Section 3 of Chapter 121B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following sentence in line 7 after the word “provided”:-

The jurisdiction of a housing authority of a city or town, to provide housing for families, elderly persons of low income, and handicapped persons of low income in accordance with sections 25-40 of this chapter shall be the city or town or the local government, in another city or town, where no housing authority exists, authorizing provision of housing in said other city or town. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, for the purposes of the federal Section 8 leased housing program, excluding DHCD, so called jurisdiction of a housing authority shall be limited to the city or town in which it has been duly created, unless their exists an agreement with the housing authority of another city or town or the local government in another city or town, where no housing authority exists, authorizing the administration of the Section 8 program, so-called, in said other city or town. However, in no instance shall such agreement be unreasonable withheld.