Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-257

ECO 257

Construction and Disposition of Certain Public Housing Units

Mr. Petruccelli moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 84, by striking, in section 84, line 1156, the words “the units were vacant as of November 1, 2012” and inserting in place thereof: --

“the department has received written confirmation from the housing authority that those units are obsolete and inappropriate to house low income families serviced by the housing authority” ;

And, further amend the bill by inserting, in said section, line 1174, after the words “shall be”, the following:--

“used by the housing authority to fund capital improvements the housing authority determines are necessary and appropriate at existing  state funded housing developments that serve households that would have been eligible for occupancy of the units that had been sited on the property, and if such use by the housing authority is impracticable, then such proceeds shall be”