HF 2203

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to affordable housing; appropriating money; 
  1.3             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.4             chapter 462A. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [462A.195] [BUDGET ALLOCATION.] 
  1.7      Subdivision 1.  [CONDITIONS.] One percent of the amount of 
  1.8   the previous biennial budget of the state is appropriated from 
  1.9   the general fund for transfer to the housing development fund 
  1.10  for the production or preservation of affordable housing and the 
  1.11  prevention of homelessness if one of the following conditions 
  1.12  has been met: 
  1.13     (a) the rental housing vacancy rate for the fourth quarter 
  1.14  of the calendar year preceding the start of the biennium was 
  1.15  below five percent in counties containing 50 percent or more of 
  1.16  the total state population; 
  1.17     (b) the median rent was greater than 30 percent of 50 
  1.18  percent of the area median household income as defined by the 
  1.19  federal Department of Housing and Urban Development in the 
  1.20  calendar year preceding the start of the biennium for residents 
  1.21  in counties containing 50 percent or more of the total state 
  1.22  population; or 
  1.23     (c) the number of federally assisted housing units eligible 
  1.24  for conversion to market rate exceeds 1,000 for one of the two 
  1.25  calendar years of the current biennium. 
  2.1      The commissioner of finance, in consultation with the state 
  2.2   demographer, or the metropolitan council with respect to 
  2.3   metropolitan housing information, shall determine whether one of 
  2.4   the conditions in paragraph (a), (b), or (c) has been met by 
  2.5   January 31 of each odd numbered year. 
  2.6      Subd. 2.  [APPROPRIATION USED FOR EXISTING PROGRAMS.] The 
  2.7   commissioner of the housing finance agency, in consultation with 
  2.8   the commissioners of children, families, and learning and 
  2.9   economic security, shall allocate appropriations under this 
  2.10  section only to existing programs under the administration of 
  2.11  the housing finance agency, the department of children, 
  2.12  families, and learning, or the department of economic security 
  2.13  that do one or more of the following: 
  2.14     (a) distribute affordable housing program expenditures 
  2.15  among all areas of the state in a geographically equitable 
  2.16  manner based on housing needs; 
  2.17     (b) encourage partnerships between the private and public 
  2.18  sectors, including employers and local governments, in meeting 
  2.19  affordable housing needs; 
  2.20     (c) emphasize home ownership opportunities for working 
  2.21  families; 
  2.22     (d) promote linkages between affordable housing and 
  2.23  job-training, apprenticeship, and pre-apprenticeship 
  2.24  opportunities; 
  2.25     (e) encourage mixed-income housing development in order to 
  2.26  expand affordable housing opportunities; 
  2.27     (f) track the loss of affordable housing units through 
  2.28  conversion or redevelopment and whether the housing units lost 
  2.29  in this manner are replaced, including the location of 
  2.30  replacement housing and the lag time between demolition or 
  2.31  conversion and replacement; and 
  2.32     (g) contribute to lowering the development costs for 
  2.33  builders of affordable housing. 
  2.34     Subd. 3.  [REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.] The commissioner of the 
  2.35  housing finance agency, in consultation with the commissioners 
  2.36  of children, families, and learning and economic security, shall 
  3.1   submit a biennial report to the legislative committees with 
  3.2   responsibility for housing issues on the allocation of any 
  3.3   appropriations made under this section.