Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2013
Latest action · Mar 15, 2013 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 15, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for mortgage interest, to: (1) allow, in lieu of such deduction, a tax credit for 15% of mortgage interest paid in a taxable year for the taxpayer's principal residence and one other residence; (2) provide for a phaseout of the tax deduction for mortgage interest between 2014 and 2018; (3) allow a deduction for interest and taxes relating to land for dwelling purposes owned or leased by cooperative housing corporations; and (4) increase the state housing credit ceiling for the low-income housing tax credit.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to apply the savings from the enactment of this Act to the Housing Trust Fund, for assistance under the Section 8 low-income housing program, and for the Public Housing Capital Fund.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2013 to Dec 4, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Mar 15, 2013 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Apr 12, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 12, 2013 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 24, 2013 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 26, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | May 7, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | May 14, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 20, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jun 18, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 28, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Sep 17, 2013 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Jan 9, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jan 28, 2014 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | May 6, 2014 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 15, 2013Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Cooperative and condominium housing
- Government trust funds
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Housing supply and affordability
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Inflation and prices
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Public housing
- State and local taxation
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2013Introduced in House
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