Budget Amendment ID: FY2026-S3-156-R1

Redraft ECO 156

Emergency Assistance Shelter Notice

Ms. Friedman, Mr. Cyr, Ms. Kennedy, Messrs. Payano, Mark and Gómez, Ms. Rausch, Ms. Jehlen, Messrs. Eldridge and Driscoll and Ms. Edwards moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7004-0101, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that not later than September 15, 2025, the secretary of housing and livable communities shall submit a report to the joint committee on housing, the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives on the status of the applicability of paragraph (G) of said section 30 of said chapter 23B and the justification for such status, including, but not limited to, the number of families in emergency assistance shelter, the current and projected caseload of eligible families applying for or residing in emergency assistance shelter for the fiscal year, the current and estimated capacity of the shelter system for the fiscal year, the average shelter exits in the past 7 and 14 days and the average shelter intakes in the past 7 and 14 days; provided further, that the secretary of housing and livable communities shall provide notice to the joint committee on housing, the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than 15 days prior to any change to the applicability of said paragraph (G) of said section 30 of said chapter 23B”.