Minnesota HF5158: Local affordable housing aid; eligible uses of aid expanded, and deadline to spend aid on certain eligible uses modified.

What the bill says

A bill for an act relating to taxation; local affordable housing aid; expanding eligible uses of aid; modifying the deadline to spend aid on certain eligible uses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477A.35, subdivisions 4, 6; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 477A.35, subdivision 5.

From the introduced text, May 16, 2026:

A bill for an act relating to taxation; local affordable housing aid; expanding eligible uses of aid; modifying the deadline to spend aid on certain eligible uses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477A.35, subdivisions 4, 6; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 477A.35, subdivision 5. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477A.35, subdivision 4, is amended to read: Subd. 4. Qualifying projects. (a) Qualifying projects include: (1) emergency rental assistance for households earning less than 80 percent of area median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; (2) financial support to nonprofit affordable housing providers in their mission to provide safe, dignified, affordable and supportive housing; (3) projects designed for the purpose of construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, demolition or removal of existing structures, construction financing, permanent financing, interest rate reduction, refinancing, and gap financing of housing to provide affordable housing to households that have incomes which do not exceed, for homeownership projects, percent of the greater of state or area median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for rental housing projects, percent of the greater of state or area median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, except that the housing developed or rehabilitated with deleted text begin fundsdeleted text end new …

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Sponsors

• Jeff Witte (R) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. May 17, 2026: Introduction and first reading, referred to Taxes

Common questions

What is HF5158?

HF5158 is a bill in the Minnesota Legislature (94th Legislature 2025-2026): Local affordable housing aid; eligible uses of aid expanded, and deadline to spend aid on certain eligible uses modified.

What does HF5158 do?

In its own words: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local affordable housing aid; expanding eligible uses of aid; modifying the deadline to spend aid on certain eligible uses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477A.35, subdivisions 4, 6; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 477A.35, subdivision 5.

What is the status of HF5158?

In committee as of May 17, 2026. Latest action: Introduction and first reading, referred to Taxes (May 17, 2026).

Who sponsored HF5158?

Jeff Witte (R).

Where is the official record for HF5158?

On the Minnesota Legislature website: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?f=HF5158&y=2025&ssn=0&b=house