House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
INCREASE Housing Affordability Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for the conversion of commercial buildings to residential units, to provide support and technical assistance to State and local housing agencies to identify and advance housing conversion opportunities for underutilized commercial buildings, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mikie Sherrill D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Mar 5, 2026 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORHSIP - Mr. Magaziner asked unanimous consent that he may be hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 537, a bill originally introduced by Representative Sherrill, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 537.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHERRILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H223):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States of AmericaSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 87 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 537, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mikie Sherrill.
- H.R. 1742 (119th) Access to Reproductive Care for Servicemembers Act
- H.R. 5658 (119th) Child Care for Every Community Act
- H.R. 2081 (119th) Donut Dollies Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 1435 (119th) Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 896 (119th) Expanding Access to High-Impact Tutoring Act of 2025
- H.R. 1272 (119th) Secure Storage Information Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 10, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.