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Housing Finance and Policy

2025-2026 Regular Session

Meets: Tuesday and Wednesday 3 p.m. in Capitol G3
Committee Co-Chair: Rep. Spencer Igo 07A
Committee Co-Chair: Rep. Michael Howard 51A
Committee Co-Vice Chair: Rep. Jeff Dotseth 11A
Committee Co-Vice Chair: Rep. Liish Kozlowski 08B

Staff

GOP Committee Administrator: Lorie Cousineau, Lorie.Cousineau@house.mn.gov
DFL Committee Administrator: Benji Brinks, Benjamin.Brinks@house.mn.gov

GOP Committee Legislative Assistant: Betsy Ritzer , Betsy.Ritzer@house.mn.gov
DFL Committee Legislative Assistant: Jonathan Smith, Johnathan.Smith@house.mn.gov

Committee Documents

Meeting Minutes

Upcoming Meetings

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Co-Chair: Rep. Spencer Igo holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Representative Dotseth
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:

Housing Finance and Policy Committee
Committee Co-Chair – Representative Igo
Committee Co-Chair Representative Howard
Co-Vice Chair – Representative Dotseth
Co-Vice Chair – Representative Kozlowski

Meeting: March 3rd, 2026
Time: 3:00 – 4:45 p.m.
Location: Cap. G3

Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HFXXXX Starter Homes Act

IV. HFXXXX State Housing Tax Credit Bill

V. Adjourn

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing. Testimony information must include name, organization, and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

This agenda is subject to change and bills may be added at the discretion of the Chair.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Chair: Rep. Michael Howard
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:

Items may be added/removed
- Amendment deadline will be 1:00PM on Tuesday, March 3rd
- The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF3806 (Howard) - Issuance of housing infrastructure bonds authorized, and money appropriated.

IV. HF2687 (Agbaje) - Single-family home ownership restricted for corporate entities, increased deed tax rates on conveyances of single-family homes provided to corporate owners, state portion of revenues dedicated from the increased deed tax rates for the workforce and affordable homeownership program, and statewide landlord database created.

V. HF497 (Agbaje) - Community Mediation Minnesota funding provided for a statewide housing mediation program, and money appropriated.

VI. Adjourn

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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator benjamin.brinks@house.mn.gov and Committee Legislative Assistant johnathan.smith@house.mn.gov by 3:00pm the day before each hearing. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title. Testifiers may participate remotely at the Chair’s discretion. Testimony may be limited to two minutes per testifier. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

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Bills:
  • HF497 (Agbaje) - Community Mediation Minnesota funding provided for a statewide housing mediation program, and money appropriated.
  • HF2687 (Agbaje) - Single-family home ownership restricted for corporate entities, increased deed tax rates on conveyances of single-family homes provided to corporate owners, state portion of revenues dedicated from the increased deed tax rates for the workforce and affordable homeownership program, and statewide landlord database created.
  • HF3806 (Howard) - Issuance of housing infrastructure bonds authorized, and money appropriated.