HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2600        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1279

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kevin G. Honan

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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 housing service coordinators.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/17/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

2/1/2019

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

2/1/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/31/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/29/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/1/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/29/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/31/2019

James M. Kelcourse

1st Essex

1/31/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/30/2019

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/28/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/30/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/30/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2600        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1279

 

 

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 housing service coordinators.

 

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

Section 38B of Chapter 121B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word ‘program’ in line 12 the following:

There shall also be, subject to appropriation, a program for housing service coordinators to assist residents of privately owned state and federally assisted housing to reduce evictions, increase housing stability, and coordinate residents’ access to opportunities for education, job training, and other services that may increase economic self-sufficiency.

The department of housing and community development, hereinafter the “department”, shall train and certify agencies eligible to provide housing service coordinators and shall develop standard outcome measures by which work shall be assessed.

Property owners who participate in this program shall not file a summary process action for eviction of any subsidized tenant unless the owner certifies on a form approved by the department that the tenant was provided the opportunity to meet with the housing service coordinator a minimum of thirty days before the summary process filing unless problems warranting eviction constitute an immediate threat to the health or safety of any persons at the development, including without limitation residents or staff.

The department shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on housing regarding the number of housing service coordinators, the housing developments where the coordinators are located, and the number of evictions prevented because of service coordinator intervention.

The department may promulgate regulations and guidelines to implement this section.