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Senate trims housing grant proposal; $5 million set for slum‑and‑blight remediation in small towns
Summary
Conference committee reduced a proposed $50 million housing infrastructure grant program to a $5 million appropriation to an existing slum‑and‑blight remediation program for communities under 4,500, with a 1‑to‑1 local match; the bill passed with an emergency clause.
A Senate conference committee on Senate Bill 2225 narrowed a proposed new housing infrastructure grant program and approved a $5 million appropriation to an existing community property improvement program focused on slum‑and‑blight remediation for towns with fewer than 4,500 residents.
Senator Sickler, the conference committee chair, said the original bill…
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