Increase the capital-gains exclusion for home sales

Liccardo calls for passing a bill to double the capital-gains exclusion for home sales, which is currently $250,000 per individual and $500,000 per couple. He also says Congress should consider indexing the exclusion for inflation and making the increase retroactive. He proposes offsetting the cost by reducing the capital-gains exclusion for assets passed to heirs, with the goal of encouraging more home sales and expanding the supply of homes for buyers.

Context: The source identifies Jimmy Panetta’s bill as the proposal to double the exclusion; indexing and retroactivity are ideas Liccardo says Congress should consider. The source does not provide a cost estimate for the bill.

In their own words

We need to pass that bill to expand the inventory of older homes.

The source

Housing Affordability — samliccardo.com

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Retrieved: 11/12/2026