Amendment #85 to H3600

Emergency Assistance

Ms. Decker of Cambridge moves to amend the bill in section 2, in item 7004-0101, in line 29, by inserting after the word “situation;” the following:

“provided further, that temporary emergency assistance shall be provided to families who on the date of application for emergency assistance have no other feasible alternative housing, as defined in 760 CMR 67.06.1(b), and who, but for not having spent 1 night in a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including but not limited to a car, park, abandoned building, medical facility, bus or train station, airport or camping ground, would be eligible for emergency assistance under clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d);”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #85 to H3600

Emergency Assistance