HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 5678

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, September 21, 2026.

 The committee on Housing, to whom were referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1477) of Mike Connolly and Lindsay N. Sabadosa for legislation to remove the prohibition on rent control and to provide tenant and foreclosure protections; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1478) of Mike Connolly relative to the development of mixed income social housing to be administered by the Massachusetts Housing Finance Authority; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1526) of Tara T. Hong for an investigation by a special commission relative to rent stabilization; and the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1572) of Andres X. Vargas, Kevin G. Honan and others for legislation to increase housing development, reports (under the provisions of House Rule 27) recommending that the accompanying order (House, No. 5678) ought to be adopted.

For the committee,

RICHARD M. HAGGERTY.

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 5678

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 Ordered, That the committee on Housing be authorized to sit during a recess of the General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 1477, 1478, 1526 and 1572, relative to housing and rent programs.

 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives on or before December 31, 2026.