RELATING TO HOUSING.

SB 2162 would allow large landowners to request permission from the Land Use Commission to build elderly housing on specific parts of agricultural land. This bill directly affects large landowners who currently cannot develop housing on agricultural parcels and the Land Use Commission, which would review such requests. The key mechanism is a new petition process enabling these landowners to seek approval for elderly housing projects on agricultural land, changing current land-use restrictions. It is a procedural bill focused on modifying land-use rules, not on funding or direct housing construction.