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Administration proposes extending interim exemptions to 2035, easing Tier 1A requirements and switching Tier 1B to opt‑out mapping
Summary
Alex Farrell, commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development, told a Jan. 30 joint committee hearing that draft omnibus housing legislation would extend interim exemptions, relax some Tier 1A requirements and change Tier 1B mapping to an automatic, opt‑out model while preserving options for priority housing projects.
Alex Farrell, Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development, told the Jan. 30 joint hearing that the governor's omnibus housing bill would make several substantive changes to Act 181 implementation, interim exemptions and tier mapping to make Tier 1A more attainable and to smooth the transition to permanent mapping.
The bill would extend interim exemptions through 2035 to avoid a gap between interim exemption boundaries and the rollout of Tier 1A/1B mapping, though administration lawyers and committee members said the bill can be drafted either to keep interim exemptions concurrent until permanent maps are adopted or to extinguish interim exemptions…
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