HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 275        FILED ON: 1/11/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 660

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David F. DeCoste

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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 expanding the definition of affordable housing to include manufactured homes.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/11/2017

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

2/3/2017

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/19/2017

Geoff Diehl

7th Plymouth

1/17/2017

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

2/2/2017

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/31/2017

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Kevin J. Kuros

8th Worcester

2/3/2017

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

2/2/2017

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/31/2017

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/3/2017

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/25/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 275        FILED ON: 1/11/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 660

By Mr. DeCoste of Norwell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 660) of David F. DeCoste and others for legislation to include mobile homes in the definition of affordable housing.  Housing.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1091 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 expanding the definition of affordable housing to include manufactured homes.

 

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

Chapter 40B of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 20 the following section:

Section 20A. All manufactured homes, as defined in section 32Q of chapter 140, in a manufactured housing community, as defined in section 32F of chapter 140, located within a city or town shall be included as low or moderate income housing for the purposes of sections 20 to 23, inclusive, toward a city or town’s count of housing units.