Legislative State-of-Play Largest Expansion of Housing Credit in Decades Enacted! On July 4, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, H.R. 1), enacting two Housing Credit provisions estimated to finance 1.22 million additional affordable rental homes nationwide over the next decade. The bill provides a permanent 12 […]
June 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
July 2025 Call Rescheduled ACTION’s July 2025 monthly call will be rescheduled from Friday, July 4, to Friday, July 11, because of the Independence Day holiday. The call will remain at 2:00PM ET. ACTION will send out a reminder email before the July 4 holiday. Legislative State-of-Play House Passes Reconciliation […]
Affordable Housing Champions in the Senate Reintroduce Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act
Affordable housing champions in the Senate reintroduced the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025 (AHCIA, S. 1515) today to strengthen and expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit). This bipartisan legislation is sponsored by Senators Todd Young (R-IN), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Ron Wyden (D-OR). The […]
May 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play AHCIA Reintroduced in the House; Senate Reintroduction Expected Tomorrow! On April 8, House Housing Credit champions Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Don Beyer (D-VA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) reintroduced the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025 (AHCIA, H.R. 2725). […]
ACTION Alert: Deadline Approaching to Support Housing Credit Bill!
Three Critical Ways to Build Support for the Housing Credit Is your Representative a cosponsor of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA) yet? As you know, the AHCIA of 2025 (H.R. 2725) was recently reintroduced with over one-quarter of the House as original cosponsors and now has nearly 30 percent of the House […]
ACTION ALERT: Sign Your Organization on in Support of AHCIA
CALLING ALL ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES TO DEMONSTRATE SUPPORT FOR THE AHCIA AND THE HOUSING CREDIT The ACTION Campaign is circulating an organizational sign-on letter calling on Members of Congress to support the reintroduced Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA). This legislation would help address the country’s severe shortage of affordable rental […]
Affordable Housing Champions in the House Reintroduce Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act
Affordable housing champions in the House of Representatives reintroduced the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025 (AHCIA, H.R. 2725) today to strengthen and expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit). This bipartisan legislation is sponsored by Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL-16), Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01), Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24), Don Beyer (D-VA-08), […]
April 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play AHCIA Reintroduction Imminent ACTION is working with our Congressional leads in the House and Senate on the reintroduction of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA), which they plan to reintroduce the week of April 7. The bill remains largely the same, with no substantive updates from last […]
March 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play Reconciliation Process Begins in Earnest The House and Senate both passed their respective Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget resolutions last month, an important but preliminary step towards advancing President Trump’s policy agenda without needing to rely on any Democratic votes. Next, Congress must reconcile their differences so that […]
February 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play Reconciliation Process Still Unclear in Congress The 119th Congress is now well underway, but Republican leaders in the House and Senate are still at odds over the strategy for advancing the Trump Administration’s priorities — namely whether to move one large reconciliation bill encompassing border security, energy, tax, […]