HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4879        FILED ON: 7/2/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4289

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Hadley Luddy and Julian Cyr

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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:

Hadley Luddy

4th Barnstable

7/2/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4879        FILED ON: 7/2/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4289

By Representative Luddy of Orleans and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4289) of Hadley Luddy (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. 1365 OF 2023-2024.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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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.