DASH Act
Latest action · Mar 7, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 7, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for all Act or the DASH Act
This bill provides grants, loans, tax credits, and other assistance to promote the building, maintenance, and affordability of housing.
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to (1) provide housing vouchers to individuals and families experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness, (2) provide grants for the modular construction of affordable housing, (3) propose a new formula for distribution of Housing Trust Fund amounts, and (4) encourage zoning and community planning methods that promote multi-family housing. The bill also makes permanent certain homeless assistance programs.
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must provide additional grants and loans to construct or preserve affordable housing for farm laborers and may provide rural housing vouchers for low-income households residing in certain properties financed with a loan made or insured by USDA. The bill also provides statutory authority for a program to preserve and revitalize USDA-backed housing projects, including by restructuring existing housing loans.
The bill expands the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), including by increasing the credit for projects serving extremely low-income households. Further, the bill creates a refundable tax credit for participating owners of rental buildings who lower rents for their low-income tenants. The bill also creates a tax credit similar to the LIHTC for the development of housing for middle-income households and provides a tax credit of up to $15,000 for first-time homebuyers.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Mar 7, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-403 | TAX POLICY'S ROLE IN INCREASING AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPLY FOR WORKING FAMILIES165 pages | Finance Committee | Mar 7, 2023 |
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48743 | Housing Issues in the 119th Congress | Report | Sep 25, 2026 |
| RS22389 | An Introduction to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit | Report | Jul 11, 2025 |
| R47628 | Housing Issues in the 118th Congress | Report | Jan 13, 2025 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 657 | Neighborhood Homes Investment Act | Related bill | Apr 16, 2024 |
| HR 6970 | DASH Act | Identical bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide rental vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- DASH Act
- Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Building construction
- Business investment and capital
- Capital gains tax
- Economic development
- Economic performance and conditions
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Housing supply and affordability
- Income tax credits
- Indian social and development programs
- Inflation and prices
- Landlord and tenant
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Public housing
- Real estate business
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Securities
- Small business
- State and local government operations
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2023Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
