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Lawmakers open discussion on using state land for affordable HomeStart homes
Summary
House Bill 2316 would create a HomeStart Lands program to identify state and locally designated lands for development of homes for first-time buyers; sponsors described the bill as the start of a broader conversation about publicly owned land for housing.
The committee opened a public hearing on House Bill 2316 on Feb. 10, a proposal to designate certain state and locally identified lands for development of affordable homeownership opportunities aimed at first-time buyers. Sponsors framed the bill as an initial framework to inventory publicly owned parcels and to speed housing development on land that may be underused.
Representative Kevin Mannix, the bill sponsor, said the measure is intended as “the opening round of a discussion” to make state…
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