HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DATA REPORTING

HB0110

HOUSE BILL 110

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Cristina Parajón
and
Heather Berghmans

AN ACT

RELATING TO HOUSING; REQUIRING CLASS A COUNTIES AND
MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATIONS GREATER THAN THIRTY THOUSAND TO
REPORT DATA POINTS QUARTERLY FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1.
[
NEW MATERIAL
] APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING PERMITS--REPORTING REQUIRED.--Beginning July 1, 2026,
a class A county or municipality with a population greater than
thirty thousand according to the most recent federal decennial
census shall publish a quarterly report on the county's or
municipality's website on all applications for residential
development plans and residential building permits received and
the status of each development plan and permit application.
The quarterly report shall be submitted to the economic
development department and the legislative finance committee
and shall include:

A. the total number of residential development plan
applications received and the total number of dwelling units
provided for in each application;

B. the total number of residential development plan
applications approved and denied during the immediately
preceding quarter and the total number of approved and denied
dwelling units provided for in those applications;

C. for each residential development plan, the
number of business days elapsed from the date the application
is submitted to the date the application is deemed complete,
and the number of business days elapsed from the date the
application is deemed complete to the date the application is
approved or denied for all applications submitted during the
immediately preceding quarter;

D. the total number of single-family and
multifamily residential building permits issued and the total
number of planned dwelling units within all multifamily
residential buildings for which permits were approved;

E. for each residential building permit, the number
of business days elapsed from the date the residential building
permit application is submitted to the date the residential
building permit application is deemed complete, and the number
of business days elapsed from the date the application is
deemed complete to the date the residential building permit
application is approved or denied for all residential building
permit applications submitted during the immediately preceding
quarter; and

F. a narrative section for each data point required
to allow the class A county or municipality to provide comments
related to the data reported if further narrative is required.

SECTION 2.
EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is July 1, 2026.

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