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Legislative research staff summarize interim reports on housing, foreign trade and regulatory sandboxes
Summary
Kansas Legislative Research Department staff reviewed two 2024 interim special-committee reports — on forwarding housing and on foreign trade and regulatory sandboxes — and highlighted recommendations for housing incentives, foreign-trade outreach and a statutory regulatory-sandbox framework.
Mike Ditch, of the Kansas Legislative Research Department, briefed the joint House and Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development on two interim special-committee reports from 2024: the Forwarding Housing special committee and the Foreign Trade and Regulatory Sandbox special committee.
The Forwarding Housing report emphasized homeownership opportunities for houses priced under $200,000, affordable rental availability and the connection between housing availability and workforce and economic development. The report called for further study of how housing incentives and tax credits…
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