Expand federal tax credits, low-interest loans, and density bonuses while eliminating parking requirements for developers who build new affordable housing.

Seth Moulton · Massachusetts · Democratic

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Occurrences

Incentivize Private Development of Affordable Units: Expand federal tax credits, low-interest loans, and density bonuses while eliminating parking requirements for developers who build new affordable housing, especially for first-time buyers and middle-class families.

Moulton commits to using federal financing and zoning incentives to spur affordable housing construction.

Everyone Deserves Affordable Housing | Seth Moulton for Massachusetts
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Evidence

The enacted law includes Sec. 70422, permanent enhancement of the low-income housing tax credit, including a permanent state housing credit ceiling increase beginning after December 31, 2025, and a tax-exempt bond financing threshold lowered to 25 percent.

A federal LIHTC expansion was enacted after Moulton's 2019 presidential campaign, satisfying only the tax-credit portion of the housing promise.

partial later_term

Public Law 119-21, H.R. 1, 119th Congress
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Final House passage of H.R. 1 was 218-214; Moulton, Democratic, Massachusetts, voted No.

The later enacted LIHTC expansion was not advanced by Moulton in the final House vote; he opposed the broader reconciliation bill that contained it.

partial later_term

Roll Call 190 | Bill Number: H. R. 1
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H.R. 7024 contained Title V, More Affordable Housing: state housing credit ceiling increase for low-income housing credit and tax-exempt bond financing requirement changes.

Moulton had a concrete opportunity to advance an LIHTC expansion through H.R. 7024, which addressed one component of the promise but not parking requirements, density bonuses, or low-interest loans.

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Congress.gov Text, H.R. 7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
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H.R. 7024 passed the House 357-70; Moulton, Democratic, Massachusetts, voted Yea.

Moulton voted to pass a bill containing LIHTC expansion provisions, showing concrete effort on the federal tax-credit part of the promise, though the bill did not become law.

never later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, Roll Call 30, H.R. 7024, 118th Congress
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 7024's latest action as Senate cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked, and its status as Passed House.

The 2024 LIHTC expansion effort stalled in the Senate, so it did not fulfill the promise at that time despite Moulton's House vote.

never later_term A for effort

Congress.gov Actions, H.R. 7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
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The caucus member list includes Seth Moulton, and its legislation section lists People Over Parking Act, Yes in My Backyard Act, and Build More Housing Near Transit Act as proposed but not enacted.

Moulton is associated with a congressional pro-housing-supply caucus, but the cited parking and zoning-related federal bills remained proposals, so this does not show delivery of density bonuses or elimination of parking requirements.

never later_term A for effort

Congressional YIMBY Caucus
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Assessments

partial later_term

Only one component of the promise was enacted: a later federal LIHTC expansion in Public Law 119-21. The broader promise also covered low-interest loans, density bonuses, and elimination of parking requirements for affordable-housing developers, and the evidence does not show those components becoming federal policy. Candidate credit is limited because Moulton voted for an earlier House-passed LIHTC expansion that failed in the Senate, but he voted against the later enacted bill containing the tax-credit expansion. The enacted result therefore supports partial delivery after the campaign, not full fulfillment.

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