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Committee agrees grants must target municipally owned or long‑term leased infrastructure; requires grant agreement before release
Summary
Conference negotiators and housing staff debated eligibility language May 8 and agreed to condition capital grant dollars on municipal ownership or long-term municipal lease (minimum 30 years) and on a grant agreement being in place before state funds are released.
On May 8, the Senate Institutions with the House Institutions Conference Committee and staff from the Department of Housing and Community Development discussed and agreed on eligibility language for several community infrastructure grants tied to housing projects.
Alex, a staff member from the Department of Housing and Community Development, told the committee that state funds for the three projects under discussion would be paid to the municipality, with the municipality entering into a grant agreement with the developer or nonprofit to ensure infrastructure — for example, geothermal wells or pump-house work — is completed. The department said towns would receive the state grant and then subgrant as necessary to nonprofit…
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