HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1524        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1365

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sarah K. Peake

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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 facilitating the appropriation and expenditure of community preservation funds for community housing purposes in the town of Chatham.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/18/2023

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

6/20/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1524        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1365

By Representative Peake of Provincetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1365) of Sarah K. Peake (by vote of the town) relative to the appropriation and expenditure of community preservation funds for community housing purposes in the town of Chatham.  Housing.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4058 OF 2021-2022.]

 

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 facilitating the appropriation and expenditure of community preservation funds for community housing purposes in the town of Chatham.

 

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 the definition of “moderate income housing” set forth in the fifteenth paragraph of section 2 of chapter 44B of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Town of Chatham, upon recommendation of its community preservation committee, may appropriate and expend community preservation funds for purposes of community housing for those persons and families whose annual income is less than 200 per cent of the area-wide median income.

 

Section 2: This act shall take effect upon passage.