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Committee weighs inclusionary requirements, definitions of low/moderate income and enforceability
Summary
Members discussed whether to require a 20% inclusionary affordability share, how to define low and moderate income, the duration of affordability obligations, and difficulties enforcing long-term affordability absent funded partners.
House General and Housing members on May 1 debated how the housing infrastructure bill should advance affordability goals — whether through a numeric inclusionary requirement, a purpose clause, or defined income thresholds and duration requirements.
Members recapped testimony urging a 20% inclusionary requirement and 15-year affordability term; Commerce’s draft instead embedded affordability in the bill’s purpose clause and referred back to that purpose in…
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