B26-0429 • 2025

LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification 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: 2026-05-01
Official status: Official Law
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms the law is effective following approval and a congressional review period, with applicability dating back to July 17, 1985.

LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification Amendment Act of 2026

This law clarifies that rental units receiving Low-Income Housing Tax Credits are exempt from the District's rent stabilization rules.

What This Bill Does

Amends Section 205(a)(1) of the District of Columbia Rental Housing Act of 1985.
Removes old language defining exemptions and adds text to explicitly include rental units where providers receive Low-Income Housing Tax Credits as exempt from rent stabilization.

Who It Names or Affects

Housing providers who receive tax credits under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program.
Tenants living in rental units that participate in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program.

Limits and Unknowns

The law applies retroactively to July 17, 1985, but does not explain how this affects past rent increases or disputes.
The text defines the exemption based on current receipt of tax credits but does not specify what happens if a building stops receiving them.

Bill History

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
2026-03-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Act A26-0265 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 003130
2026-03-05 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Transmitted to Congress
2026-03-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Returned from Mayor
2026-03-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0265
2026-02-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Mar 03, 2026
2026-02-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Legislative Meeting
2026-01-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Legislative Meeting
2025-12-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Committee Mark-up of B26-0429 by the Housing Committee
2025-11-20 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Public Hearing on B26-0429
2025-11-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Notice of Public Hearing Published in the District of Columbia Register
2025-11-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Revised Notice of Public Hearing filed in the Office of Secretary by Housing
2025-10-31 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Notice of Public Hearing Published in the District of Columbia Register
2025-10-28 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Notice of Public Hearing filed in the Office of Secretary by Housing
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
2025-10-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Referred to Committee on Housing
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

Read the full stored bill text

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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