CHAPTER 73

H.P. 364 - L.D. 472

Resolve, Directing the Community Preservation Advisory

Committee To Study Issues Pertaining to Barriers to

Affordable Housing in the State

Sec. 1. Community Preservation Advisory Committee to study issues pertaining to affordable housing. Resolved: That the Community Preservation Advisory Committee, as established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 4350, referred to in this resolve as "the committee," shall undertake a comprehensive study to identify regulatory or other barriers to the creation of affordable housing in the State. For each barrier identified, the committee shall make recommendations on ways to reduce that barrier and to provide incentives for the creation of affordable housing. The committee's study must include, but is not limited to, a review of and recommendations on methods to remove or reduce barriers to the creation or availability of affordable housing created by:

1. State rules or local regulations that inhibit the construction of new affordable housing units or the renovation of existing buildings for the purpose of creating affordable housing units. The committee's recommendations in this area must be consistent with the legitimate concerns of the State and the local communities for healthy neighborhoods, sound environmental practices, sustainable affordability and inclusive communities;

2. Zoning or zoning practices that create barriers to affordable housing;