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Bipartisan housing bills would modernize HOME program; Columbia staff say reforms could unlock local capacity
Summary
Officials briefed the council on bipartisan House and Senate housing bills that would modernize and reauthorize the HOME Investment Partnerships Program; staff said reforms could improve local use of HOME and urged continued advocacy while noting two Senate provisions may complicate final passage.
City staff told council members that both the House and Senate have advanced major housing legislation — the first comprehensive housing reauthorization since 1992 — and that the bills would reauthorize and modernize the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, a long-standing local priority.
A presenter said both chambers had passed versions of a housing bill and that the Senate had adopted roughly 75% of the House bill’s provisions, including key HOME program reforms that local…
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