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S12792026 Regular Session

Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding starter home subdivisions.

HOUSING -- Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding starter home subdivisions.

HOUSING

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

With the national median age of first-time homebuyers having recently reached 40, the need to reduce barriers of entry in the face of increasing cost of living and artificial scarcity is ever more apparent. This legislation removes red tape discouraging first-time homeownership by enabling small-lot starter home subdivisions on vacant residential land, removing restrictive covenants and local zoning barriers that prevent compact single-family development. It sets reasonable state standards for lot size, frontage, setbacks, and density, while preserving health, safety, environmental, and infrastructure requirements.

LATEST ACTION

Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources

BILL INFO

Session
2026
Chamber
senate
Status date
Feb 11, 2026

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