1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to state government; eliminating the Legislative Commission on Housing
1.3 Affordability; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.8845.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. REPEALER.
1.6 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.8845, is repealed.
1Section 1.
REVISOR SGS/MI 25-0265902/06/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 927
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Nash02/17/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy 3.8845 LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
Subdivision 1.Membership.(a) The Legislative Commission on Housing Affordability consists
of:
(1) two senators appointed by the senate majority leader;
(2) two senators appointed by the senate minority leader;
(3) two representatives appointed by the speaker of the house; and
(4) two representatives appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives.
(b) Each appointing authority must make appointments by January 31 of the regular legislative
session in the odd-numbered year.
Subd. 2.Meetings.The ranking senator from the majority party appointed to the commission
must convene the first meeting of a biennium by February 15 in the odd-numbered year.
Subd. 3.Terms; vacancies.Members of the commission serve for terms beginning upon
appointment and ending at the beginning of the regular legislative session in the next odd-numbered
year. The appropriate appointing authority must fill a vacancy for a seat of a current legislator for
the remainder of the unexpired term.
Subd. 4.Officers.The commission must elect a chair and may elect other officers as it determines
are necessary at the first meeting of the commission in an odd-numbered year. The chair alternates
between a member of the senate and a member of the house of representatives at the start of the
regular legislative session in each odd-numbered year.
Subd. 5.Staff.The Legislative Coordinating Commission must provide administrative and
research assistance to the commission.
Subd. 6.Duties.The commission shall:
(1) define housing affordability and study issues relating to housing affordability and the
construction, preservation, and rehabilitation of owner-occupied and rental housing, including
subsidized housing, existing and future government regulations impacting housing affordability,
market forces impacting housing affordability, and access to homeownership;
(2) review and provide the legislature with research and analysis of emerging issues affecting
housing affordability and homeownership access, including but not limited to construction work
force, innovation, building practices, and building material costs;
(3) review and provide the legislature with research and analysis of policies to reduce the
homeownership equity gap; and
(4) review and make recommendations on legislative and rulemaking proposals positively
impacting personal housing affordability, access to homeownership, and other related barriers to
homeownership, especially with regard to first-time home buyers and economically disadvantaged
buyers and renters.
Subd. 7.Expiration.This section expires June 30, 2023.
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APPENDIX
Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-02659