The 68th Wyoming Legislature has concluded without any of the five housing-focused bills being passed.
Wyoming News reports the failure for any housing bill to get through the legislature came despite efforts by Gov. Mark Gordon to address the state’s housing shortage. Among the housing bills that stalled during the legislative session were House Bill 68, which sought to expand affordable housing development qualifications for tax increment financing; Senate File 40, which sought to amend how neighbors can impact zoning changes allowing for multi-unit housing developments; and House Bill 197, titled “Limits on property development exaction and mitigation fees.”
Also failing to pass were House Bill 88, titled “Multi-family dwelling single stairwell exits”; and House Bill 272, which would have created a $10 million investment program for grants and loans for housing projects across the state.
“Unfortunately, it seems like a lot of the legislation we worked on during the summer didn’t really make it that far here,” observed Sen. Stacy Jones (R-Rock Springs), who was previously a real estate broker. “The final push to get the bills out, unfortunately, was lost on some of those things. We ran out of time.”
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