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Committee members lay out economic development, housing and consumer-protection priorities for the session
Summary
Members of the Senate committee on Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs discussed tax policy, appeals thresholds, stormwater requirements, data privacy, clean-car mandates and housing programs as priorities for the 2025 legislative session.
Members of the Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee used a mid-January meeting to outline a broad set of priorities they said they plan to pursue this session, focusing on property-tax policy, development appeals, stormwater rules affecting homeowners, consumer data privacy and housing finance programs.
Senate committee members said reducing pressure from rising property taxes will be an overarching goal; speakers linked that work to education funding and to measures intended to encourage rather than discourage local growth. Committee members said they will reexamine the state’s appeals processes, which some described as a deterrent to new development because of cost and uncertainty tied to Act 250 appeals.
Committee members also flagged…
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