B 26-0376 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

This bill clarifies that rental units participating in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program are exempt from the District of Columbia's Rent Stabilization Program. It amends the Rental Housing Act to explicitly include LIHTC units in the exemption, removing ambiguity about their status. This directly affects landlords who receive LIHTC tax credits, ensuring these units are not subject to rent stabilization rules. The change is retroactive to the existing law but takes effect immediately as an emergency measure, remaining valid for 90 days.

Issues: ✗ Housing

Sub-Topics: Renters Affordable Housing

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Oct 2025

Committee Review

Council Passage

Oct 2025

Signed into Law

Oct 2025

Introduced Oct 2, 2025 Signed Oct 23, 2025

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MINOR

This bill clarifies that rental units participating in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program are exempt from the District's Rent Stabilization Program. The amendment expands the exemption language to explicitly include LIHTC properties alongside previously exempt units, ensuring these affordable housing developments are not subject to rent control regulations. This change provides legal certainty for developers and property managers operating LIHTC projects in the District.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly include LIHTC-participating rental units in the exemption from rent stabilization, whereas the original language was less clear about whether these properties were covered by the exemption.

ELIGIBILITY

Amended Section 205(a)(1) of the Rental Housing Act to add explicit language stating that rental units receiving tax credits under the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program are exempt from rent stabilization requirements.

DEFINITION

Added reference to section 2(5) of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Fund Act of 2004 to define which properties qualify for the LIHTC exemption.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and line break adjustments throughout the document to improve readability and standardize the legislative text format.

Floor votes · Council Oct 7, 2025

How they voted

13–0

Passed

Total votes 13

Oct 7, 2025

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Oct 7, 2025

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (13-0)

council

Oct 2, 2025

Introduced

B26-0376 Introduced by Councilmember R. White at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors