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Job Creation and Affordable Housing Act of 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · May 6, 2010

Job Creation and Affordable Housing Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make a grant to each state equal to such state's low-income bond-subsidized housing election amount. Defines "low-income bond-subsidized housing election amount" as an amount a state may elect which does not exceed 85% of the state's bond-subsidized credit amount for low-income buildings.

Requires states to use grants to make subawards to finance the construction or acquisition and rehabilitation of qualified low-income buildings. Requires the return of grant funds not used to make such subawards before January 1, 2012.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny a low-income housing tax credit for bond-subsidized buildings that received a subaward under this Act; (2) allow a five-year carryback of unused low-income housing tax credit amounts and a carryback for new low-income housing investments in 2010 and 2011; and (3) allow a full offset of low-income housing tax credits against regular income tax liability.

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Who introduced it

Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · D–WA

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  • Finance Committee
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  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  2. Introduced in Senate

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