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Governor's office and advocates lay out package of housing changes in omnibus bill HB 4037
Summary
HB 4037 would expand self-certification for building plans, remove public hearings for clear-and-objective review applications, shorten review timelines for repeat applications, and streamline state land disposition; supporters said changes accelerate housing delivery while some technical details will be worked out in follow-up.
Aurora Shuttle, a housing policy analyst from the governor's office, and Matthew Schawbold presented House Bill 4037 as a package of technical and substantive reforms designed to speed housing production.
Shuttle said sections 1–11 make technical changes to the moderate income revolving loan program. The bill would expand building-plan self-certification beyond conventional light-frame construction to additional engineered or non-prescriptive designs, while maintaining inspection requirements. "This is a way that they are able to avoid the local or…
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