HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1539        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1272

 

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.”