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Committee schedules hearing on S328 amendment to add universal-design requirements to modular housing pilot
Summary
The House Committee on General and Housing will hear testimony on draft language for S328 that would require modular housing bought through a state pilot to include universal-design elements; members debated whether the state needs a statutory definition and how detailed DHCD’s report should be.
The House Committee on General and Housing scheduled a public hearing to take testimony on an amendment to S328 that would require modular housing purchased through a state off-site construction pilot to include universal-design elements, the committee said.
Representative Burrow argued the change would normalize accessibility, expand the pool of available housing for people with access needs and seniors, and be cost-effective when units are ordered in bulk. "When we're thinking about universal design about the universal part of universal design, the housing is actually open to the whole housing market," Representative Burrow said, citing data she said came from Realtor.com…
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