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• So to put a little perspective, in 2018 we had built just under 70,000 housing units that year.
• Entitlements for deed-restricted affordable housing units grew from 29,000 in 2021 to 48,000 in 2023.
• We're very proud of the work of our housing accountability unit.
• We're aware from some housing advocates that there are probably today an estimated 40,000 housing units
• We're aware from some housing advocates that there are probably today an estimated 40,000 housing units

Summary: The Assembly Subcommittee on State Administration held a budget hearing focused heavily on housing, homelessness, and related administrative proposals. HCD reported that California housing production has increased, with 2023 completions up 13% from 2022 and entitlement and construction timelines improving, while members and advocates criticized the Governor’s January budget for zeroing out or sharply reducing several housing programs. Public testimony urged funding for affordable housing production, preservation, youth housing, CalHome, LIHTC, HAP, and related programs, and several speakers argued the state should not pull back after recent progress. A major policy item was trailer bill language to allow HCD to access “excess equity” in existing affordable housing projects and recycle those funds into new or preserved housing. HCD and the LAO said the proposal could unlock tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, but members wanted guardrails and clearer statutory direction to ensure the funds stay within the intended housing purposes. The committee also discussed encampment resolution funding; HCD said the proposal would shift expenditure deadlines to the date of award rather than appropriation, while the LAO raised concerns about limited outcome data and urged the Legislature to use upcoming reporting before deciding on future funding. The hearing also covered HCD trailer bills to consolidate default reserve funds into a centralized continuously appropriated account and to clarify reporting requirements for early rounds of the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention program. HCD requested funding to implement chaptered legislation, including a new tribal housing program and reporting-related bills, and also sought extensions for certain reappropriations, including Homekey and REAP 2 deadlines. Public commenters and regional agencies supported flexibility for REAP 2 timing and other housing-related adjustments. Finally, the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency presented the Governor’s reorganization proposal to split the current agency into a Housing and Homelessness Agency and a Consumer Protection Agency. The administration said the change would improve focus, efficiency, and coordination, but the LAO and several members questioned whether it would truly save money or improve accountability, especially given the need for new leadership, possible staffing changes, and the fact that the plan had not yet been formally submitted for review. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• and affordable housing in Idaho.
• We talk about workforce housing and affordable housing, and this is a tool that was worked on over the
• Does your development, does your company then also develop non-affordable housing units from which, money
• Because it gives House Bill 760 communities Because it gives House Bill 760 communities a practical tool
• And House Revenue Tax stands adjourned. And House Reverend Tacks stands adjourned.

Keywords: 989, all

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• </c> restrictive housing uh, unit. restrictive housing uh, unit.
• That's not a regular housing unit for That's not a regular housing unit for guys that are PC, but they're
• So when our PC unit is full, it overflows into what's called the segregated housing unit or otherwise
• unit that's locked down for 4 hours to another housing unit to open that up and vice versa.
• </c> housing unit works and significantly housing unit works and significantly requires<01:43:38.560>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The working group on restrictive housing met with a quorum present, approved the August 21, 2025 minutes, and adopted a procedure to take public testimony on each agenda item with a two-minute limit per testifier, with some flexibility for follow-up questions. The main presentation came from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on restrictive housing policies and a recent outside assessment of mental health care practices at HSCF and OOTC. DCR said the assessment found strengths such as consistent medication administration and staff commitment, but also identified major problems including outdated workflows, staffing shortages, inadequate physical plant conditions, overuse of suicide/safety watch for personal safety issues, and a need for more individualized treatment plans. DCR described several corrective steps already underway: filling a long-vacant high-level mental health administrator position, adjusting evening medication passes, working with DOH on transfer and referral workflows, planning a new electronic medical records system and revised screening tools, and pursuing additional training for ACOs and mental health staff. For OOTC, DCR said the facility is overcrowded and decrepit, needs a better screening tool, and requires more mental health-specific training and staffing. For HCF, DCR said the layout limits confidential assessments and provider access, and that the proposed consolidated healthcare unit would add 43 beds, private exam rooms, and a de-escalation room. DCR also said the new unit could serve acute and chronic suicide/safety watch needs and possibly some inmates with dementia, Alzheimer’s, or significant cognitive impairment. The discussion then focused on Act 292, which DCR said is difficult to implement as written. DCR said the bill aligns with DOJ, NCCHC, and ACA guidance in defining restrictive housing, limiting duration, requiring reviews, identifying vulnerable populations, and using step-down units, but raised two major concerns: a requirement to refer vulnerable people to DOH for confinement, and a requirement for clinical assessments every 12 hours by a provider. Members responded that the law should be matched with funding and staffing, and asked what resources are needed. DCR said it submitted a request for 35 positions at a cost of about $8.6 million, and also said funding may be needed for community-based beds and contracted medical services. Members also asked about the current MOA/MOU between DOH and DCR, the working group membership, and the timeline for revisions. DCR said the group includes DCR, DOH, and governor’s office medical advisors, that a first draft is complete, and that the revised agreement should be in place by the end of the year. On staffing, DCR said ACO recruitment classes increased from five to eight, vacancy rates dropped from 34% to 24%, but OOTC still faces a projected $7.1 million shortfall and heavy overtime costs, forcing post closures and program reductions. The meeting ended with continued discussion of screening tools, including DCR’s explanation that current broad questions may over-identify people with substance-use-related symptoms as having serious mental illness, and that a more discrete tool is needed to better identify those with acute needs.

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• <c> the</c> of housing units needed across the of housing units needed across the entire<00:21:15.320
• </c> more housing units for the current more housing units for the current prospective<00:21:44.559><
• Second, we have two single-family housing developments to create an additional 90 units of housing in
• c> create an additional 90 units of housing create an additional 90 units of housing in<00:24:06.400>
• </c><00:25:14.440><c> units</c> make construction of new housing units make construction of new housing

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Signed, Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives. >> Pursuant to the order of the House
• I am directed by the President of the United States to deliver to the House of Representatives a message
• The Chair lays before the House A message. >> To the Congress of the United States, consistent with applicable
• G. >> The House will be in order. For the House to be in order. >> Should.
• We had Relief units.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• housing developers with tools to enable them to build hundreds of thousands of units across the state
• There are 45,000 affordable housing units that are shovel-ready but have not been able to make it to
• California has a robust affordable housing pipeline, as Senator Cabaldon said: 40,000 units ready to
• They live in apartments and very small housing units, and they're severely overcrowded.
• ongoing housing crisis, we need to be preserving every housing unit possible.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• You're delaying the ability of the landlord or housing provider to occupy the unit with somebody who's
• the landlord or housing provider to occupy<00:08:24.720><c> the</c><00:08:24.960><c> unit</c><00:08:25.199
• But take a look at the number of units going back to the creation of housing infrastructure bonds in
• He added that the average cost of a new unit of housing is more expensive to build, especially in coastal
• And the average cost of a new unit of<01:10:22.719><c> housing,</c><01:10:23.280><c> it's</c><01:10:23.600

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We're 100,000 housing units short in the state of Minnesota.
• Farmington itself, including just last week, a week ago today, has approved over 800 housing units in
• And finally middle housing like two and four<00:23:37.400><c> unit</c><00:23:37.679><c> homes</c><00
• </c> housing developments to a planned unit housing developments to a planned unit development<00:37:
• can provide dwelling units that can provide essential<00:41:05.040><c> housing</c><00:41:05.560><c>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• with the PEACE Unit at Framingham.
• We also work with Persevere in the Brave unit.
• We also work with Persevere in the Brave unit.
• housing unit.
• The department disciplinary unit, which used to be our long-term restricted housing unit, looked at the

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission met with a new member from Prisoners’ Legal Services and approved the July 11 minutes. The main presentation came from Department of Correction Commissioner Sean Jenkins and Deputy Commissioner Mitzie Peterson, who gave an overview of DOC facilities, population trends, and the department’s broad mission, including sentenced prisoners, pretrial detainees, civil commitments, Bridgewater State Hospital, and the Section 35 program. They noted the custody population has fallen from about 10,000 in 2016 to roughly 6,000–6,600, while the share serving first- or second-degree sentences has increased. They also reviewed the department’s facility footprint, including Souza-Baranowski, MCI Norfolk, MCI Framingham, Bridgewater, and the planned transfer of the Section 35 program to Health and Human Services by the end of 2026. A large portion of the discussion focused on programming, education, health care, and reentry. DOC described tablet access for all incarcerated people, free phone calls, email, and more than 330,000 hours of educational, vocational, and reentry use. They highlighted partnerships with colleges and universities such as Tufts, Boston College, Emerson, and others, along with HiSET completion, vocational training, and programs like The Last Mile and Persevere. Health care spending was discussed in detail, including a total annual health-related contract cost of about $300 million, with separate contracts for prison health care, Bridgewater State Hospital, MassAQC, and MAT services. DOC said it has nearly eradicated Hep C and MRSA and now offers all three FDA-approved MAT medications, including long-acting injectables when clinically indicated. Commissioners also asked about specialized programming, language and disability access on tablets, and how programming is distributed across facilities. DOC explained that nothing is mandatory, but program participation is encouraged and can affect parole consideration. Staff described assessments using COMPAS, criminal thinking interventions, trauma-related treatment, and specialized units for emerging adults, mental health, and substance use. The department said programming costs were about $101 million in fiscal year 2025, or roughly 12% of the operating budget, excluding health care. Members praised the elimination of restrictive housing and the rollout of body-worn cameras, while DOC said the cameras required new policy and union negotiations but are now used for training, accountability, and de-escalation. The meeting ended with a plan for DOC to return in September with more detailed information on SAUs, programming statistics, and facility structure, and the commission voted to adjourn.

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• for House Bill 23.
• We'll start us off on committee House Education Committee substitute for House Bill 23, and we'll also
• Amendment 1 to House Education Committee substitute for House Bill 253?
• Okay, we are now going to go to House Bill 153. Committee Substitute House Bill 153.
• Both passed through House Energy and are now in House Appropriations. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 253, a committee substitute dealing with virtual and distance learning programs and school funding. Sponsors and staff explained that the substitute removed several earlier restrictions on virtual education, including residency requirements, the 10% enrollment cap, the ban on K-5 distance programs, and the moratorium on new enrollments. It also changed the State Cyber Academy Act to the Distance Learning Act, added reporting and evaluation requirements for districts and charter schools, and allowed the Public Education Department to withhold funding if programs are out of compliance. Members discussed concerns about impacts on rural districts, charter schools, and programs like Mosquero and the New Mexico Communications Academy, as well as the temporary funding fix for Gallup Public Schools, which was amended to average prior-year and current-year enrollment rather than use current-year membership alone. Public testimony on HB 253 was largely supportive, with school leaders and education organizations backing the amendment and the broader substitute while noting that more work may be needed on oversight and funding formulas. Committee members then debated the bill’s temporary provisions, the study requirement, and whether the changes would adequately address the Gallup funding issue and broader virtual-learning accountability. The committee adopted the amendment and then gave the House Appropriations and Finance Committee substitute for HB 253 a do pass recommendation. The committee then heard House Bill 153, a voluntary industrial decarbonization package that combines an Environmental Product Declaration grant program, a rebate or incentive program for lower-carbon building materials, and production tax credits and capital grants for eligible industrial products. Members asked detailed questions about environmental product declarations, hydrogen, anti-donation concerns, funding sources, and whether the bill would support sawmills, engineered wood, biofuels, and forest-thinning-related industries. Supporters from the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce and Clean Air Task Force testified that the bill would encourage innovation, attract private investment, and reduce emissions without imposing mandates. The committee adopted the substitute and then voted do pass on the bill, with Representative Brown noted in opposition. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 255, which consolidates public safety workforce funding into a single competitive fund for recruitment, retention, and professional development in law enforcement, firefighting, corrections, and public attorney offices. Testimony from counties, the chamber, AFSCME, and State Police supported the measure as a targeted response to staffing shortages and public safety vacancies. The committee took no extended debate and approved HB 255 with a do pass recommendation. The meeting ended with notice that the committee would meet again the next day.

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• The House concurs.
• and to stay housed.
• units.
• and veteran housing.
• housing.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House began with routine business, including the Pledge of Allegiance and adoption of three congratulatory resolutions honoring Eagle Scouts Charles Goodman, Jack Goodwin, and Liam LaCrooy. Members also adopted a House-Senate concurrence on House 4359, a Milford alcohol-license bill, after amending it to repeal Chapter 289 of the Acts of 2022 and set an effective date. The chamber then passed Senate 2596, establishing maintenance of private roads in Gloucester, and engrossed House 4887. The House also observed moments of silence for former Lynn City Councilor Richard Rick Ford, Louise M. Pedroso, and Mildred “Millie” Cox, and welcomed several guests, including students, civic visitors, and British Minister of State Stephen Doughty. The bulk of the session focused on budget amendments related to housing and emergency assistance. Amendment 1579, which would have tightened HomeBASE eligibility by requiring citizenship-status inquiries, was debated at length and defeated 26-130. Amendment 1582, which would have barred Housing and Livable Communities from conditioning grants on MBTA Communities Act compliance, was also rejected 27-126. Amendment 1583, which would have limited right-to-shelter eligibility to U.S. citizens with six months’ Massachusetts residency, was defeated 26-122. Supporters argued these changes would reduce costs and prioritize taxpayers; opponents said they would exclude lawful residents and undermine existing housing and shelter reforms. The House then adopted Consolidated Amendment F, covering energy, environmental affairs, and housing, by a vote of 154-0. Speakers highlighted major funding for rental vouchers, emergency shelter, HomeBASE, public housing, clean water, climate and agricultural programs, and food assistance. The chamber also considered and defeated Amendment 1218 on creating a data center commission, Amendment 1234 on eliminating certain energy surcharges, and several education-related amendments from Ms. Sullivan-Almeida: changes to special education reimbursement thresholds and rates, and a proposal to make regional school transportation funding mandatory rather than subject to appropriation. Those education amendments were all rejected after roll-call votes. Amendment 1580 on ending vocational school lottery admissions was withdrawn by its sponsor before a vote. The transcript ends as debate continues on Amendment 1308, which would increase a budget line item, but no final action on that amendment is shown.

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• House Bill 974, relating to energy.
• We've got no houses, you know.
• We have House Bill 379.
• House Bill 734 relating to... Thank you. House Bill 734, relating to wastewater systems.
• c> as</c> of dwelling units or accessory units as of dwelling units or accessory units as defined<01:

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several energy and environmental bills. On HB 974, which would authorize state step-in agreements for certain power purchase agreements and create a trust fund/reserve mechanism, the Attorney General’s office raised concern that the state should not incur liability beyond the trust fund. The Division of Consumer Advocacy said it had comments but did not take a position, while the Public Utilities Commission, Ameresco, Hawaiian Electric, and other industry groups supported the measure, saying it would help developers secure financing for renewable projects and improve reliability. Hawaiian Electric said the bill would not use state funds and that its proposed reserve account would be held in trust and returned to customers if unused. Committee members questioned whether the reserve would raise customer costs; Hawaiian Electric said the amount would be small and would be offset by avoiding higher financing costs, while Consumer Advocacy suggested the language should be strengthened to ensure unused funds are fully returned. The committee then heard HB 338, which would clarify that premium interest-rate adjustments for non-fossil fuel generation are just and reasonable and allow the PUC to include them in rates. DCCA and the State Energy Office supported the bill, and the PUC also supported it. Hawaiian Electric opposed unless amended, arguing the PUC already has discretion and warning the bill could weaken competitive procurement by encouraging higher bids tied to the utility’s credit rating. DCCA said the concern was that developers might not seek the best financing if premium rates are recoverable, but said Hawaiian Electric’s suggested amendment requiring clear and convincing evidence of unavoidable financing-cost increases would help. Members also asked about refinancing and whether developers could later lower debt costs after locking in a premium rate; DCCA said that ability exists and suggested a time limit or review mechanism. For HB 337, which would direct the PUC to establish standards requiring utilities to remove certain fossil-fuel costs from the rate base when adding renewable resources, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii Clean Power Alliance, and the State Energy Office supported the measure. Hawaiian Electric opposed it, saying it misunderstood utility cost recovery and could threaten grid reliability because fossil plants provide ancillary services such as voltage regulation and balancing, not just energy. Hawaiian Electric pointed to its integrated grid plan and recent fossil-unit retirements as evidence of ongoing transition, and asked the committee to defer the bill and leave oversight to the PUC. The committee also heard HB 879 on cesspool conversions, which would raise the maximum grant from $20,000 to $30,000 and add DOH positions; DHHL, DOH, environmental groups, Hawaii Realtors, and others supported it, while DOH discussed staffing needs and the practical effect of the higher grant cap. The committee also began HB 379 on requiring denitrification capacity for certain wastewater systems near shorelines or groundwater, with DLNR testifying in support.

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• phase would be a 65-unit senior housing complex.
• to have those units at or below 50% of AMI, which is an extremely important housing unit for the city
• phase would be a 65-unit senior housing complex.
• to have those units at or below 50% of AMI, which is an extremely important housing unit for the city
• phase would be a 65-unit senior housing complex.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> House Joint Resolution. House Joint Resolution.
• </c> title to House Bill 1322? title to House Bill 1322?
• </c> to House Bill 1226. to House Bill 1226.
• House Bill House Bill 1226 as amended.
• We'll hear House Bill 1028, House Bill 1282, and House Bill 1317.

Keywords: 981, all

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• Next is House File 92, another representative party bill. I will move House File 92.
• Next is House File 1845. Representative Cha, is he here?
• Yeah, we'll move House File 1845 from the committee.
• High-ranking CIA officers frequently visited our units.
• Next is House File 1811, Representative Clardy.

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• Another situation includes a 54 unit low income housing tax credit. You have one minute left.
• is not at all a simple process when only government-funded housing requires that some units be accessible
• accessible housing units.
• Uh, have you testifying on behalf of United Way of Texas, the United Ways of Texas, or United Way, United
• We're the state association of our local United Ways testifying on House Bill 30.

Bills: HB15, HB171, HB204

Keywords: flood risk, campground, safety regulations, civil penalty, guest safety, Harris County, flood control, governance, expansion, public health, local governance, environmental management

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• </c> United States Army as a supply unit United States Army as a supply unit specialist,<00:22:12.480
• House Calendar Number 68, House Resolution 1131.
• I'm directed by the President of the United States to deliver to the House of Representatives messages
• The Chair lays before the House a message to the Congress of the United States.
• The Chair lays before the House a message to the Congress of the United States.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• They have added 5,000 housing units that they have built and developed with the city and with other partners
• units, four retail units, and 21 townhomes.
• units for affordable housing.
• The projects that were funded were $6.3 million for an 80-unit workforce housing project in Taos, and
• it's estimated to cost $26 million. $4 million was funded for a 40-unit workforce housing rental complex

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• Supplemental rental units on their lots can provide housing for other Native Hawaiians.
• Yeah, also by building it, maybe the elderly could move into that unit and rent out the bigger house.
• And then we also have a transitional housing program in Muliui, where if you can't fit any of those unit
• And then we also have a transitional housing program in Muliui, where if you can't fit any of those unit
• </c><05:56:39.440><c> are</c><05:56:39.718><c> being</c> units now now because 55 units are being units

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• THEM AND WE ARE LOOKING TO FOCUS ON MORE ON ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS.
• CURRENTLY WE ANTICIPATE AVAILABLE FUNDS OF FOCUS ON MORE ON ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS.
• OPEN BAY DORMITORIES AND ONE SECURE CELL HOUSING UNIT TO BE BUILT ON THE LANCASTER COMPOUND AND GILCHRIST
• AS YOU CAN SEE WE LOOKING AT THREE SECURE CELL HOUSING UNITS TO HOUSE INMATES.
• ONE SPECIFICALLY HAS A DESIGN FOR INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH AND THE OTHER TWO PROVIDES HOUSING UNIT CONCEPT