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The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Build Back Better Act, a $1.7 trillion bill that includes an expansion of the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC), the introduction of the neighborhood homes tax credit (NHTC), an additional tribal allocation of the new markets tax credit (NMTC) and $325 billion in renewable energy tax incentives. H.R. 5376 passed 220-213 and now goes to the Senate. The legislation includes an extension of the 12.5% increase in 9% LIHTC allocations that began in 2018 through 2024, adding a 10% increase, plus an annual inflation adjustment, to that amount. The bill also would reduce the 50% test for affordable rental housing financed with private activity bonds (PABs) to 25% for calendar years 2022-26, establish a 50% basis boost for extremely low-income housing and provides a 30% basis boost for LIHTC properties in tribal areas.
The first deadlines for the calendar year 2021 (CY 2021) new markets tax credit (NMTC) allocation round are Thursday, Nov. 18, at 11:59 p.m. ET. In order to submit a NMTC allocation application, the applicant must be a certified community development entity (CDE). If not already a certified CDE, the applicant must submit an application for certification as a CDE by the Thursday deadline. If an applicant that is already a certified CDE wishes to change its designated service area for the CY 2021 allocation round, requests to modify CDE certification service areas are also due Thursday.
The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund today released a notice of allocation availability (NOAA) for the $5 billion calendar year 2021 allocation round of the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program, along with application materials and an updated application FAQ document. The NOAA will be published in the Federal Register Monday and applications are due Jan. 13, 2022. The CDFI Fund announced it is implementing some changes to the NMTC program, including revised qualified equity investment (QEI) issuance requirements, a new definition of controlling entity and updates to the allocation application.
Democrats in the House of Representatives today released revised text for the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376), which includes an expansion of the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC), the neighborhood homes tax credit (NHTC) and a $175 million tribal allocation for the new markets tax credit (NMTC) for 2022. The revised legislation retains $555 billion in tax and spending proposals for clean energy with minor changes. The LIHTC provisions include the extension of the 12.5% increase in 9% allocations that began in 2018 as part of the baseline during 2022-2024, adding annual 10% plus inflation increases for 2022-24 to those amounts, but reverting to the 2017 baseline as adjusted for inflation in 2025. It also would reduce the 50% test for affordable rental housing financed with private activity bonds (PABs) to 25% for five years (2022-26) and establish the 50% basis boost for extremely low-income housing, with the set-aside reduced from 10% to 8%, and a 30% basis boost for LIHTC properties in tribal areas.
President Joe Biden today announced the Build Back Better framework to guide the drafting of reconciliation legislation. Bill text introduced today in the House Rules Committee details the $1.75 trillion spending proposal.
Of the $1.75 trillion, $150 billion would be set aside for housing and community development spending, including funding for rental assistance, preserving public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF). The framework also includes $555 billion for clean energy tax and spending proposals, of which $320 billion are for tax proposals, about $50 billion more than the House Ways and Means version of the reconciliation package.
