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AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. To (1) establish a sewer system infrastructure support program, (2) prohibit requiring a lot size greater than one acre for construction of a residence, (3) prohibit a municipality from installing or constructing hostile architecture, (4) require the collection of data regarding LGBTQ youth and young adults, (5) modify the rental assistance program, (6) authorize bonding for municipalities administering a housing choice voucher home ownership program, (7) modify the Community Investment Fund to provide automatic bonding for affordable housing projects, (8) establish a middle housing grant pilot program, (9) establish a pilot program to provide portable showers and laundry facilities to persons experiencing homelessness, (10) establish a direct rental assistance pilot program, and (11) require the majority leaders' roundtable to study (A) establishing an Affordable Housing Real Estate Trust, (B) providing funding to individuals renovating properties in areas with low appraisal values, (C) establishing rental savings accounts and rental tax credits, and (D) establishing extreme temperature protocols to protect persons experiencing homelessness.