,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #faff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bf1      
#bjaf,mr4 ,young of ,indiana introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means   
,a ,,bill  ,to provide an additional    
allocation of low-income housing tax    
credits in response to the ,superfund   
site related condemnation of low-income 
housing in ,indiana4  #a4 ,short title2 
findings  7a7 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,emergency ,east    
,chicago ,housing ,relief ,act of #bjaf4
  7b7 ,findings ,congress finds the     
following3  7#a7 ,in #aigb1 the ,west   
,calumet ,housing ,complex of ,east     
,chicago1 ,indiana1 was established on  
the site of a former white lead smelting
 facility4  7#b7 ,on ,february #g1      
#aiib1 the ,environmental ,protection   
,agency 7hereafter referred to as the   
,,epa7 proposed a #gi acre tract of land
 comprising the former lead refinery    
operation for listing on the ,national  

,priorities ,list4  7#c7 ,on ,november  
#ah1 #aiic1 the ,,epa issued an         
administrative order to manage the      
former lead refinery site under the     
,resource ,conservation  ,recovery ,act4
  7#d7 ,by ,june #bjjd1 the ,,epa had   
begun managing the former lead refinery 
site under the ,comprehensive           
,environmental ,response1 ,compensation1
 and ,liability ,act1 commonly known as 
,superfund4  7#e7 ,in #bjab1 the ,,epa  
presented a negotiated decision to      
remediate the ,west ,calumet ,housing   
,complex and remove the lead            
contaminated soil4 ,a comprehensive     
testing process was initiated to detail 
the extent of the contamination in the  
area4  7#f7 ,in ,april #bjaf1 final     
review of the soil tests revealed higher
 than expected levels of lead in the    
land1 including two significant lead hot
 spots1 and the ,,epa began a public    
messaging campaign to alert ,west       
,calumet ,housing ,complex residents of 
the health risks4  7#g7 ,following this 

public notification1 approximately      
#a1ajj residents were informed that the 
,west ,calumet ,housing ,complex would  
close rather than proceed with          
remediation and that the residents would
 need to find new homes4  7#h7 ,east    
,chicago1 ,indiana1 currently lacks the 
capacity to accommodate the relocation  
of the ,west ,calumet ,housing ,complex 
residents1 forcing the residents to look
 far from their current homes for new   
housing4  #b4 ,additional housing credit
 dollar amount in connection with       
,superfund site related condemnation of 
low-income housing in ,indiana  7a7 ,in 
general ,for purposes of section #db of 
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf1  
in the case of calendar years #bjag and 
#bjah1 the ,state housing credit ceiling
 of ,indiana shall be increased by the  
lesser of--  7#a7 the aggregate housing 
credit dollar amount allocated for such 
calendar year by the ,state housing     
credit agency of ,indiana to buildings  
located in ,lake ,county1 ,indiana1 or  

7#b7 the additional allocation amount4  
7b7 ,additional allocation amount ,for  
purposes of subsection 7a71 the         
additional allocation amount means #ah  
multiplied by the population of ,lake   
,county1 ,indiana 7as determined on the 
basis of the most recent census estimate
 of resident population released by the 
,bureau of the ,census before ,july #ca1
 #bjaf74  7c7 ,dollar limitation ,to    
apply in the aggregate to #bjag and     
#bjah ,in the case of calendar year     
#bjah1 the additional allocation amount 
taken into account under subsection     
7a77#b7 shall be reduced by the amount  
of the increase in the ,state housing   
credit ceiling determined under         
subsection 7a7 for calendar year #bjag4