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Senate approves housing-affordability changes, clarifies land-use compliance for local governments
Summary
Senators passed Second Substitute Senate Bill 262 to expand permitted uses of housing incentive funds and require counties to comply with the law as enacted, eliminating local vesting interpretations in some cases.
Second Substitute Senate Bill 262, described by its sponsor as a compromise after stakeholder negotiations, passed the Senate with recorded floor debate that centered on how the bill affects pending land-use applications and local implementation of state law.
Sponsor Senator Fillmore said the bill expands allowable uses for home-ownership prioritization funds to include certain infrastructure and clarifies that counties and cities must comply with state law as enacted, rather than applying earlier versions of…
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