Amendment ID: S2776-18-R2

2nd Redraft Amendment 18

Enhancing Data Collection of Rental and Housing Assistance Programs

Mr. Keenan, Ms. Moran, Ms. Jehlen, Messrs. Eldridge and Gomez, Ms. Rausch, Ms. Comerford, Messrs. Moore and Timilty, Ms. Gobi and Mr. Pacheco move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 22 the following section:-

“SECTION 22A. Said section 3 of said chapter 257, as so amended, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in addition to the department’s other monthly reporting requirements pursuant to this section, the department shall, until March 31, 2023, report quarterly to the joint committee on housing and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the activities of the governor’s COVID-19 eviction diversion initiative from the prior quarter. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the number of households approved or denied assistance, delineated by county; (ii) demographic data on the households that applied for assistance in each county, including, but not limited to, gender, race and income; (iii) the mean and median number of months in arrears for households at the time of application; and (iv) the mean amount in arrears per household per month at the time of application.”.