HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1539 FILED ON: 1/16/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1272
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Susan Williams Gifford
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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 relative to affordable housing.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth | 1/9/2019 |
William L. Crocker, Jr. | 2nd Barnstable | 1/22/2019 |
David F. DeCoste | 5th Plymouth | 1/29/2019 |
Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | 1/22/2019 |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 1/28/2019 |
Lenny Mirra | 2nd Essex | 1/23/2019 |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | 1/24/2019 |
Mathew J. Muratore | 1st Plymouth | 1/22/2019 |
Brian W. Murray | 10th Worcester | 1/22/2019 |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | 1/28/2019 |
Norman J. Orrall | 12th Bristol | 1/30/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1539 FILED ON: 1/16/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1272
By Ms. Gifford of Wareham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1272) of Susan Williams Gifford and others relative to affordable housing. Housing. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
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An Act relative to affordable housing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of appeals within a municipality, in the determination of whether low or moderate income housing exists in a municipality in excess of ten percent of the housing units reported in the most recent federal decennial census, so that requirements or regulations imposed by said board of appeals in a permit after comprehensive hearing shall be deemed consistent with local needs, may count as low or moderate income housing units, manufactured housing units in manufactured housing communities; provided:
(1) That each qualifying manufactured housing unit has a fair cash value of no more than $100,000 and is subject to no outstanding board of health citations;
(2) That the total of (a) the average annual rent for a housing site in which a manufactured housing unit is located; (b) an annual financing cost for a new manufactured housing unit costing $100,000 at a then current interest rate charged by an area lender to a credit-worthy borrower; and (c) the annual cost of utilities, not included in the rent, for a manufactured housing unit in the northeast region, estimated by a manufacturer, trade association or other reliable source, is affordable to a single person household with an income equal to no more than 80% of area median income, as determined by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, paying no more than 30% of income for these expenses; and
(3) That the median income for a household in the census tract in which the manufactured housing community is located, as computed in the most recent federal decennial census, is less than 80% of area median income, as computed by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.”