Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-5290
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2016-05-19
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: 2016-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify low-income building units that provide housing for homeless students and veterans who are full-time students for the low-income housing tax credit. To qualify for the credit, the student must have been a homeless child or youth during any portion of the seven-year period prior to occupying the housing unit and the veteran must have been homeless for a similar five-year period. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5290 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2016 Mr. McDermott (for himself, Mr. Paulsen , Mr. Ellison , and Mr. Reichert ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 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 2015 . 2. Homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students qualified for purposes of the low income housing tax credit (a) In General Section 42(i)(3)(D)(i) 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 7-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.