Budget Amendment ID: FY2024-S3-212

ECO 212

Affordable Housing Septic Loan Program

Ms. Moran and Mr. Cyr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 1599-0093, by adding the following words:- “; provided, that funding may be expended to the department of housing and community development, in consultation with the department of environmental protection, for a zero interest loan program for upgrades to existing residential properties to ensure compliance with Title 5 of the state environmental code; provided further, that eligible loan applicants shall be any public agency or limited dividend or nonprofit organization that owns or operates a residential housing facility that was previously approved for construction under the requirements of sections 20 to 23 of chapter 40B of the General Laws and is currently designated as low or moderate income housing by the department of housing and community development on the state’s subsidized housing inventory; provided further, that loan funding distributed from the program shall only be used by an eligible loan applicant to conduct, or contract for the following upgrades to a residential housing facility that was previously approved for construction under the requirements of sections 20 to 23 of chapter 40B of the General Laws and is currently designated as low or moderate income housing by the department of housing and community development on the state’s subsidized housing inventory: (a) physical upgrades to the septic system of a residential housing facility to ensure compliance with Title 5 of the state environmental code; or  (b) transition of a residential housing facility from a septic system to a sewage system”.