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Introduced March 5, 2026 by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick · Last progress March 5, 2026
The bill extends and clarifies QOF tax incentives to spur long-term investment and adds tenant protections and affordable-unit requirements, but does so at the cost of reduced near-term federal revenue and increased compliance burdens that could weaken some developers' financial incentives and slow housing production.
Taxpayers and investors: Capital-gains investors can defer and access Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF) tax benefits through 2036, extending incentives that encourage investment and local redevelopment.
Renters with low incomes: Projects that meet the 30% occupancy test must provide targeted affordable units for residents at or below 100% of AMI, increasing availability of deeply affordable housing for low-income renters.
Renters: A 3% cap on annual rent increases plus a 60-day notice requirement gives tenants greater rent predictability and short-term housing stability.
Taxpayers/national budget: Extending QOF tax-preference windows will likely reduce near-term federal revenue and increase budgetary pressures.
Investors and developers: Stricter occupancy requirements and rent caps make some QOF residential projects less financially attractive, reducing investor interest and potentially limiting capital flowing into certain zones.
Renters/homebuyers/housing market: Rent caps and income-based occupancy rules could reduce the supply of market-rate units and complicate financing for mixed-income projects, potentially slowing overall housing production.
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Extends opportunity-zone tax deadlines to 2036, adjusts basis rules, and imposes occupancy/income tests, a 3% rent cap, and 60-day notice for qualifying residential projects.
Extends the tax-timing rules for Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF) investments and adds new rules for when residential rental projects qualify for opportunity-zone tax benefits. Key changes include moving the zone designation deadline from the 10th to the 20th calendar year, lengthening the tax election deadline to December 31, 2036, creating separate inclusion deadlines for investments made before and after enactment, changing basis increase rules, and imposing occupancy, income-targeting, rent-increase caps, and notice requirements on qualifying residential rental property. Most changes take effect on enactment.