Local Governments Assisting Affordable Housing.
This bill grants the City of Winston-Salem the authority to exempt or reduce system development fees for affordable housing projects. Under the new rules, the city must establish its own specific criteria to determine which developments qualify for these financial incentives. The legislation applies only to Winston-Salem and allows the local government to lower costs for water or sewer services for qualifying affordable housing builders.
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in committee
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Introduction
May 2026
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced May 5, 2026
Last action May 6, 2026
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The bill's header and metadata were updated to reflect a new co-sponsor, Baker, and a revised filing date of May 6, 2026. Additionally, the internal document identifier was changed from a draft code to a formal version number, indicating the bill has moved from a preliminary draft to an official edition.
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Added Representative Baker as a primary sponsor alongside Representative K. Brown.
Updated the filing date from May 5, 2026, to May 6, 2026.
Changed the internal bill identifier from 'DRH40715-NS-23' to 'H1224-v-1'.
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