Budget Amendment ID: FY2024-S3-279

ECO 279

Eliminate Asset Limits for Homeless Shelters

Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Miranda, Ms. Jehlen and Ms. Rausch moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section X the following sections:-

“SECTION XX. Section 30 of chapter 23B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 48, the words “or personal property”.

SECTION XX. Subsection (B) of said section 30 of said chapter 23B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the second paragraph the following paragraph:-

A person shall not be denied assistance under this section based wholly or in part on the amount of the person’s assets; provided, however, that any income generated by such assets may be treated as countable income.”