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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, it's local affordable housing aid and state affordable housing aid.
  • So, it's local affordable housing aid and state affordable housing aid.
  • So, it's local affordable housing aid and state affordable housing aid.
  • So, it's local affordable housing aid and state affordable housing aid.
  • :35.120><c> housing</c> housing aid and state affordable housing housing aid and state affordable housing
Bills: HF1141
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Housing Committee Meeting - 2026-04-07

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> were great and a lot of state housing were great and a lot of state housing finance<00:25:42.960
  • </c> The local and affordable housing aid and statewide affordable housing aid are programs where we
  • ><c> this</c> create housing finance agencies for this create housing finance agencies for this purpose
  • housing finance. housing finance.
  • c> allowed</c> Housing Finance Agency, you're allowed Housing Finance Agency, you're allowed to<01:16
Bills: SF2434
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:05:24.639><c> and</c> affordable housing aid uh statute and affordable housing aid uh statute
  • 05:26.479><c> housing</c> then the statewide affordable housing then the statewide affordable housing
  • </c><00:38:13.520><c> finance</c> $20 million Minnesota housing finance $20 million Minnesota housing
  • building new affordable housing.
  • </c> affordable housing provides a public affordable housing provides a public benefit<00:42:22.000><
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have one resolution today, SCR 48, declaring the intent that affordable housing credits are perpetual
  • We have one resolution today, SCR 48, declaring the intent that affordable housing credits are perpetual
  • We have one resolution today, SCR 48, declaring the intent that affordable housing credits are perpetual
  • Um, and you know, just providing clear parameters for these affordable housing credits.
  • Affordable housing credits.
Bills: SCR48
Summary: The Housing Committee met on SCR 48, which declares that affordable housing credits are perpetual and remain valid until redeemed, and asks counties to recognize them without expiration dates. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive, with speakers saying the resolution clarifies the intent of the 2024 act and provides clear parameters for the credits. No one testified in opposition or offered questions. The committee then took up SCR 48 for decision-making and adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass the resolution as is. The measure passed with one member voting with reservations. The chair noted this was the committee’s final hearing of the year and thanked advocates, stakeholders, staff, and IT support before adjourning. The transcript also included portions of the Transportation Committee and a joint Transportation/Housing hearing. Transportation advanced SCR 31 on school bus driver licensing and workforce improvements, SCR 132 urging Honolulu to prioritize the rail extension, SCR 145 on studying a demerit point system, and SCR 110 SD 1 on evaluating state-owned logistics facilities for housing projects. SCR 110 drew support from labor groups, with a request to add labor representation to the working group. The committees adopted recommendations on those measures, including SCR 110 with amendments.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I call the House Housing Finance and Policy Committee to order.
  • </c><00:04:25.919><c> housing</c> close to a 100 affordable housing close to a 100 affordable housing
  • has been a critical tool across the state, helping to finance affordable housing through taxpayer contributions
  • , infrastructure grants, and affordable housing funds.
  • Um and especially affordable housing.
Bills: HF3902, HF3895
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • produce and preserve affordable housing.
  • investment in Minnesota's housing, specifically affordable housing.
  • Not all affordable housing includes supportive services.
  • ,</c><00:03:19.840><c> um,</c> donate to affordable housing, um, donate to affordable housing, um, including
  • ,<00:03:40.959><c> specifically</c><00:03:41.599><c> affordable</c> housing, specifically affordable
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> executive director of the Hawaii Housing executive director of the Hawaii Housing Finance<00:20:
  • </c><01:42:34.960><c> housing</c> This deems a county affordable housing This deems a county affordable
  • ><c> with</c> housing affordability impact fee with housing affordability impact fee with certain<01:
  • And imposed affordable housing mandate.
  • ><c> the</c> affordable housing mandates, the affordable housing mandates, the counties<01:43:30.880>
Summary: The House Housing Committee met on February 4 and heard testimony on several housing measures, beginning with HB1721, which clarifies insurance, indemnification, and certificate-of-occupancy requirements for expedited permits. Testimony on HB1721 was uniformly supportive from the American Council of Engineering Companies, the Grassroot Institute, and individual testifiers, who said the bill would fix insurance issues for design professionals and encourage more participation in the expedited-permit program. No opposition was heard and no questions were raised. The committee then heard HB1714, which would raise salary caps for the executive director and deputy executive director positions at the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and allow more autonomy in personnel matters, including employment contracts. HHFDC supported the bill, saying greater flexibility is needed to recruit and retain staff and that current pay ceilings are not the main issue because the agency lacks operating funds to reach them. The Department of Human Resources Development offered comments and raised concerns about autonomous personnel authority and employment contracts, saying state personnel matters are governed by existing statutes and collective bargaining rules; the Hawaii Public Housing Authority also offered comments, and one board member and one individual opposed the measure. Members questioned whether performance-based pay or existing incentive policies could address retention instead of statutory salary changes. The committee also heard HB1718, which would make permanent county authority to facilitate mixed-use developments and issue county bonds for low- and moderate-income housing projects. Support came from OPSD, HHFDC, the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Housing and Land Management, and Housing Hawaii’s Future, all emphasizing that permanent authority is needed to finance long-term mixed-use and transit-oriented projects. A member asked whether the sunset provision would make bonding impractical, and the city representative agreed that temporary authority would make financing difficult because development takes time. Later, the committee took up HB1732, establishing the Kamina Homes program to fund counties’ purchase of voluntary deed restrictions from eligible buyers. The Department of Taxation and several groups, including HHFDC, AARP Hawaii, the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Holomua Collaborative, and others testified, with most supporting the bill as a way to help local families remain in Hawaii and age in place. Holomua said a recent survey found 75% of 3,200 working families were considering moving, and argued the bill could preserve housing for local residents. Members asked about the bill’s 8% cap on deed-restriction cost and why the program focuses on residency rather than resale restrictions; the bill’s proponents said the cap allows flexibility for county negotiations and that the measure is aimed at workforce preservation rather than land-trust-style appreciation limits. Finally, the committee heard HB1740, which would modify a prior HHFDC housing pathway by reducing the qualified-resident requirement from 100% to 80% and allowing more flexibility for long-term rental instead of owner occupancy. HHFDC and Holomua Collaborative supported the change, saying the earlier 100% requirement had produced no developments or applicants and that the revised standard would make projects more feasible while still preserving housing for local residents. The committee did not take final votes on these measures during the portion of the hearing provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair Howard called the meeting of the House Housing Finance and Policy Committee to order.
  • </c> uh the kinds of homes deeply affordable uh the kinds of homes deeply affordable housing housing
  • have</c> lack of affordable housing, but we have lack of affordable housing, but we have all<00:41:44.120
  • on affordable and market-rate workforce housing.
  • seven different affordable and market rate workforce affordable and market rate workforce housing. housing
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/9/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> afford basic medications like insulin. afford basic medications like insulin.
  • Affordable Care Act and Medicare, not to Affordable Care Act and Medicare, not to mention<01:01:11.040
  • </c> operates particularly affordable operates particularly affordable housing,<01:07:59.040><c> 65%<
  • </c> time again where we talk about housing time again where we talk about housing and<01:08:17.000><
  • </c> revenue source in his House File 4143. revenue source in his House File 4143.
Bills: HF4841, HF4234, HF3697
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/15/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:02:01.320><c> housing</c> a little background, affordable housing a little background, affordable
  • And government funds affordable housing.
  • housing projects get these affordable housing projects get done. done. done.
  • Um the affordable housing nationwide.
  • And this will help affordable housing.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HOU Public Hearing 01-27-2026

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:03:01.360><c> rental</c><00:03:01.680><c> housing</c> increase the affordable rental housing
  • housing more quickly and affordable renting more quickly for our local working families.
  • Senate Bill 2062 relates to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
  • </c> It authorizes HHFDC to designate certain for-sale housing units as permanently affordable.
  • </c><00:27:06.960><c> forale</c><00:27:07.520><c> housing</c> permanently affordable forale housing permanently
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Housing Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the state's local housing aid and local affordable housing aid as resources for those local housing
  • The challenges facing us in the housing sector are not just for affordable housing, but also for affordable
  • relates to affordable housing.
  • of units of affordable and supportive housing.
  • And this is our affordable housing, people. This is our affordable housing. Is it affordable?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:04:28.520><c> through</c> housing affordable in the future through housing affordable in the
  • :10:45.680><c> aid</c><00:10:46.040><c> as</c> local affordable housing aid as local affordable housing
  • relates to affordable housing.
  • relates to affordable housing.
  • </c> affordable house own house ownership affordable house own house ownership opportunities<00:47:42.960
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I’ll call this meeting of the House Housing Finance and Policy Committee to order and note that we have
  • there's</c><00:53:30.079><c> mom</c> housing more affordable, if there's mom housing more affordable,
  • </c> effect on affordable housing Minnesota. effect on affordable housing Minnesota.
  • rural</c> affordable housing [snorts] in rural affordable housing [snorts] in rural Minnesota.<01:13:
  • We need affordable housing Minnesota.
Bills: HF3403, HF2687, HF2381
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, thankfully, state, county, and local governments are stepping up to finance new affordable housing
  • Now, thankfully, state, county, and local governments are stepping up to finance new affordable housing
  • Now, thankfully, state, county, and local governments are stepping up to finance new affordable housing
  • Now, thankfully, state, county, and local governments are stepping up to finance new affordable housing
  • Now, thankfully, state, county, and local governments are stepping up to finance new affordable housing
Bills: HF3806, HF2687, HF497
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I call this House Housing Finance and Policy Committee to order.
  • </c> government funds affordable housing. government funds affordable housing.
  • </c><00:03:58.480><c> housing</c> tool for getting affordable housing tool for getting affordable housing
  • </c> the lack of um of affordable financing. the lack of um of affordable financing.
  • </c> preservation around affordable housing. preservation around affordable housing.
Bills: HF4234, HF484, HF483, HF2614
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • affordable you know our rental housing affordable you know our rental housing um<00:27:12.799><c> you
  • 38:40.880><c> the</c> develop affordable housing under the develop affordable housing under the city's
  • </c><01:35:23.360><c> So,</c> more affordable housing. So, more affordable housing.
  • Um, according to the National Low-Income Housing Coalition, the housing wage to afford a one-bedroom
  • </c> struggling to afford uh their housing. struggling to afford uh their housing.
Summary: The joint public hearing covered several housing-related bills and one building-code measure. HB 1719 would make manufactured homes a permitted use by right on residentially zoned lots in the urban district, HB 1742 would authorize self-contained relocatable housing units with restrictions, and HB 1737 would clarify that a farm dwelling in an agricultural district may include an accessory employee housing structure. Testimony on these bills was overwhelmingly supportive from groups including Hawaii Realtors, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, Housing Hawaii’s Future, the Modular Building Institute, the Hawaii Farmers Union, and others, with a few agencies offering comments. No one testified in opposition on HB 1719 or HB 1742, while HB 1737 drew one opposition and one comment in addition to broad support. No votes were taken during the hearing segment provided. A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 2049, which restructures the conveyance tax into a marginal-rate system and changes how the revenue is allocated, including funding for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the rental housing revolving fund, while also affecting the legacy land conservation fund. Supporters, including DHHL, Hawaii Appleseed, Aahu Youth Action Board, Hawaii YIMBY, and others, argued the bill would help Native Hawaiian housing and, for most transactions, function as a tax cut. Opponents, including NAP Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Hawaii Land Trust, Mhai Land Trust, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, objected to using conveyance tax as a revenue-generating tool and raised concerns about higher upfront costs and reduced funding for other housing uses. Committee members and staff discussed the bill’s revenue estimates, the reduced percentage but higher cap for the land conservation fund, the effect on rental housing funding, and the bill’s cost-of-living adjustment language; staff said a line-by-line comparison of the current and proposed tax structure would be provided before decision-making. The hearing also took up HB 1725, which would extend the state building code adoption cycle from two years to six years, apply the IRC to triplexes and fourplexes, allow counties to adopt more or less stringent amendments, and appropriate funds for code adoption work. Most testimony supported the bill, with advocates saying the current process is unmanageable, too resource-intensive, and creates confusion because state and county codes can diverge; supporters said a longer cycle would improve clarity and allow more focused review. The International Code Council and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers opposed the measure, warning that delaying adoption could have negative consequences and urging the committee to let an existing statewide code-adoption strategy proceed first. Members asked about sequencing, county implementation, and whether the longer cycle would create catch-up problems, but no action was taken in the excerpt provided.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Wed Feb 18, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> proposal would address the affordability proposal would address the affordability issue<00:31:32.799
  • HB 2385 HD1 related to housing.
  • They think they determined that the housing wage needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Hawaii is
  • </c> This bill helps working families afford This bill helps working families afford child<01:42:08.000
  • This bill supports affordable housing by allowing HHFDC to certify generalized access tax exemptions
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures, beginning with HB 2410 relating to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Testifiers from HTDC and the Hawaii Food Industry Association stood on written testimony, and members discussed the funding request, which was described as $1 million each for three programs, for a total of $3 million. The measure appeared to have broad support, with no opposition noted. The committee then took up HB 2235 HD1 on the military and community relations office, where Lori Moore of MACC asked for additional funding to support local businesses and education-to-career initiatives statewide. Members asked about the amount, and the request was identified as $1.3 million total. HB 904 on space operations followed, with three supporters and one opponent, though no substantive testimony was captured beyond the vote counts. HB 2201 on state enterprise zones drew testimony from Georgia Skinner of DBEDT’s Creative Industries division, who said the measure would build on a well-run enterprise zone program and help make Hawaii’s film industry more competitive. Tom Yamashita of the Tax Foundation also provided comments. The committee then considered HB 2349 relating to DCCA and DBEDT coordination; DCCA explained it already provides links and information to DBEDT programs, while DBEDT argued that direct data sharing would allow more proactive outreach. Members raised privacy and cost concerns, and DBEDT said it would consider opt-in collection and acknowledged system changes and possible funding needs. The committee also heard two tax credit bills. HB 1972 HD1, on a caregiver tax credit, received strong support from AARP, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, the Hawaii Children’s Action Network, and others, who described caregivers as an “invisible workforce” and argued the credit would help families keep loved ones at home and reduce financial strain. The Tax Foundation suggested a grant or subsidy program might be more efficient than a tax credit and raised concerns about debarment provisions. HB 20007 HD1, on the household and dependent care services tax credit, also drew strong support from public health and family advocacy groups, who said Hawaii families face some of the nation’s highest child care costs and that the bill would better reflect current expenses; the Tax Foundation again raised technical concerns about complexity and debarment. Members asked about fiscal impacts, and testimony indicated the current credit costs about $6 million, with the bill expected to increase that amount. The committee then moved on to HB 2385 HD1 on housing, where the Deputy Attorney General began presenting written comments on whether the bill limits county authority.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><01:12:20.800><c> housing</c> helps to give an affordable housing helps to give an affordable housing
  • </c><01:13:47.440><c> housing</c> development of affordable housing development of affordable housing
  • </c><01:21:53.600><c> housing</c> parcel of a affordable housing parcel of a affordable housing development
  • </c><01:22:32.880><c> housing</c> definition of affordable housing definition of affordable housing includes
  • </c> HP593 relating to affordable housing. HP593 relating to affordable housing.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1604, which would create an agricultural workforce housing group within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to address shortages of farmworker housing. The department said it supported the bill’s intent but emphasized that the group’s early work should focus on gathering data and surveying farm operators to assess actual demand, to avoid “mission creep.” Testimony from the City and County of Honolulu Office of Economic Revitalization, Hawaii Farmers Union, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Housing Hawaii’s Future, and the Maui Chamber of Commerce was in support, with one witness suggesting a housing advocacy nonprofit be added to the working group for balance. The committee then discussed HB 1713 on school impact fees, which would clarify exemptions for certain affordable housing projects and exempt new residential developments of fewer than 100 units. The Attorney General’s office said the bill should define “low to moderate income households” because that term is not defined in chapter 302A. HHFDC, the School Facilities Authority, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, and others supported the measure, arguing it would reduce administrative burden and remove barriers to housing. Members questioned whether the bill should instead repeal the school impact fee entirely; supporters said they also favored full repeal but viewed this bill as a more feasible step. The School Facilities Authority also explained that about $28 million in school impact fees had been collected across four districts and none had yet been spent, and discussed how recent nexus requirements limit how the funds can be used. HB 1722, relating to residential condominiums, drew extensive testimony and questioning. HCDA supported the bill and explained that it amends the 99-year leasehold pilot program created by Act 97 of 2023 by reducing owner-occupancy restrictions from 100% of units to 60%, allowing some rental or subleasing flexibility for the owner-occupied units, and permitting up to 40% of units to be sold to qualified residents after being on the market for more than 60 days. HCDA said the original restrictions, combined with rising construction costs, higher interest rates, and competition from nearby projects, made the pilot project difficult to market and finance; it said the changes are needed to make the project feasible and competitive. Supporters including AP Hawaii, Kila LLC, and project representatives said the amendments would help make the demonstration project in Kakaʻako viable. Some members raised concerns that the changes could weaken long-term affordability and questioned why certain ownership language was being deleted if rentals would still be restricted. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/25/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:02:47.720><c> a</c> affordability and housing Supply are a affordability and housing Supply are
  • c> serves</c> keep housing affordable um this serves keep housing affordable um this serves uh<00:04:
  • </c><00:14:16.320><c> housing</c> continue to have a uh affordable housing continue to have a uh affordable
  • ><c> get</c> new affordable housing projects and get new affordable housing projects and get more<00:
  • </c><00:31:02.960><c> for</c> affordable housing and thank you for affordable housing and thank you for