Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-48

OTH 48

Tax Credit for Homeless Veteran Housing

Messrs. O'Connor, Timilty, Tarr, Fattman and Ross moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

"Section 1: Notwithstanding any other general of special law to the contrary, the Commonwealth hereby directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to require that as part of the development of the Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) for 2011, the Department must set-aside no less than 10% of its allocated tax credits for projects sponsored by nonprofits that will provide permanent housing for formerly homeless veterans in a service-based multifamily property and projects of no fewer than 20 units."