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2026 Interim Session

H.B. 68

Signed into LawSupport

Housing and Community Development Amendments

HB0068S06 (Substitute)

Rep. Calvin Roberts
Sen. Lincoln Fillmore
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H.B. 68Signed into LawSupport

Housing and Community Development Amendments

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What This Bill Does

This bill creates the Division of Housing and Community Development within the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity.

Key Provisions

This bill:

  • creates the Division of Housing and Community Development (HCD) within the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity by enacting, renumbering, and amending certain provisions from the Housing and Community Development Division within the Department of Workforce Services and the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget to HCD;
  • defines terms;
  • provides for personnel transfer from the Housing and Community Development Division within the Department of Workforce Services to HCD;
  • creates the state housing coordinator (housing coordinator) position within HCD, who is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate;
  • renames the Housing and Community Development Division within the Department of Workforce Services to the Division of Community Services within the Department of Workforce Services;
  • repeals certain obsolete sections of code;
  • repeals certain sections of code to consolidate with other code sections;
  • repeals the Commission on Housing Affordability;
  • requires coordination between the housing coordinator of HCD and the Utah Housing Corporation (UHC) under certain circumstances;
  • amends the required fields of expertise of public trustees appointed to the UHC board of trustees;
  • moves the Homeless Housing and Services Grant Program from the Office of Homeless Services into HCD;
  • requires recipients of certain state or state-administered funds to report certain data to HCD; and
  • makes technical and conforming changes.

Better Utah Institute's Position

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Plain-Language Summary

AI-generated summary, reviewed by Better Utah staff.

Utah is restructuring how it manages housing policy by creating a new Division of Housing and Community Development (HCD) within the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity. This new division consolidates housing functions previously spread across the Department of Workforce Services and the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, establishes a new state housing coordinator position appointed by the governor with Senate confirmation, moves the Homeless Housing and Services Grant Program under HCD's umbrella, and requires organizations receiving certain state housing funds to report data to the new division. The bill also abolishes the Commission on Housing Affordability and renames the remaining housing unit within the Department of Workforce Services to the Division of Community Services.