The committee heard extensive testimony on a contentious IDD housing tax credit set-aside bill (HB 26-1061) that was laid over without a vote amid sharp disagreement between affordable housing industry groups and disability advocates, while advancing a coroner toxicology reporting bill (HB 26-1127) and a public notice access bill (HB 26-1095) to the Committee of the Whole, and killing an HOA language notice bill (HB 26-1201) by postponing it indefinitely.
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Representative Max Brooks argued the set-aside is necessary because 20,000+ IDD individuals live with caregivers over 60 and the existing QAP has been insufficient, while Jerilyn Francis (CHAFA) countered that the bill 'does not bring any new or different resources or prioritization' and 'works against the tax credit program, threatening its effectiveness, investor interest and the quality of housing supported.' Yolanda Marshall (Sugar Creek Capital) argued embedding allocation criteria in statute 'creates uncertainty in the market' leading to 'pricing declines' and fewer units built statewide.
“Our concern with House Bill 1060 is again not born out of any concern around need. What it is is though centered on the fact that we do not believe that this proposal solves or meaningfully addresses where we need to go as a state. It does not bring any new or different resources or prioritization. It works against the tax credit program, threatening its effectiveness, investor interest and the quality of housing supported.”
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Sign in to subscribeRepresentatives basenecker. Excused. Brooks. Rosen. Jackson. Present. Lindsay nguyen. Here. Pascal. Phillips. Excused. Richardson. Here. Sukla. Here. Velasco. Excused. Weinberg. Excused. Vice chair stewart. Here. Madam chair, Welcome to Rep. Brooks. Can you tell us a little bit about 1061? Madam Chair, I can, and I'm happy to. Thank you. I have notes from which I'm going to work. I do not have a prepared statement. Part of the reason I do not have a prepared statement is because 1061 lives squarely in my heart. I do not need prepared remarks for that. However, I do need some guidelines to make sure that I'm getting some of the points made because I occasionally might become a little too loquacious on one thing. Pithy, perhaps, might also be at risk here. But I want to make sure that the. That the points are being taken care of here. You all should have received a fact sheet earlier that I distributed. I hope that you've had a chance to read it. If you have not yet had a chance to read it, I would encourage you to look it over because there are some facts on there. It's not necessarily, you know,…
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