HB 538 - NYU Furman Center

State Land Use Enacted Legislation

Bill #	State	Year	Party	Topic
HB 538	MD	2024	D	Affordable housing incentives and financing, By-right zoning, Commercial land, Density bonus, Density Increases, Encouraging duplex, triplex, fourplexes and townhomes, Lands near transit, Manufactured Housing, Non-profit owned, Publicly-owned, Streamline hearings

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Summary

Establish the Historic Property Revitalization Director as a position in the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Prohibits a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of manufactured homes or modular dwellings in a zoning district that allows single–family residential uses and under other specified circumstances.
Requires local jurisdictions to allow increases in density for certain qualified projects in certain districts or zones for certain properties formerly owned by the State, located within a certain distance of a rail station, or owned or controlled by a nonprofit organization. This includes permitting middle housing (duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage clusters, or town houses) in single-family zones, additional density bonuses within multifamily zones, and particle provisions for mixed use buildings. The law also prevents localities from imposing unreasonable limitations on qualifying projects. Qualifying projects must set aside 25 percent of units affordable at or below 60 percent AMI, for at least 40 years.
Establishes limits on the maximum number of public hearings for qualifying projects.
Requires an entity responsible for qualified projects in nonresidential areas conduct a public health impact assessment and submit the assessment to the Department for approval.

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