Amendment ID: S2564-59-R1

Redraft ECO 59

Housing stock survey

Mr. Tarr moves that the proposed new text be amended in line item 1599-2024 by adding, after the word "resides", the following :

; provided, that funds from this item shall be expended by the department of housing and community development to conduct a comprehensive inventory and assessment of public housing stock in the commonwealth, including but not limited to the number, location, size and age of units, the condition of basic components such as roofs, foundations, plumbing, heating systems, siding, sheathing, wiring, and septic disposal, the vulnerability of units to climate change and the need for adaptation to climate change, and the potential for gains in energy efficiency and renewable energy generation. In conducting such inventory and assessment the department may utilize a standardized reporting system for individual housing authorities and other property managers to provide information to the department, which shall conduct an analysis of the condition of the public housing stock, the projected usable life span of existing units, necessary actions and costs to preserve such units for habitability in the short, medium and long terms, and and other considerations relevant to cost- effective measures needed to prevent the loss of existing housing capacity, provided that such issues and measures may be identified by category. The department shall file a report containing all such information, analysis, and a plan, which shall include costs, with the clerks of the House and Senate, whom shall post it electronically for public inspection, and the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means