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Committee adopts amendment to HF2013 to limit municipal aesthetic mandates; bill referred to government operations
Summary
The House Committee on Housing Finance and Policy approved an amendment to House File 20‑13 limiting local aesthetic mandates on small residential developments and referred the bill to the Government Operations and Elections Committee after testimony from builders and municipal representatives.
The House Committee on Housing Finance and Policy voted to adopt the DE3 amendment to House File 20‑13 and referred the bill, as amended, to the Government Operations and Elections Committee.
Representative Paul Nash, the bill author, told the committee the measure would curb local “aesthetic mandate” requirements — such as mandated brick, stone façades, specific siding, extra garages or mandated trees — that he said raise costs without improving structural safety. Nash said Minnesota is undersupplied by “106,000 unit[s]” and argued the bill would help produce more lower‑cost “starter homes.”
Mark Foster, vice…
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