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Committee pauses HB 194 after lengthy substitute amendment on tax freezes and affordable 'missing middle' units
Summary
Representative Potomac presented HB 194 to change Metropolitan Redevelopment Code tools to incentivize 'missing middle' housing; a substantial amendment package increased affordability requirements, auditing and enforcement and prompted members to roll the bill for further work.
Representative Potomac introduced HB 194, a proposal to amend the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code to create a "housing shortage area" designation that would allow local governments to offer property-tax freezes for up to 14 years in exchange for affordable units targeting the "missing middle." The sponsor said qualifying projects must set a minimum of 20% of units as qualifying multifamily units with an average area median income (AMI) of no more than 80% and no single unit averaging more…
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