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Committee hears push to expand Greater Minnesota housing infrastructure fund
Summary
Lawmakers and local leaders urged additional funding for the Greater Minnesota Housing Infrastructure Grant Program (House File 1143), saying infrastructure costs block housing development in many rural communities. Committee laid the bill over for possible omnibus inclusion.
Representative Lehi Howard presented House File 1143 to expand funding for the Greater Minnesota Housing Infrastructure Grant Program, a state grant designed to defray the public infrastructure costs—roads, water, sewer, storm systems—that often prevent housing projects from “penciling out” in smaller communities. Howard told the House Committee on Housing Finance and Policy that the program is intended to address a market failure in Greater Minnesota where construction costs and appraisals or market rents do not align.
Multiple local officials, nonprofit leaders and business representatives testified in support. David Murphy, city administrator for St. Joseph, said…
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