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Committee seeks clarity on "visitability," "adaptability" and universal design in housing draft
Summary
Members of the House Committee on General & Housing discussed differences among visitability, adaptability and universal design in the S328 housing draft and asked staff to circulate statutory and regulatory citations (including an accessibility standard cited as "section 29 0 7"). Counsel advised the legislature can reference programs that are administratively created.
The House Committee on General & Housing spent much of its brief session seeking clarity about terminology in the S328 omnibus housing draft, asking staff to locate statutory and regulatory definitions for "visitability," "adaptability" and broader "universal design" standards.
The Chair asked directly, "Does anybody understand what the relationship between the term visitability, the term adaptability, and universal design is?" Committee members explained…
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