HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3784        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1318

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David M. Rogers

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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 setting a housing production goal for the Commonwealth.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/18/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/28/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/29/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/31/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/31/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/31/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/1/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

2/1/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3784        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1318

By Mr. Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1318) of David M. Rogers and others relative to establishing a housing production goal for the Commonwealth.  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 setting a housing production goal for the Commonwealth.

 

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

Chapter 23A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 68. In order to meet the housing needs of the Commonwealth, there is hereby established a statewide goal of producing 427,000 new units of housing in Massachusetts by 2040. The housing production goal shall also include a goal of having 85,400 units of housing created by 2040 that are affordable to households earning less than 80% of the Area Median Income, with at least 8,500 of these affordable units for households earning less than 30 percent of the Area Median Income.

The secretary of housing and economic development shall report annually to the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, who shall forward the report to the house of representatives and the senate, the chairs of the joint committee on housing, and the chairs of the senate and house committee on ways and means, on progress made towards meeting these housing production goals. The report shall include a breakdown of market-rate units created; units created that are accessible or adaptable for persons with disabilities; units created for persons over the age of 55; and units created by deed restricted affordable housing available to households earning less than 80% Area Median Income, less than 60% Area Median Income, and less than 30% Area Median Income. The secretary of housing and economic development shall also report annually on the number of residential properties purchased by foreign buyers in Massachusetts. As part of the report, the secretary of housing and economic development shall also include information on short term rentals collected as required by Chapter 337 of the Acts of 2018.