Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2723
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2014-07-31
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education

Homelessness and emergency shelter

Income tax credits

Low- and moderate-income housing

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-31
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify low-income building units that provide housing for&nbsp;full-time students who were homeless youth or homeless veterans&nbsp;during a five-year period prior to occupying a low-income housing unit&nbsp;for the low-income housing tax credit.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2723 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 31, 2014 Mr. Franken (for himself, Mr. Portman , Mrs. Murray , and Ms. Collins ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students for purposes of the low income housing tax credit.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2014 . 2. Homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students qualified for purposes of the low income housing tax credit (a) In General Clause (i) of section 42(i)(3)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subclauses (II) and (III) as subclauses (IV) and (V), respectively, and by inserting after subclause (I) the following new subclauses: (II) a full-time student who, during any portion of the 5-year period ending with the commencement of such individual's continuous occupation of any low-income unit or units, was an individual described in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11434a ), (III) a full-time student who, during any portion of the 5-year period ending with the commencement of such individual's continuous occupation of any low-income unit or units, was an individual described in section 2002(1) of title 38, United States Code, . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to determinations made before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.