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Senators preview housing bills: accessibility, prevailing-wage exemptions, rural housing proposals
Summary
Committee members previewed personal and committee housing bills: increasing accessible units in new construction, clarifying prevailing-wage exemptions for affordable housing projects (LC 31), a construction revolving loan fund, and a rural 50-acre housing template (LC 85). Discussion focused on scope (new construction, thresholds) and implementation details.
Committee members used the meeting's final segment to preview priority housing bills for the short session.
Senator Patterson said she will bring back a bill to increase the required share of accessible Type A units in new multifamily construction: current requirements (roughly 5% in developments over 20 units) would be changed to require 10% in multifamily developments over 15 units, producing two accessible units instead of one in smaller projects. She said the proposed change would apply to new construction only and that committee assistance…
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