HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1250        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 84

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Marjorie C. Decker

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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 further provide a rental arrearage program.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

1/30/2017

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/26/2017

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/30/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2017

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/3/2017

Solomon Goldstein-Rose

3rd Hampshire

2/1/2017

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/26/2017

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/2/2017

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

1/31/2017

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

2/2/2017

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

2/2/2017

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/3/2017

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/3/2017

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/2/2017

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

2/1/2017

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/31/2017

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

2/3/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

2/3/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1250        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 84

By Ms. Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 84) of Marjorie C. Decker and others that the Department of Transitional Assistance administer a rental and mortgage arrearage program for certain low-income households.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

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 further provide a rental arrearage program.

 

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

Chapter 18 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2B, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, the following section:-

Section 2C: Subject to appropriation, the department of transitional assistance shall administer a rental and mortgage arrearage program for households whose incomes are at or below 130 per cent of the federal poverty limit and who are at risk of homelessness within the next 12 months. For purposes of this program, eligible households shall include but not be limited to families with children under the age of 21, elders, persons with disabilities, and unaccompanied youth. Benefits under the arrearage program shall be made available to households for the prevention of the loss of housing, the actual liability up to four times the monthly rental or mortgage liability.  In administering the program, the department shall coordinate with the member agencies and offices of the Massachusetts interagency council on housing and homelessness on behalf of eligible households served by the members so as to streamline the application process, provide additional support services, and better promote homelessness prevention and housing stability.