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Lawmakers hear split testimony on bill to allow new single-family homes outside UGBs
Summary
House Bill 2400 would allow property owners to site an additional single-family or manufactured home on land outside urban growth boundaries under restrictions; supporters called it a rural family-stability measure, opponents warned it would erode farm and forest protections and increase sprawl.
The House Committee on Housing and Homelessness opened a public hearing on House Bill 2400 on Feb. 10. The bill would allow property owners to build an additional single-family home or a manufactured home on land outside urban growth boundaries, with restrictions in the dash‑1 amendment that prohibit construction on land zoned for exclusive farm use and require a minimum parcel size of 2.5 acres.
Representative Bobbie Levy, chief sponsor, said the bill is intended to give rural families flexibility to keep multigenerational households together and to site housing where infrastructure already exists. Levy said the measure “provides a much needed solution to…
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