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Committee advances bill to change inclusionary mandates after competing testimony
Committee on Water and Land · February 14, 2026
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Summary
The committee passed HB 17‑41 HD1 to the next stage after testimony from a free‑market policy group that inclusionary mandates shrink housing supply and from social‑service advocates that changes would boost affordable housing supply and stability.
The House Committee on Water and Land advanced HB 17‑41 HD1 after testimony that split along familiar lines on inclusionary housing mandates.
Ted Kepales of the Grassroot Institute argued the bill corrects a problem: he said inclusionary mandates can reduce the overall housing supply and raise market rates because developers…
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