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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the reporting requirements of the Department of Transportation
10 (department) and the Commission on Housing Affordability (commission).
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ defines terms;
14 ▸ requires the department to provide an annual report to the Economic Development
15 and Workforce Services Interim Committee and to the commission regarding the
16 number of moderate income housing units lost in the previous year because of
17 departmental action;
18 ▸ requires the commission to include in the commission's annual report
19 recommendations regarding how to address the loss of moderate income housing
20 units in the state; and
21 ▸ makes technical changes.
22 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
23 None
24 Other Special Clauses:
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26 Utah Code Sections Affected:
27 AMENDS:
28 35A-8-2201, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 392
29 35A-8-2204, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 392
30 ENACTS:
31 72-1-215, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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33 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
34 Section 1. Section 35A-8-2201 is amended to read:
35 35A-8-2201. Definitions.
36 As used in this part:
37 (1) "Commission" means the Commission on Housing Affordability created in Section
38 35A-8-2202.
39 (2) "Housing affordability" means the ability of a household to occupy a housing unit
40 paying no more than 30% of the household's income for gross housing costs, including utilities.
41 (3) "Moderate income housing unit" means a housing unit where a household whose
42 income is no more than 80% of the area median income is able to occupy the housing unit
43 paying no more than 30% of the household's income for gross housing costs, including utilities.
44 (4) "Replacement unit" means a moderate income housing unit that:
45 (a) is comparable in quality to a permanently vacated or destroyed moderate income
46 housing unit;
47 (b) meets state and local health and housing codes;
48 (c) is comparable to the permanently vacated or destroyed moderate income housing
49 unit in number of bedrooms and square footage; and
50 (d) is located, to the extent practicable, in the same political subdivision as the
51 permanently vacated or destroyed moderate income housing unit.
52 Section 2. Section 35A-8-2204 is amended to read:
53 35A-8-2204. Annual report.
54 (1) The commission shall annually prepare a report for inclusion in the department's
55 annual written report described in Section 35A-1-109.
56 (2) The report described in Subsection (1) shall:
57 (a) describe how the commission fulfilled its statutory duties during the year; [
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59 relating to housing affordability[
60 (c) in consultation with affected political subdivisions, provide recommendations on
61 how the state and other stakeholders should act to address the loss of moderate income housing
62 units in the state, including the moderate income housing units permanently vacated or
63 destroyed as identified in the report from the Department of Transportation described in
64 Section 72-1-215; and
65 (d) in consultation with affected political subdivisions, provide recommendations on
66 how the state and other stakeholders can support and encourage the new construction or
67 rehabilitation of replacement units.
68 Section 3. Section 72-1-215 is enacted to read:
69 72-1-215. Affordable housing study.
70 (1) As used in this section, "moderate income housing unit" means a housing unit that
71 has an appraised value that would allow, as estimated by the department, a household whose
72 income is no more than 80% of the area median income to occupy the housing unit paying no
73 more than 30% of the household's income for gross housing costs, including utilities.
74 (2) On or before September 15, the department shall provide a written report to the
75 Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee and to the Commission on
76 Housing Affordability created in Section 35A-8-2201 that describes:
77 (a) the total number of housing units that were permanently vacated or destroyed as a
78 result of department action in the previous fiscal year, including separate subtotals describing
79 the total number of housing units with one bedroom, two bedrooms, three bedrooms, and four
80 or more bedrooms, which were permanently vacated or destroyed as a result of department
81 action in the previous fiscal year; and
82 (b) the total number of moderate income housing units that were permanently vacated
83 or destroyed as a result of department action in the previous fiscal year, including separate
84 subtotals describing the total number of moderate income housing units with one bedroom, two
85 bedrooms, three bedrooms, and four or more bedrooms, which were permanently vacated or
86 destroyed as a result of department action in the previous fiscal year.