This bill creates the Division of Housing and Community Development within the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity.
This bill:
- creates the Division of Housing and Community Development (HCD) within the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity by enacting, renumbering, and amending certain provisions from the Housing and Community Development Division within the Department of Workforce Services and the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget to HCD;
- defines terms;
- creates the deputy director position within HCD, who is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate;
- renames the Housing and Community Development Division within the Department of Workforce Services to the Division of Community Services within the Department of Workforce Services;
- repeals certain obsolete sections of code;
- repeals certain sections of code to consolidate with other code sections;
- repeals the Commission on Housing Affordability;
- requires coordination between the deputy director of HCD and the Utah Housing Corporation (UHC) under certain circumstances;
- amends the required fields of expertise of public trustees appointed to the UHC board of trustees;
- moves the Homeless Housing and Services Grant Program from the Office of Homeless Services into HCD; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.
Recommended by: Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 10-21-101, 10-21-201, 10-21-202, 10-21-203, 17-80-101, 17-80-201, 17-80-202, 17C-1-102, 17C-1-412, 26B-3-209, 35A-1-202, 35A-3-103, 35A-3-309, 35A-8-101, 35A-8-201, 35A-8-202, 35A-8-1003, 35A-8-1009, 35A-8-1601, 35A-8-1702, 59-2-1101, 59-12-2220, 63H-8-201, 63H-8-203, 63L-11-402, 63L-12-102, 72-1-215, 72-1-304, 72-2-124, 72-5-117, 78B-6-521
Substitute #1: 9-9-104.5, 10-21-101, 10-21-201, 10-21-202, 10-21-203, 11-13-103, 17-80-101, 17-80-201, 17-80-202, 17B-1-612, 17C-1-102, 17C-1-412, 26B-3-209, 35A-1-202, 35A-3-103, 35A-3-309, 35A-8-101, 35A-8-201, 35A-8-202, 35A-8-1003, 35A-8-1009, 53C-3-203, 59-2-1101, 59-5-116, 59-5-119, 59-12-2220, 59-21-1, 63A-3-205, 63C-25-101, 63H-8-201, 63H-8-203, 63L-11-402, 72-1-215, 72-1-304, 72-2-124