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HI SB975

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/10/2015

Primary Sponsor

Suzanne Chun Oakland

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds a new priority category for rental housing trust fund loans and grants to projects awarded federal low-income housing tax credits under Internal Revenue Code section 42(h)(4), regardless of volume cap restrictions.

  • Reorders funding priorities by inserting the new federal tax credit preference as priority (2), with mixed-income rental projects becoming priority (3).

  • Maintains existing priority for projects with low-income housing credits under the state housing credit ceiling or funded by HUD and USDA Rural Development programs.

  • Clarifies income thresholds for eligible units using numeric formatting (50%, 80%, 5%, 30%, 100%, 140% of median family income).

  • Effective date of July 1, 2050.

Legislative Description

Rental Housing Trust Fund; Preference; Federal LIHTC

Last Action

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Kawakami, Oshiro, Saiki, Say, Souki, Tokioka, Woodson excused (8).

3/19/2015

Committee Referrals

Finance3/19/2015
Housing3/12/2015
Ways and Means2/5/2015
Human Services and Housing1/28/2015

Full Bill Text

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