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Senate bills 731 and 732 would require water pressure boosters and backup power in tax‑credit senior housing; industry and local officials testify
Summary
Senate Bills 731 and 732 would require water pressure booster systems and backup power for senior multifamily housing financed with low‑income housing tax credits; the committee heard testimony from city officials, fire chiefs and housing industry groups.
Senator Miles laid out two companion bills — SB 731 (water pressure booster systems) and SB 732 (backup power and temperature controls) — aimed at protecting residents of senior multifamily housing developments that receive low‑income housing tax credits.
Sponsor remarks said the bills respond to failures during recent storms and power outages in which seniors in higher‑rise developments lost water, electricity, elevator access and temperature control and in some cases were stranded on upper floors. SB 731 would require that senior developments receiving low‑income housing tax credits and…
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