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Senate committee advances S.328 language tying state housing targets to municipal plans; pilot for off-site construction scaled back
Summary
The Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee reviewed Section 1 of S.328 to require municipalities to analyze state-set housing targets and catalog constraints if they cannot meet them, and discussed a pared-down Section 3 pilot for off-site construction; no final legislative vote on S.328 occurred in committee.
The Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee on the floor discussed Section 1 of S.328, a provision that would bring state housing targets into municipal plans. Alex Farrell, head of the Department of Housing and Community Development, told the committee the measure "brings the work of the housing targets into the municipal plan" and would "align state, regional, and municipal planning," with regional planning commissions distributing targets to municipalities for local analysis.
Under the section, municipalities would review targets delivered by their regional planning commission and determine whether their current regulatory scheme and infrastructure can accommodate those numbers. Farrell said communities that cannot…
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