Signed by Governor Janet Mills

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends zoning regulations to allow duplexes or 2-housing units be built on any plot previously zoned for a single-family home.

Highlights:

• Alleges “an urgent need to address the availability of affordable housing in Maine” (Page 2)

• Defines as unlawful housing discrimination for gov’t entities to restrict development based on character of location, overcrowding of land, concentration of population (Page 2)

• Limits municipal growth ordinances, prohibits growth caps (Page 3)

• Establishes Municipal Planning Assistance Grant and Incentive Program Fund (Page 4).

• Establishes program to incentivize review of municipal zoning, land use ordinances (Page 4).

• Requires designation of municipal “priority development zones” (Page 9).

• Appropriates $4,579,762 for purposes of Act (Page 10-11).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends zoning regulations to allow duplexes or 2-housing units be built on any plot previously zoned for a single-family home.

Highlights:

• Alleges “an urgent need to address the availability of affordable housing in Maine” (Page 2)

• Defines as unlawful housing discrimination for gov’t entities to restrict development based on character of location, overcrowding of land, concentration of population (Page 2)

• Limits municipal growth ordinances, prohibits growth caps (Page 3)

• Establishes Municipal Planning Assistance Grant and Incentive Program Fund (Page 4).

• Establishes program to incentivize review of municipal zoning, land use ordinances (Page 4).

• Requires designation of municipal “priority development zones” (Page 9).

• Appropriates $4,579,762 for purposes of Act (Page 10-11).

Full Bill Text