S. 1557 · 118th Congress

Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023

Introduced on May 11, 2023 by Maria Cantwell (D-WA). 34 cosponsors, 17 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 16, 2024): Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development. Hearings held.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 11, 2023
Cosponsors
34
17 from the other party
Policy area
Taxation
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Assault and harassment offenses
  • Business investment and capital
  • Census and government statistics
  • Crime victims
  • Disability and paralysis
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Higher education
  • Housing and community development funding
  • Housing supply and affordability
  • Human trafficking
  • Income tax credits
  • Income tax deductions
  • Income tax exclusion
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Inflation and prices
  • Landlord and tenant
  • Lighting, heating, cooling
  • Low- and moderate-income housing
  • Marriage and family status
  • Residential rehabilitation and home repair
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Securities
  • Sex offenses
  • State and local finance
  • State and local government operations
  • Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Maria CantwellD-WASponsor

Democrats · 16

Independents · 1

Republicans · 17

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. May 11, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. May 11, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  3. Mar 12, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
  4. Apr 16, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development. Hearings held.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. The American Institute of Architects10 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  2. Housing Advisory Group8 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  3. AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX CREDIT COALITION7 reports
    $590K reported (all issues)
  4. Bipartisan Policy Center Action6 reports
  5. NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL6 reports
    $12.6M reported (all issues)
  6. THE REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLE6 reports
    $7.3M reported (all issues)
  7. COOK GROUP INC5 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)
  8. Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. .5 reports
    $524K reported (all issues)
  9. MIDWEST HOUSING EQUITY GROUP, INC.5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  10. MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $3.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION$125K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (NAHMA)5 reports
    $520K reported (all issues)
  12. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS5 reports
    $4.1M reported (all issues)
  13. NATIONAL LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL DEALERS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  14. TRINITY HEALTH5 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: TRINITY HEALTH$226.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 95%
  15. Up for Growth Action, Inc.5 reports
    $650K reported (all issues)
  16. Window and Door Manufacturers Association5 reports
    $176K reported (all issues)
  17. National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders (NAAHL)4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  18. California Council for Affordable Housing3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  19. INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIBLE HOUSING PRESERVATION3 reports
    $22.5K reported (all issues)
  20. Lincoln Avenue Capital3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  21. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS3 reports
  22. The Winn Companies3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  23. The Wishcamper Companies3 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  24. Walker & Dunlop, Inc.3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  25. AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  26. ANDERSEN CORPORATION2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  27. CohnReznick LLP2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COHNREZNICK LLP$7.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  28. Inland Group2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  29. LIHC Investment corp2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  30. The Housing Partnership Network, Inc.2 reports
  31. The NRP Group2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  32. The Pacific Companies2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  33. Wendover Housing Partners2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  34. AARP1 report
    $5.6M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.