Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-271

ECO 271

Establishing Housing First Benchmarks and Creating a Plan to Address Homelessness

Messrs. Feeney and Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7004-0104, by adding the following words:- "; provided further, that resources from this line may be expended by the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, Inc. for the purpose of promotion, resource development, and technical assistance related to the wider creation of permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities who are experiencing homelessness; provided further that the Department of Housing and Community Development shall work with the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, Inc. to create a plan projecting the permanent supportive housing need over the next five years for this specific population and creating benchmarks for housing creation necessary to meet this need; provided further, that this plan shall be created by those in the Department of Housing and Community Development overseeing homeless programs and shall be presented to the Clerks of the House and Senate no later than April 1, 2023".