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Appropriations trims and keeps: land bank at $7.5M, mixed funding across housing programs
Summary
The Appropriations Committee stripped appropriations from H.479 so funding will move into the budget; committee staff summarized winners and losers in the net funding picture, including a $7.5 million land bank appropriation and partial funding for manufactured‑housing and rental programs.
Appropriations staff presented the committee with a line‑by‑line summary of what the committee kept and what it removed from H.479 when it substituted its amendment for the Ways and Means report.
James Duffy, committee staff, provided a staff chart showing how the Appropriations recommendation changed the bill’s funding. Appropriations removed many of the bill’s direct appropriations and planned to consolidate them into the statewide budget. That substitution keeps some major line items while trimming or removing others.
Major items noted by staff and committee members: -…
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