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Board members praise modular housing hearing, ask staff for follow-up report and recommendations
Summary
After an informational hearing on modular housing and factory-built construction, board members thanked the presenters, discussed insurance and financing barriers, and directed staff to prepare a report and a list of recommendations for a future meeting; Vice Chair Lieber and Member Vasquez also discussed a planned factory visit.
Board members on the California State Board of Equalization on July 23 thanked speakers at an informational hearing on modular housing and asked staff to prepare a report and a recommendations list to present at the board's next meeting.
The hearing focused on modular housing's potential to address wildfire risk and long‑standing affordability problems. Member Vasquez, who organized the hearing, said he would keep in touch with the presenters and that the board office would produce a report on the testimony for the next meeting. "I plan to keep in touch with each of the speakers about these issues, and we will prepare a…
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