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Committee refines 'community-based shelter' definition and seeks alignment with HOP standards and local zoning
Summary
Members working on H.91 directed staff to craft a specific definition of "community-based shelter" that other bills and municipal zoning can reference, discussed the content and location of HOP shelter standards, and decided extreme-weather shelters would not be expected to meet the same standards.
Committee members reviewing H.91 emphasized the need for a narrowly tailored definition of "community-based shelter" so other bills and municipal zoning ordinances can refer to the same standard.
Katie, staff member, explained that HOP (Housing Opportunities Program) standards include shelter standards as a chapter within a longer document and that other committees, including a House committee working on land use, want to…
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