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Lawmakers hear 'Homes for All' toolkit to speed missing-middle housing; preapproved designs due Dec. 2026
Summary
State housing staff presented the Homes for All toolkit and training program, proposing preapproved construction-ready designs and local training to help small-scale developers; presenters said infrastructure constraints (water/sewer capacity) and financing remain the main barriers to more housing.
At a joint session on Feb. 17, the Natural Resources & Energy committee and the Senate Economic Development, Housing and Sustainable Affairs committee heard a presentation on the Homes for All toolkit, an initiative to ease municipal permitting and expand small-scale development across the state.
J. D. Memmerich, a senior planning and policy manager in the Department of Housing and Community Development, reviewed past programs (neighborhood development area designations, bylaw modernization grants, the HOME Act) and described the three-part Homes for All approach: engagement/design studies,…
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