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Homes for All initiative seeks staff and pre‑permitted designs to spur small‑scale infill housing
Summary
Department officials described the Homes for All initiative and asked the committee to support extending limited‑service positions to deliver pre‑permitted 'vernacular' small‑multi designs, technical assistance cohorts, and other supports for rural and small‑town housing development.
Chris Cochran, director of Community Planning and Revitalization at the Department of Housing and Community Development, told the House Committee on General and Housing that Homes for All aims to expand small‑scale infill housing by creating construction‑ready, pre‑permitted designs and a technical‑assistance cohort to help local builders and would‑be developers.
Cochran said his division has run pilot engagement with five communities to identify building types that would be accepted locally and that the program’s focus is smaller multi‑unit buildings — generally four units…
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