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Committee advances comprehensive housing bill despite objections over local control and community-investment provisions
Summary
House Bill 7112, an ambitious housing package with zoning and community-investment provisions, was advanced to the floor. Several members warned it would undermine municipal discretion and criticized new designated uses for the community investment fund.
The Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee advanced Substitute for House Bill 7112 — a wide-ranging housing proposal — to the floor after an extended debate on municipal zoning authority, sewer capacity and community-investment funding.
Senator Fazio said he would oppose the bill as written because it would limit municipal discretion by prohibiting certain minimum-lot-size requirements and could require localities to…
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