STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1676

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Senator SMITH)

ADOPTED: OCTOBER 29, 2020

      This Senate amendment modifies the definition of the term “individual who is housing insecure” to mean a person whose housing costs are more than 30 percent of the person’s monthly income, instead of 50 percent of the person’s monthly income as currently provided in the bill.

      The amendment also removes language in the definition that stipulates that an individual who is housing insecure includes a person who lives in a house or apartment with other individuals or families in order to share housing costs.

      The amendment adds language clarifying that, to be considered housing insecure on the basis of substandard or poor quality of housing, the person’s housing must impact the person’s health and safety.

      The amendment also corrects the spelling of the word “remediated.”