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B26-0376 • 2025

LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Housing Taxes
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
R. White
Last action
2025-10-23
Official status
Enacted
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide specific details about the fiscal impact other than adopting the Budget Director’s statement, which is already included in the summary.

Clarifying Exemption for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Units

This act clarifies that rental units participating in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program are exempt from rent stabilization requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends the Rental Housing Act of 1985 to clarify exemptions for certain rental units.
  • Removes a specific phrase related to rent stabilization definitions.
  • Adds language that includes rental units receiving tax credits under the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program as exempt from rent stabilization.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Owners and managers of rental properties participating in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program.
  • Renters living in units that receive LIHTC tax credits.

Terms To Know

Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program
A federal program that provides tax incentives to developers who build or rehabilitate affordable rental housing for low-income families and individuals.
Rent stabilization
Regulations that limit how much landlords can increase rent each year, usually in areas with high rents or limited supply of homes.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act is effective for no longer than 90 days and will expire unless further action is taken.
  • It does not specify the exact fiscal impact beyond adopting the Budget Director's statement.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0167, Expires on Jan 21, 2026

  2. 2025-10-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  3. 2025-10-15 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Oct 29, 2025

  4. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  5. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  6. 2025-10-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0376 Introduced by Councilmember R. White at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
D.C. ACT 26-167
INTHE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA.
OCTOBER 23, 2025
Toamend,onanemergencybasis,theRentalHousingActof1985toclarifythatrentalunitsparticipatingintheLowIncomeHousingTaxCreditProgramareexemptfromtherent
stabilizationprogram.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
act may be cited as the “LIHTC Rent StabilizationExemption ClarificationEmergency
Amendment Actof 2025”.
Sec.2.Section205(a)(1)oftheRentalHousingActof1985,effectiveJuly17,1985(D.C.Law6-10;D.C.OfficialCode§42-3502.05(a)(1)),isamendedbystrikingthephrase“asdefined
insection206(8)(2)(A);”andinsertingthephrase“asdefinedinsection206(£)(2)(A),oranyrentalunitforwhichthehousingproviderreceivestaxcreditspursuanttotheLowIncomeHousingTaxCreditProgram,asdefinedinsection2(5)oftheLow-IncomeHousingTaxCreditFundActof2004,effectiveApril8,2005,(D.C.Law15-299;D.C.OfficialCode§42-2853.01(5));”inits
place.

Sec.3.Fiscalimpactstatement.
TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approved
October16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-30147a).
Sec.4.Effectivedate.
ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolongerthan
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
90days,asprovidedforemergencyactsoftheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiainsection412(a)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.788;D.C.OfficialCode§1-204.12(a)).
Chairman
Councilofthe Districtof Columbia

DistrictofColumbia
APPROVED
OCTOBER 23, 2025

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