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Senate committee adopts A‑17 changes, advances omnibus housing bill to floor
Summary
The committee adopted the A‑17 amendment to House Bill 40 37 A—an omnibus housing bill with technical fixes to a moderate-income revolving loan fund, expanded self-certification for building plans, and streamlined reviews for projects meeting clear-and-objective standards—and forwarded the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation after public testimony both supporting and opposing aspects of section 17.
Chair Pham opened a public hearing on House Bill 40 37 A and asked staff to summarize the measure.
Representative Vicki Breeze Iverson (House District 59), the bill sponsor, described HB 4037 A as bipartisan technical legislation designed to fix mechanics of earlier housing laws: it clarifies loan repayment and grant/loan flexibility in the moderate income revolving loan fund, expands eligibility for community development financial institutions, allows up to $1,000,000 project financing for moderate-income primary residences that remain affordable for at least five years, removes a population threshold limiting enforcement capacity, and modernizes permitting by allowing certain advanced building…
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