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Proposal to create rural housing development zones launches broad discussion on farmland protections and local flexibility
Summary
House Bill 3,928 would authorize counties to designate rural housing development zones for nonproductive, nonforested land with restrictions; the hearing drew support from counties, builders and the governor's housing office and raised questions about farmland protection and right-to-farm issues.
House Bill 3,928, which would authorize counties to designate land for rural housing development subject to restrictions, generated an extended public hearing focused on balancing housing supply with protection of farmland and ranchland.
Representative Vicki Breece Iverson opened the hearing by framing the bill as a tool to create housing opportunities outside urban growth boundaries in locations that are not productive farmland or forest land. She described the bill's framework as permitting up to 1-acre lots in designated rural housing zones, requiring that land not be productive farmland or…
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