A retiree staying in a house they might prefer to sell is running up against incentives Congress wrote in 1997 and never adjusted for inflation.
@AWJustus has a roadmap for fixing this.
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To help growing families find affordable housing, fix the parts of the tax code that keep family-...
By changing the tax rules on capital gains from the sale of primary homes and homes passed down to heirs, Congress can help pry open the single-family housing market.
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