HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 969        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 115

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Denise Provost

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to end child homelessness.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

 

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

 

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

 

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/27/2017

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

2/3/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2017

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/30/2017

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/31/2017

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

2/2/2017

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/26/2017

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/3/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

2/1/2017

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

1/26/2017

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/31/2017

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/3/2017

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

1/30/2017

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

 

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

 

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

 

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

 

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

 

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

 

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

 

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

 

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

 

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

 

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

 

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 969        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 115

By Ms. Provost of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 115) of Denise Provost and others for legislation to develop housing plans for families with minor children that are being evicted from publicly subsidized housing.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 119 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act to end child homelessness.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no family with children under the age of eighteen shall be evicted of removed from public housing, publicly subsidized housing, or a shelter funded in whole or in part with public funds, including a motel or hotel providing emergency shelter, unless and until the Housing Services Unit of the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, has developed and is able to implement a plan to assure that all children under eighteen in the affected family will be housed in some location which is fit for human habitation. All reasonable efforts shall be made to provide that such children remain in the custody of their parents or other caregivers with whom they have been residing.