LRB-1912/P2
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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rice, BB0573 - New Affordable Housing Grant Program
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Housing
Affordable housing grants
This bill requires DOA to award grants to municipalities for the purpose of increasing the availability of affordable workforce housing within the municipalities.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 16.3065 of the statutes is created to read:
16.3065 Affordable workforce housing grants. (1) Definition. In this section, “municipality” means a city, village, or town.
(2) Grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (fq), the department shall award grants to municipalities for the purpose of increasing the availability of affordable workforce housing within the municipality. The department may establish eligibility requirements and other program guidelines for the grant program under this subsection.
Section
2. 20.505 (7) (fq) of the statutes is created to read:
20.505 (7) (fq) Affordable workforce housing grants. The amounts in the schedule for the grants to municipalities under s. 16.3065.
****Note: This Section
involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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