Restoring the American Homebuyers Dream Act
HB8920, titled the “Restoring the American Homebuyers Dream Act,” would amend section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose certain Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) information to the Department of Homeland Security upon written request for immigration-enforcement purposes. The bill authorizes disclosure of an ITIN holder’s name, address, filing status, ITIN, and certain dependent or spouse information, along with other identifying information the Treasury Secretary deems necessary to verify identity or immigration status.
The bill’s stated findings link illegal immigration to housing-market pressures and argue that ITINs have been used to obtain housing loans, thereby competing with American families for housing. It would apply only to disclosures made after enactment and would limit DHS’s use of the information to immigration-law enforcement, while extending taxpayer-information safeguards and penalties to the disclosed data.
If enacted, HB8920 would expand the federal government’s information-sharing authority by creating a new exception to tax return confidentiality rules for ITIN-related data. It would affect the Internal Revenue Code’s privacy protections under section 6103 and give DHS access to specific taxpayer information for immigration enforcement. The practical impact would be on ITIN holders, including some noncitizen taxpayers and their family members, as well as on Treasury and DHS administrative procedures for handling and protecting the disclosed information.
The bill’s framing and findings indicate strong support among its sponsors for stricter immigration enforcement and a belief that the measure would help relieve pressure on the housing market. Because there are no committee transcripts or recorded votes in the provided material, there is no documented legislative debate or bipartisan sentiment to assess. Based on the text alone, the measure appears politically charged and aligned with immigration-enforcement priorities rather than a consensus tax-policy change.
The main point of contention is likely the balance between immigration enforcement and taxpayer privacy. Supporters would view the bill as a tool to identify and remove people they believe are unlawfully present and affecting housing markets, while opponents would likely argue that it weakens long-standing confidentiality protections for tax information and could deter tax compliance by ITIN filers. Another likely dispute is the bill’s premise that illegal immigration is a primary driver of housing-cost increases, which is asserted in the findings but not substantiated in the bill text.