HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2845        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1302

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tackey Chan

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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 manufactured housing.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/19/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2845        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1302

By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1302) of Tackey Chan relative to manufactured housing.  Housing.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to manufactured 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. Subsection (2) of Section 32L of Chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended in lines 6 and 8 by striking out the words “or change in rent”.

SECTION 2. Subsection (2) of Section 32L of said Chapter 140 is hereby further amended by inserting the following words after the existing text:- “Any change in rent that does not apply uniformly to all manufactured home tenants of a similar class shall create a rebuttable presumption that such change in rent is unfair. With respect to any change in rent, differences in the year of entry into an occupancy agreement or tenancy shall render otherwise similar classes dissimilar under this subsection. Subsection (2) shall apply retroactively.”