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B26-0429 • 2025

LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification Amendment Act of 2025

LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification Amendment Act of 2025

Housing
Enacted

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

Sponsor
R. White
Last action
2026-05-01
Official status
Official Law
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification Amendment Act of 2025

LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification Amendment Act of 2025

What This Bill Does

  • LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification Amendment Act of 2025

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Law L26-0111, Effective from Apr 16, 2026 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 006783

  2. 2026-03-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0265 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 003130

  3. 2026-03-05 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Congress

  4. 2026-03-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  5. 2026-03-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0265

  6. 2026-02-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Mar 03, 2026

  7. 2026-02-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  8. 2026-01-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  9. 2025-12-19 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Committee Report Filed by the Housing Committee

  10. 2025-12-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Committee Mark-up of B26-0429 by the Housing Committee

  11. 2025-12-15 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Mark-up filed in the Office of Secretary

  12. 2025-12-11 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Mark-up filed in the Office of Secretary

  13. 2025-11-20 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Public Hearing on B26-0429

  14. 2025-11-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Public Hearing Published in the District of Columbia Register

  15. 2025-11-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Revised Notice of Public Hearing filed in the Office of Secretary by Housing

  16. 2025-10-31 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Public Hearing Published in the District of Columbia Register

  17. 2025-10-28 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Public Hearing filed in the Office of Secretary by Housing

  18. 2025-10-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0429 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  19. 2025-10-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Referred to Committee on Housing

  20. 2025-10-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0429 Introduced by Councilmember R. White at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A BILL
D.C. ACT 26-265
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
MARCH 2, 2026
To amend the Districtof Columbia Rental Housing Act of 1985 to clarifythatany rentalunit
tingintheLow-IncomeHousingTaxCreditprogramareexemptfromtheRentStabilizationProgram.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this.
actmaybecitedasthe“LIHTCRentStabilizationExemptionClarificationAmendmentActof
2026",
Sec.2,Section205(a)(1)oftheDistrictofColumbiaRentalHousingActof1985,effectiveJuly 17, 1985,(D.C. Law 6-10;D.C. OfficialCode § 42-3502.05(a)(1)),isamended by
strikingthephrase“asdefinedinsection206(1)(2)(A);”andinsertingthephrase“asdefinedinsection206(1)(2)(A),oranyrentalunitforwhichthehousingproviderreceivestaxcreditspursuanttotheLowIncomeHousing‘TaxCreditProgramasdefinedinsection2(5)oftheLow-Income Housing Tax CreditFund Actof 2004, effectiveApril8,2005, (D.C. Law 15-299;D.C.
OfficialCode§42-2853.01(5)):”initsplace.
Sec3.Applicability
ThisactshallapplyasofJuly17,1985.
Sec.4.Fiscalimpactstatement.
‘TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementinthecommitteereportasthefiscalimpact statementrequiredby section4aof the General LegislativeProceduresAct of 1975,
approved October 16,2006 (120 Stat.2038; D.C. OfficialCode § 1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate.
ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobythe

ENROLLED ORIGINAL
Mayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto)anda30-dayperiodofcongressionalreviewas provided insection602(c)(1)of the Districtof Columbia Home Rule Act,approved December
24,1973(87Stat.813;D.C.OfficialCode§1-206.02(c)(1)).
ABBfraChairman
Councilof theDistrictof Columbia
Mayor
Districtof Columbia
APPROVEDMARCH 2, 2026

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