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                          <h1 class="title" id="page-title">Housing groups: GOP tax plan could hurt hurricane rebuilding efforts</h1>
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      <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Housing groups in Texas and Florida are warning that the House GOP tax bill could hurt post-hurricane rebuilding efforts in the U.S., because the measure eliminates a critical infrastructure financing tool.</p><p>In a letter to House Speaker <span class="rollover-people" data-behavior="rolloverpeople"><a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="188074" href="http://thehill.com/people/paul-ryan">Paul Ryan</a><span class="rollover-people-block" id="rollover-people-188074"><span class="rollover-block"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_100/public/ryanpaul_111617gn_lead.jpg?itok=_a7697Wi" width="100" height="100" alt="" /><a class="name" href="http://thehill.com/people/paul-ryan">Paul  Davis Ryan</a><a class="people-articles" href="/homenews/senate/372658-mcconnell-whoever-gets-to-60-wins-on-immigration">McConnell: 'Whoever gets to 60 wins' on immigration</a> <a class="people-articles" href="/policy/defense/overnights/372659-overnight-defense-latest-on-spending-fight-house-passes-stopgap">Overnight Defense: Latest on spending fight - House passes stopgap with defense money while Senate nears two-year budget deal | Pentagon planning military parade for Trump | Afghan war will cost B in 2018</a> <a class="people-articles" href="/homenews/house/372643-house-passes-stopgap-spending-measure-with-defense-money">House passes stopgap spending measure with defense money</a> <a class="more" href="http://thehill.com/people/paul-ryan">MORE<span></span></a></span></span></span></span> (R-Wis.) on Monday, the organizations raised concern over a provision that would eliminate the deduction on tax-exempt private activity bonds (PABs), which are issued for private projects and have been used to finance a wide range of infrastructure projects around the country.</p><p>“This bill, as currently written, would make it significantly more difficult to repair and rebuild affordable housing in areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma,” the Florida Housing Coalition and the Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers wrote. “We strongly urge you to not hold a vote on the bill until this issue is fully addressed.”</p><p></p><div id="dfp-ad-mosad_1-wrapper" class="dfp-tag-wrapper wrapper"><div id="dfp-ad-mosad_1" class="dfp-tag-wrapper"><span>ADVERTISEMENT</span><script type="text/javascript">
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