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Committee backs $100 million infrastructure fund to unlock planned housing
Summary
Lawmakers advanced a substitute for HB 492 to repurpose $100 million to a state infrastructure fund to finance regionally significant sewer, water and road projects intended to unlock entitled but unbuilt housing; the committee adopted the substitute and favorably recommended it to the full House.
Representative Roberts told the committee HB 492 would repurpose $100 million of previously authorized funds into a new infrastructure fund aimed at financing regionally significant capacity projects — sewer lift stations, water treatment and tanks, major roads — to unlock housing that local governments have already entitled but not built. Roberts said the fund prioritizes single‑family detached “starter” homes and expects repayment primarily through impact fees or sale of entitled acreage in some pilot…
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