HOPE for Homeownership Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced
Summary
Taxes large pooled funds that buy and hold single-family homes. This creates a new Chapter 50B tax regime that imposes excise levies on purchases and excess ownership and removes key tax breaks for liable owners.
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- A purchase excise tax applies to newly acquired 1-to-4 unit residences equal to the greater of 15% of the purchase price or $10,000.
- An annual excess-ownership tax charges $5,000 for each single-family residence owned above a taxpayer's maximum permissible units in a taxable year.
- The rules target pooled-fund managers and similar entities. A "hedge fund taxpayer" includes those with $50 million or more in assets under management, and owners liable under Chapter 50B cannot claim mortgage interest deductions or depreciation for covered single-family properties. The law also phases tighter ownership caps over time, reducing how many homes these entities may retain.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
New taxes on big home investors
This bill would add new taxes for hedge funds and similar covered investors that buy or hold single-family homes. For each newly acquired home, a hedge fund taxpayer would pay the higher of 15% of the purchase price or $10,000. Each year, owners that hold more homes than their allowed limit would owe $5,000 for every extra home. The allowed limit shrinks over time: for hedge funds it drops from 90% in the first full year to 0% after nine years; for other covered investors it settles at 50 after nine years. In years a covered owner owes this tax, they could not deduct depreciation or mortgage interest on those homes.
Which investors and homes are covered
The bill would define who is covered and which homes count. Covered investors are partnerships, corporations, or REITs that manage pooled investor money as a fiduciary; charities and builders that mainly build or rehab homes for sale are excluded. A hedge fund taxpayer would be any covered investor with $50 million or more in assets under management at any time that year. Homes that count are 1-to-4 unit residences, with exceptions: most unoccupied foreclosures, an owner's own principal residence that is not rented, and many low-income housing credit properties (unless owned by a hedge fund). Related companies would be combined, majority ownership would count as owning, and certain sales to businesses or buyers who already own a home would be treated as disqualified.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
WA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Latimer
NY • D
Sponsored 3/31/2025
Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
FL • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
OR • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/12/2025
Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 1/16/2026
Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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