SECTION 1. Section 20 of chapter 40B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “organization”, in line 9, the following words:- ,including, but not limited to, manufactured homes, as defined in section 32Q of chapter 140, in a manufactured housing community, as defined in section 32F of said chapter 140.
SECTION 2. Said chapter 40B is hereby amended by inserting after section 20 the following section:-
Section 20A. Manufactured homes, as defined in section 32Q of chapter 140, in a manufactured housing community, as defined in section 32F of said chapter 140, within a city or town, constructed and inhabited prior to January 1, 2018, shall be counted toward the city or town’s low and moderate income housing units at a rate of .5 units per manufactured home. Manufactured homes in a manufactured housing community within a city or town, constructed or inhabited on or after January 1, 2018, may be counted toward the city or town’s low and moderate income housing units at a rate of .5 units per manufactured home for every 1 unit of other new low and moderate income housing that is counted toward the city or town’s total low and moderate income housing units on or after January 1, 2018.
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