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Bill to make state-owned land available for housing narrowed to urban growth boundaries amid mixed reaction
Summary
Rep. Kevin Mannix’s HB 2316 was revised (dash-2) to limit a proposed Home Start Lands program to lands inside urban growth boundaries, broaden permissible housing types and include local overlays; Governor Tina Kotek supported the change while conservation groups and local advocates urged clarifications on nominations, appeals and tax treatments.
Representative Kevin Mannix opened the committee’s public hearing on House Bill 2316 on March 26 and described a series of revisions that narrow and expand the bill’s scope. The dash-2 amendment restricts designation to lands within urban growth boundaries (UGBs) while expanding allowed housing types beyond single-family homes to include duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, townhomes and other middle-housing types. The bill also allows developers to propose combining multiple state parcels for housing projects under Department of Administrative Services (DAS) review.
Mannix said the bill would identify state-owned lands not needed for essential government functions and make them available for housing. “This will make state land available for housing that is not being used for other necessary purposes of state government,” he told the committee.
Gov. Tina Kotek testified in support of the…
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