B 26-0453 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Avanti Real Estate Services, LLC Real Property Tax Relief Emergency Act of 2025

This emergency bill authorizes the District's Chief Financial Officer to forgive up to $377,000 in real property taxes and related charges for a specific property at 3421 14th Street, N.W. (Lot 123, Square 2836), owned by Avanti Real Estate Services, LLC. The tax relief is conditional on the property being actively used for real estate services focused on creating generational wealth through homeownership, employing District residents, and providing industry training. The bill also cancels any pending tax sales for the forgiven debt and expires after 90 days.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Sub-Topics: Homeownership Property Taxes

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

Council Passage

Nov 2025

Signed into Law

Dec 2025

Introduced Nov 3, 2025 Signed Dec 3, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduction → Enrollment · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was enrolled and approved, becoming the 'Avanti Real Estate Services, LLC Real Property Tax Relief Emergency Act of 2025'. The text was reformatted from a draft version to an enrolled version, with minor corrections to dates and formatting. The substantive content remains the same, authorizing emergency tax relief for a specific property.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a draft introduction version to an enrolled version, with changes in layout and formatting conventions.

Minor date correction: The enactment date of the Budget Support Emergency Act was changed from 'September 3, 2025' to 'September 4, 2025'.

Added signature lines for the Council Chairman and Mayor, along with page numbering and enrollment markings.

REQUIREMENT

Added subsection (b) requiring cancellation of tax sales for the forgiven delinquencies, though this content appears to have been moved from a different location in the original draft.

Floor votes · Council Nov 4, 2025

How they voted

13–0

Passed

Total votes 13

Nov 4, 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

Nov 4, 2025

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (13-0)

council

Nov 3, 2025

Introduced

B26-0453 Introduced by Councilmember Nadeau at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors