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OLR Bill Analysis
HB 6239
AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING FUNDING ALLOCATION AND
SEGREGATION.
SUMMARY
This bill requires the Department of Housing (DOH), within
available appropriations, to collect and analyze data on existing state
and federal housing programs to determine how they impact economic
and racial segregation. Under the bill, the analysis must review data
on:
1. housing development programs,
2. housing affordability initiatives,
3. communities where low-income housing tax credits and rental
assistance are spent, and
4. specific neighborhood racial and economic demographics.
Additionally, the bill requires (1) DOH to include measures such as
the dissimilarity index and the five dimensions of segregation (these
are used by the U.S. Census Bureau) in the analysis and (2) the DOH
commissioner to submit a report with findings and recommendations
from the analysis to the Housing Committee by January 1, 2022, and
then biennially.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
COMMITTEE ACTION
Housing Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 15 Nay 0 (03/11/2021)
2021HB-06239-R000103-BA.DOCX
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