Amendment #26 to H4707

AMI

Mr. Pignatelli of Lenox moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

“SECTION XX. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contra-ry, upon application of the legislative body of a city or town, the executive office of housing and livable communities shall provide for a preference for any of the funds provided for in this act and also provide for an increase in any such programs income criteria to provide for increased area median in-come limits, provided for in this act if the city or town meets the following criteria: (i) the city or town is located within a county whose total population is between 50,000 and 150,000 residents as set forth in the 2020 federal de-cennial census; (ii) the executive office determines that a significant number of the municipality’s housing units are purchased for or being used as sea-sonal homes or are not full-time owner occupied housing units. (b) As part of such application, the executive office shall review and determine that the in-comes of all homeowners should count toward the area median income, whether or not their primary place of residence is in Massachusetts; provided that the executive office may separate regions within a county by area median income. (c) Upon such application the executive office shall, within 90 days, notify the city or town of its eligibility for priority funding for any funding, loan, grant or tax credit, provided for in this act.