HB 6239 — AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING FUNDING ALLOCATION AND SEGREGATION.

House of Representatives General Assembly FileCommittee Bill No.

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62394724 HouseReferred ofto Representatives, March 23, 2021 The Committee on HousingHOUSING reportedIntroduced throughby: REP.

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AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING FUNDING ALLOCATION AND SEGREGATION.

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Suchreport shallincludea summary ofany findings and recommendations relating to the data collected pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

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103 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $ Department of Housing GF - Cost 95,000 72,100 State Comptroller - Fringe GF - Cost 29,000 29,800 Benefits1 Note:

GF=General Fund Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill is anticipated to result in a cost to the General Fund of approximately $124,000 in FY 22 and $101,900 in FY 23, as the Department of Housing (DOH) currently lacks the staff capacity to conduct the ongoing data collection, analysis, and biennial reporting required under the bill.

It is assumed that DOH would need to hire a research analyst at a cost of approximately $99,000 ($70,000 salary and $29,000 fringe benefits) in FY 22 and $101,900 in FY 23.

Additionally, DOH is anticipated to incur up to $25,000 in costs for consulting services and/or training, in FY 22 only, to establish the new activities internally at the agency.

The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above for FY 23 The fringe benefit costs for most state employees are budgeted centrally in accounts administered by the Comptroller.

The estimated active employee fringe benefit cost associated with most personnel changes is 41.3% of payroll in FY 22 and FY 23.

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103 would continue into the future subject to inflation.

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103 OLR Bill Analysis HB 6239 AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING FUNDING ALLOCATION AND SEGREGATION.

SUMMARY ThisbillrequirestheDepartmentofHousing(DOH),withinavailable appropriations, to collect and analyze data on existing state and federal housing programs to determine how they impact economic and racial segregation.

Under the bill, the analysis must review data on:

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housing development programs, 2.

housing affordability initiatives, 3.

communities where low-income housing tax credits and rental assistance are spent, and 4.

specific neighborhood racial and economic demographics.

Additionally, the bill requires (1) DOH to include measures such as the dissimilarity index and the five dimensions of segregation (these are used by the U.S.

Census Bureau) in the analysis and (2) the DOH commissioner to submit a report with findings and recommendations from the analysis to the Housing Committee by January 1, 2022, and then biennially.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Upon passage COMMITTEE ACTION Housing Committee Joint Favorable Yea 15 Nay 0 (03/11/2021) HB6239 / File No.