Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-223-R1

Redraft ECO 223

7004-0108 Technical Correction #2

Mr. Welch moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7004-0108, by striking the words:- “provided further, that assistance received under this program shall render a family that did not make a good faith effort to secure an apartment or did not make a good faith effort to follow their housing stabilization plan ineligible for benefits pursuant to said section 30 of said chapter 23B and short-term housing transition benefits for a period of no more than 24 months from the later of the date upon which the family exits a temporary emergency family shelter or a monthly rental assistance payment is made to or on behalf of the family or 12 months for a family that received assistance only for rent arrears, utility charges or extraordinary medical bills;”

and inserting in place thereof the following:- “provided further, that a family that did not make a good faith effort to secure an apartment or did not make a good faith effort to follow their housing stabilization plan during the term of their assistance shall be ineligible for benefits pursuant to said section 30 of said chapter 23B and short-term housing transition benefits for a period of no more than 24 months from the later of the date upon which the family exits a temporary emergency family shelter or a monthly rental assistance payment is made to or on behalf of the family or 12 months for a family that received assistance only for rent arrears, utility charges or extraordinary medical bills;”