Assigned to APPROP FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2664
military and transitional housing; fund
Purpose
Establishes the Military and Transitional Housing Fund (Fund) and specifies how Fund
monies are to be spent.
Background
The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) is responsible for establishing policies,
procedures and programs that ADOH may conduct to address affordable housing issues, including
housing issues of low-income families, moderate income families, housing affordability, special
needs populations and decaying housing stock. ADOH must provide to qualified housing
participants and political subdivisions of Arizona financial, advisory, consultative, planning,
training and educational assistance for the development of safe, decent and affordable housing,
including housing for low- and moderate- income households. ADOH is responsible for
maintaining and enforcing standards of quality and safety for manufactured homes, mobile homes
and factory-built buildings (A.R.S. § 41-3953).
The Director of ADOH (Director) serves at the pleasure of the Governor and is tasked with
administering ADOH (A.R.S. § 41-3952).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Establishes the Fund consisting of monies from federal sources from affordable housing
legislation and unused or undesignated stimulus or infrastructure monies.
2. Requires the Director to administer the Fund and specifies that the monies in the Fund are
continuously appropriated.
3. Requires Fund monies to be spent, with the approval of the Governor, to develop
newly-constructed transitional housing for military members, in coordination with veteran
owned and operated nonprofit and for-profit organizations in Arizona.
4. Requires Fund monies to be spent for developing projects and programs that provide housing
opportunities for military and transitional housing for former military members separating
from the military to be housed in newly-constructed housing facilities. FACT SHEET
H.B. 2264
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5. Requires the Director, by September 1 of each year, to submit a report to the President of the
Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives and provide a copy to the Secretary of
State that includes:
a) a summary of facilities funded during the preceding fiscal year;
b) the cost and geographic location of each facility;
c) the number of individuals who are benefiting from the operation; and
d) the purchase or construction of a facility.
6. Requires ADOH to notify any city, town, county or tribal government that a project is planned
for its jurisdiction.
7. Requires ADOH, before proceeding with a project, to receive a comment from the governing
body of the applicable city, town, county or tribal government or an official authorized by the
governing body.
8. Prohibits monies in the Fund from being spent on unoccupied hotels and motels designated for
homeless veterans.
9. Prohibits ADOH from using more than 10 percent of the Fund monies to administer the Fund.
10. Prohibits ADOH from attempting to override a local jurisdiction's planning, zoning or land use
regulations.
11. Exempts the monies in the Fund from lapsing.
12. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
MAPS 2/14/22 DP 15-0-0-0
APPROP 2/23/22 W/D
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Read 3/2/22 51-7-2
Prepared by Senate Research
March 18, 2022
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