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House
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2659
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2659
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
ECONOMIC
GROWTH
AND
TECHNOLOGY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2312)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
an
affordable
housing
task
force.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING
TASK
FORCE.
1
1.
An
affordable
housing
task
force
is
created
to
identify
2
state
and
local
regulatory
barriers
that
contribute
to
the
cost
3
of
affordable
housing
and
to
examine
the
corresponding
public
4
benefit
of
such
regulations
relative
to
their
impact
on
housing
5
costs.
6
2.
The
task
force
shall
study
and
make
recommendations
7
concerning
state
and
local
regulations
and
practices
affecting
8
the
development
and
availability
of
affordable
housing,
9
including
but
not
limited
to
the
following
areas:
10
a.
Zoning
and
land
use
regulations.
11
b.
State
and
local
building
codes.
12
c.
Permitting
and
approval
processes.
13
d.
State
and
local
funding
mechanisms.
14
3.
The
task
force
members
shall
be
chosen
to
reflect
15
geographic
diversity
and
shall
consist
of
the
following:
16
a.
The
state
building
code
commissioner
or
the
17
commissioner’s
designee.
18
b.
The
state
fire
marshal
or
the
fire
marshal’s
designee.
19
c.
The
director
of
the
Iowa
economic
development
authority
20
or
the
director’s
designee.
21
d.
Three
members
representing
housing
developers,
appointed
22
by
the
governor.
23
e.
One
elected
official
of
a
city
with
a
population
of
fifty
24
thousand
or
more,
appointed
by
the
governor.
25
f.
One
elected
official
of
a
city
with
a
population
of
fewer
26
than
fifty
thousand,
appointed
by
the
governor.
27
g.
One
county
supervisor
from
a
county
with
a
population
of
28
fifty
thousand
or
more,
appointed
by
the
governor.
29
h.
One
county
supervisor
from
a
county
with
a
population
of
30
fewer
than
fifty
thousand,
appointed
by
the
governor.
31
i.
Two
members
of
the
house
of
representatives,
one
32
appointed
by
the
speaker
of
the
house
and
one
appointed
by
the
33
minority
leader
of
the
house.
34
j.
Two
members
of
the
senate,
one
appointed
by
the
majority
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leader
of
the
senate
and
one
appointed
by
the
minority
leader
1
of
the
senate.
2
k.
A
director
of
a
city’s
or
county’s
planning
and
zoning
3
department,
division,
or
authority,
or
similar
entity
even
4
if
a
different
nomenclature
is
used
to
describe
the
entity,
5
appointed
by
the
governor.
6
l.
One
member
of
a
housing
nonprofit
organization,
7
appointed
by
the
governor.
8
m.
One
member
of
the
housing
lending
organization,
9
appointed
by
the
governor.
10
n.
One
member
of
an
economic
development
group,
appointed
by
11
the
governor.
12
4.
Members
of
the
task
force
shall
serve
without
13
compensation
but
shall
be
reimbursed
for
actual
expenses
14
incurred
in
the
performance
of
their
official
duties.
Task
15
force
members
who
are
members
of
the
general
assembly
shall
16
be
paid
in
accordance
with
section
2.32A.
The
remaining
task
17
force
members
shall
be
reimbursed
from
moneys
appropriated
for
18
such
a
purpose.
19
5.
On
or
before
December
1,
2026,
the
task
force
shall
20
submit
a
written
report
to
the
general
assembly
detailing
21
the
task
force’s
findings
and
recommendations,
including
22
any
proposed
statutory
or
administrative
changes
to
reduce
23
regulatory
barriers
to
affordable
housing
while
preserving
24
public
health
and
safety.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
establishes
an
affordable
housing
task
force
to
29
study
state
and
local
regulations
that
contribute
to
the
cost
30
of
affordable
housing
and
to
examine
the
corresponding
public
31
benefit
of
such
regulations
relative
to
their
impact
on
housing
32
costs.
33
The
bill
requires
the
task
force
to
examine
zoning
and
land
34
use
regulations,
state
and
local
building
codes,
permitting
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and
approval
processes,
and
state
and
local
funding
mechanisms
1
affecting
the
development
and
availability
of
affordable
2
housing.
3
The
bill
establishes
the
membership
of
the
task
force,
4
which
includes
representatives
from
state
agencies,
housing
5
developers,
local
government
officials
from
cities
and
counties
6
of
varying
population
sizes,
members
of
the
general
assembly,
7
a
director
of
a
city’s
or
county’s
planning
and
zoning
8
department,
and
members
from
a
housing
nonprofit
organization,
9
housing
lending
organization,
and
economic
development
10
group.
The
bill
requires
the
members
to
be
chosen
to
reflect
11
geographic
diversity.
12
The
bill
requires
the
task
force
to
submit
a
written
report
13
to
the
general
assembly
and
the
governor
by
December
1,
2026,
14
detailing
the
task
force’s
findings
and
recommendations,
15
including
any
proposed
statutory
or
administrative
changes
16
intended
to
reduce
regulatory
barriers
to
affordable
housing
17
while
preserving
public
health
and
safety.
18
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