitan
                                statistical area' has the same meaning
                                as when used in section 143(k)(2)(B),
                                and
                                    ``(IV) the term `nonmetropolitan
                                area' means any county (or portion
                                thereof) which is not within a
                                metropolitan statistical area.
                            ``(v) Buildings designated by state housing
                        credit agency.--Any building which is
                        designated by the State housing credit agency
                        as requiring the increase in credit under this
                        subparagraph in order for such building to be
                        financially feasible as part of a qualified
                        middle-income housing project shall be treated
                        for purposes of this subparagraph as located in
                        a difficult development area which is
                        designated for purposes of this subparagraph.
            ``(5) Credit allowable for certain buildings acquired
        during 10-year period.--On application by the taxpayer, the
        Secretary may waive paragraph (2)(B)(ii) with respect to any
        building acquired from an insured depository institution in
        default (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit
        Insurance Act) or from a receiver or conservator of such an
        institution.
            ``(6) Acquisition of building before end of prior credit
        period.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Under regulations prescribed by
                the Secretary, in the case of a building described in
                subparagraph (B) (or interest therein) which is
                acquired by the taxpayer--
                            ``(i) paragraph (2)(B) shall not apply, but
                            ``(ii) the credit allowable by reason of
                        subsection (a) to the taxpayer for any period
                        after such acquisition shall be equal to the
                        amount of credit which would have been
                        allowable under subsection (a) for such period
                        to the prior owner referred to in subparagraph
                        (B) had such owner not disposed of the
                        building.
                    ``(B) Description of building.--A building is
                described in this subparagraph if--
                            ``(i) a credit was allowed by reason of
                        subsection (a) to any prior owner of such
                        building, and
                            ``(ii) the taxpayer acquired such building
                        before the end of the credit period for such
                        building with respect to such prior owner
                        (determined without regard to any disposition
                        by such prior owner).
    ``(e) Rehabilitation Expenditures Treated as Separate New
Building.--
            ``(1) In general.--Rehabilitation expenditures paid or
        incurred by the taxpayer with respect to any building shall be
        treated for purposes of this section as a separate new
        building.
            ``(2) Rehabilitation expenditures.--For purposes of
        paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `rehabilitation
                expenditures' means amounts chargeable to capital
                account and incurred for property (or additions or
                improvements to property) of a character subject to the
                allowance for depreciation in connection with the
                rehabilitation of a building.
                    ``(B) Cost of acquisition, etc., not included.--
                Such term does not include the cost of acquiring any
                building (or interest therein) or any amount not
                permitted to be taken into account under paragraph (3)
                of subsection (d).
                    ``(C) Certain relocation costs.--In the case of a
                rehabilitation of a building to which section 280B does
                not apply, costs relating to the relocation of
                occupants, including--
                            ``(i) amounts paid to occupants,
                            ``(ii) amounts paid to third parties for
                        services relating to such relocation, and
                            ``(iii) amounts paid for temporary housing
                        for occupants,
                shall be treated as chargeable to capital account and
                taken into account as rehabilitation expenditures.
            ``(3) Minimum expenditures to qualify.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Paragraph (1) shall apply to
                rehabilitation expenditures with respect to any
                building only if--
                            ``(i) the expenditures are allocable to 1
                        or more middle-income units or substantially
                        benefit such units, and
                            ``(ii) the amount of such expenditures
                        during any 24-month period meets the
                        requirements of whichever of the following
                        subclauses requires the greater amount of such
                        expenditures:
                                    ``(I) The requirement of this
                                subclause is met if such amount is not
                                less than 20 percent of the adjusted
                                basis of the building (determined as of
                                the 1st day of such period and without
                                regard to paragraphs (2) and (3) of
                                section 1016(a)).
                                    ``(II) The requirement of this
                                subclause is met if the qualified basis
                                attributable to such amount, when
                                divided by the number of middle-income
                                units in the building, is equal to or
                                greater than the dollar amount in
                                effect under section
                                42(e)(3)(A)(ii)(II) for the calendar
                                year in which such expenditures are
                                treated as placed in service under
                                paragraph (4).
                    ``(B) Date of determination.--The determination
                under subparagraph (A) shall be made as of the close of
                the 1st taxable year in the credit period with respect
                to such expenditures.
            ``(4) Special rules.--For purposes of applying this section
        with respect to expenditures which are treated as a separate
        building by reason of this subsection--
                    ``(A) such expenditures shall be treated as placed
                in service at the close of the 24-month period referred
                to in paragraph (3)(A), and
                    ``(B) the applicable fraction under subsection
                (c)(1) shall be the applicable fraction for the
                building (without regard to paragraph (1)) with respect
                to which the expenditures were incurred.
        Nothing in subsection (d)(2) shall prevent a credit from being
        allowed by reason of this subsection.
            ``(5) No double counting.--Rehabilitation expenditures may,
        at the election of the taxpayer, be taken into account under
        this subsection or subsection (d)(2)(A)(i) but not under both
        such subsections.
            ``(6) Regulations to apply subsection with respect to group
        of units in building.--The Secretary may prescribe regulations,
        consistent with the purposes of this subsection, treating a
        group of units with respect to which rehabilitation
        expenditures are incurred as a separate new building.
    ``(f) Definition and Special Rules Relating to Credit Period.--
            ``(1) Credit period defined.--For purposes of this section,
        the term `credit period' means, with respect to any building,
        the period of 15 taxable years beginning with--
                    ``(A) the taxable year in which the building is
                placed in service, or
                    ``(B) at the election of the taxpayer, the
                succeeding taxable year,
        but only if the building is a qualified middle-income building
        as of the close of the 1st year of such period. The election
        under subparagraph (B), once made, shall be irrevocable.
            ``(2) Special rule for 1st year of credit period.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The credit allowable under
                subsection (a) with respect to any building for the 1st
                taxable year of the credit period shall be determined
                by substituting for the applicable fraction under
                subsection (c)(1) the fraction--
                            ``(i) the numerator of which is the sum of
                        the applicable fractions determined under
                        subsection (c)(1) as of the close of each full
                        month of such year during which such building
                        was in service, and
                            ``(ii) the denominator of which is 12.
                    ``(B) Disallowed 1st-year credit allowed in 16th
                year.--Any reduction by reason of subparagraph (A) in
                the credit allowable (without regard to subparagraph
                (A)) for the 1st taxable year of the credit period
                shall be allowable under subsection (a) for the 1st
                taxable year following the credit period.
            ``(3) Determination of applicable percentage with respect
        to increases in qualified basis after 1st year of credit
        period.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of any building
                which was a qualified middle-income building as of the
                close of the 1st year of the credit period, if--
                            ``(i) as of the close of any taxable year
                        in the credit period (after the 1st year of
                        such period) the qualified basis of such
                        building, exceeds
                            ``(ii) the qualified basis of such building
                        as of the close of the 1st year of the credit
                        period,
                the applicable percentage which shall apply under
                subsection (a) for the taxable year to such excess
                shall be the percentage equal to \2/3\ of the
                applicable percentage which (after the application of
                subsection (h)) would but for this paragraph apply to
                such basis.
                    ``(B) 1st year computation applies.--A rule similar
                to the rule of paragraph (2)(A) shall apply to any
                increase in qualified basis to which subparagraph (A)
                applies for the 1st year of such increase.
            ``(4) Dispositions of property.--If a building (or an
        interest therein) is disposed of during any year for which
        credit is allowable under subsection (a), such credit shall be
        allocated between the parties on the basis of the number of
        days during such year the building (or interest) was held by
        each.
            ``(5) Credit period for existing buildings not to begin
        before rehabilitation credit allowed.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The credit period for an
                existing building shall not begin before the 1st
                taxable year of the credit period for rehabilitation
                expenditures with respect to the building.
                    ``(B) Acquisition credit allowed for certain
                buildings not allowed a rehabilitation credit.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In the case of a
                        building described in clause (ii)--
                                    ``(I) subsection (d)(2)(B)(iv)
                                shall not apply, and
                                    ``(II) the credit period for such
                                building shall not begin before the
                                taxable year which would be the 1st
                                taxable year of the credit period for
                                rehabilitation expenditures with
                                respect to the building under the
                                modifications described in clause
                                (ii)(II).
                            ``(ii) Building described.--A building is
                        described in this clause if--
                                    ``(I) a waiver is granted under
                                subsection (d)(4) with respect to the
                                acquisition of the building, and
                                    ``(II) a credit would be allowed
                                for rehabilitation expenditures with
                                respect to such building if subsection
                                (e)(3)(A)(ii)(I) did not apply and if
                                the dollar amount in effect under
                                subsection (e)(3)(A)(ii)(II) were two-
                                thirds of such amount.
    ``(g) Qualified Middle-Income Housing Project.--For purposes of
this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `qualified middle-income
        housing project' means any project for residential rental
        property if--
                    ``(A) 60 percent or more of the residential units
                in such project are both rent-restricted and occupied
                by individuals whose income is 100 percent or less of
                area median gross income, and
                    ``(B) not less than 20 percent of the residential
                units in such project are units which--
                            ``(i) are described in subparagraph (A),
                        and
                            ``(ii) are not residential units which are
                        taken into account under section 42.
            ``(2) Rent-restricted units.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1), a
                residential unit is rent-restricted if the gross rent
                with respect to such unit does not exceed 30 percent of
                the imputed income limitation applicable to such unit.
                For purposes of the preceding sentence, the amount of
                the income limitation under paragraph (1) applicable
                for any period shall not be less than such limitation
                applicable for the earliest period the building (which
                contains the unit) was included in the determination of
                whether the project is a qualified middle-income
                housing project.
                    ``(B) Gross rent.--For purposes of subparagraph
                (A), gross rent--
                            ``(i) includes any utility allowance
                        determined by the Secretary after taking into
                        account such determinations under section 8 of
                        the United States Housing Act of 1937,
                            ``(ii) does not include any fee for a
                        supportive service which is paid to the owner
                        of the unit (on the basis of the middle-income
                        status of the tenant of the unit) by any
                        governmental program of assistance (or by an
                        organization described in section 501(c)(3) and
                        exempt from tax under section 501(a)) if such
                        program (or organization) provides assistance
                        for rent and the amount of assistance provided
                        for rent is not separable from the amount of
                        assistance provided for supportive services,
                        and
                            ``(iii) does not include any rental payment
                        to the owner of the unit to the extent such
                        owner pays an equivalent amount to the Farmers'
                        Home Administration under section 515 of the
                        Housing Act of 1949.
                For purposes of clause (ii), the term `supportive
                service' means any service provided under a planned
                program of services designed to enable residents of a
                residential rental property to remain independent and
                avoid placement in a hospital, nursing home, or
                intermediate care facility for the mentally or
                physically handicapped.
                    ``(C) Imputed income limitation applicable to
                unit.--For purposes of this paragraph, the imputed
                income limitation applicable to a unit is the income
                limitation which would apply under paragraph (1) to
                individuals occupying the unit if the number of
                individuals occupying the unit were as follows:
                            ``(i) In the case of a unit which does not
                        have a separate bedroom, 1 individual.
                            ``(ii) In the case of a unit which has 1 or
                        more separate bedrooms, 1.5 individuals for
                        each separate bedroom.
                In the case of a project with respect to which a credit
                is allowable by reason of this section and for which
                financing is provided by a bond described in section
                142(a)(7), the imputed income limitation shall apply in
                lieu of the otherwise applicable income limitation for
                purposes of applying section 142(d)(4)(B)(ii).
                    ``(D) Treatment of units occupied by individuals
                whose incomes rise above limit.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in
                        clause (ii), notwithstanding an increase in the
                        income of the occupants of a middle-income unit
                        above the income limitation applicable under
                        paragraph (1), such unit shall continue to be
                        treated as a middle-income unit if the income
                        of such occupants initially met such income
                        limitation and such unit continues to be rent-
                        restricted.
                            ``(ii) Next available unit must be rented
                        to middle-income tenant if income rises above
                        140 percent of income limit.--If the income of
                        the occupants of the unit increases above 140
                        percent of the income limitation applicable
                        under paragraph (1), clause (i) shall cease to
                        apply to such unit if any residential rental
                        unit in the building (of a size comparable to,
                        or smaller than, such unit) is occupied by a
                        new resident whose income exceeds such income
                        limitation.
            ``(3) Date for meeting requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in
                this paragraph, a building shall be treated as a
                qualified middle-income building only if the project
                (of which such building is a part) meets the
                requirements of paragraph (1) not later than the close
                of the 1st year of the credit period for such building.
                    ``(B) Buildings which rely on later buildings for
                qualification.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In determining whether a
                        building (hereinafter in this subparagraph
                        referred to as the `prior building') is a
                        qualified middle-income building, the taxpayer
                        may take into account 1 or more additional
                        buildings placed in service during the 12-month
                        period described in subparagraph (A) with
                        respect to the prior building only if the
                        taxpayer elects to apply clause (ii) with
                        respect to each additional building taken into
                        account.
                            ``(ii) Treatment of elected buildings.--In
                        the case of a building which the taxpayer
                        elects to take into account under clause (i),
                        the period under subparagraph (A) for such
                        building shall end at the close of the 12-month
                        period applicable to the prior building.
                            ``(iii) Date prior building is treated as
                        placed in service.--For purposes of determining
                        the credit period for the prior building, the
                        prior building shall be treated for purposes of
                        this section as placed in service on the most
                        recent date any additional building elected by
                        the taxpayer (with respect to such prior
                        building) was placed in service.
                    ``(C) Special rule.--A building--
                            ``(i) other than the 1st building placed in
                        service as part of a project, and
                            ``(ii) other than a building which is
                        placed in service during the 12-month period
                        described in subparagraph (A) with respect to a
                        prior building which becomes a qualified
                        middle-income building,
                shall in no event be treated as a qualified middle-
                income building unless the project is a qualified
                middle-income housing project (without regard to such
                building) on the date such building is placed in
                service.
                    ``(D) Projects with more than 1 building must be
                identified.--For purposes of this section, a project
                shall be treated as consisting of only 1 building
                unless, before the close of the 1st calendar year in
                the project period (as defined in subsection
                (h)(1)(F)(ii)), each building which is (or will be)
                part of such project is identified in such form and
                manner as the Secretary may provide.
            ``(4) Certain rules made applicable.--Paragraphs (2) (other
        than subparagraph (A) thereof), (3), and (7) of section 142(d),
        and section 6652(j), shall apply for purposes of determining
        whether any project is a qualified middle-income housing
        project and whether any unit is a middle-income unit; except
        that, in applying such provisions for such purposes--
                    ``(A) the term `gross rent' shall have the meaning
                given such term by paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection,
                and
                    ``(B) the term `applicable income limit' means the
                limitation under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
            ``(5) Election to treat building after credit period as not
        part of a project.--For purposes of this section, the taxpayer
        may elect to treat any building as not part of a qualified
        middle-income housing project for any period beginning after
        the credit period for such building.
            ``(6) Special rule where de minimis equity contribution.--
        Property shall not be treated as failing to be residential
        rental property for purposes of this section merely because the
        occupant of a residential unit in the project pays (on a
        voluntary basis) to the lessor a de minimis amount to be held
        toward the purchase by such occupant of a residential unit in
        such project if--
                    ``(A) all amounts so paid are refunded to the
                occupant on the cessation of his occupancy of a unit in
                the project, and
                    ``(B) the purchase of the unit is not permitted
                until after the close of the credit period with respect
                to the building in which the unit is located.
        Any amount paid to the lessor as described in the preceding
        sentence shall be included in gross rent under paragraph (2)
        for purposes of determining whether the unit is rent-
        restricted.
            ``(7) Scattered site projects.--Buildings which would (but
        for their lack of proximity) be treated as a project for
        purposes of this section shall be so treated if all of the
        dwelling units in each of the buildings are rent-restricted
        (within the meaning of paragraph (2)) residential rental units.
            ``(8) Waiver of certain recertifications.--On application
        by the taxpayer, the Secretary may waive any annual
        recertification of tenant income for purposes of this
        subsection, if the entire building is occupied by middle-income
        tenants.
            ``(9) Clarification of general public use requirement.--A
        project does not fail to meet the general public use
        requirement solely because of occupancy restrictions or
        preferences that favor tenants--
                    ``(A) with special needs, or
                    ``(B) who are members of a specified group under a
                Federal program or State program or policy that
                supports housing for such a specified group.
    ``(h) Limitation on Aggregate Credit Allowable With Respect to
Projects Located in a State.--
            ``(1) Credit may not exceed credit amount allocated to
        building.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The amount of the credit
                determined under this section for any taxable year with
                respect to any building shall not exceed the housing
                credit dollar amount allocated to s

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