l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2461

Affordable and quality low-income housing; establish initiatives to improve.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Housing Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY HOUSING FOR LOWER INCOME PERSONS; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (MDA) TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED HOME FUNDS A PORTION OF THE STATE APPROPRIATION OF HOME FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING COSTS; TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO SET ASIDE A PERCENTAGE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING A REGIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP CONSORTIUM; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO APPOINT A TASK FORCE COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES TO IDENTIFY INCENTIVES TO INCREASE THE USE OF SECTION 8 HOMEOWNERSHIP VOUCHERS; TO REQUIRE ALL HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENTS THAT UTILIZE STATE FUNDS OR STATE-ALLOCATED LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS (LIHTC) TO PROVIDE VERIFIABLE ENERGY-EFFICIENCY AND ENGINEERING TESTING; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 12 to February 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 12 to Feb 3 · stopped22 days

HousingJan 12 to Feb 3 · stopped22 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 12 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Housing and on Finance
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published