Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Housing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Start Time:

9:00 AM

Location:

A-2
B-2

Event Description

Condominium, Public Housing, Manufactured Housing

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov/. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Housing's page here.

At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by August 3, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

Written testimony can be submitted via email at luke.oroark@mahouse.gov or physically mailed to the House Chair:

Chair Richard Haggerty

Joint Committee on Housing

ATTN: Luke O'Roark

24 Beacon St. Room 146

Boston, MA 02133

In-person oral and remote testimony sign-up is available via this form until 12 P.M., noon, on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Email Luke O'Roark at luke.oroark@mahouse.gov with any questions or concerns.

For those testifying remotely, you will receive a Microsoft Teams link with more information prior to the start of the hearing.

This hearing will be chaired by House Chair Richard Haggerty. House Chair Haggerty's office can be reached at 617-722-2575. Senate Chair Cyr's office can be reached at 617-722-1570.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee On Housing	6/4/2025 9:00 AM	02:20:59

Condominium, Public Housing, Manufactured Housing 9:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.980	An Act relative to the condominium owners’ rights	Lydia Edwards
S.985	An Act relative to 40B condominium units	Ryan C. Fattman
H.1522	An Act relative to electronic meetings and voting in condominiums	Kevin G. Honan
H.1523	An Act establishing an office of the condominium ombudsman	Kevin G. Honan
H.1538	An Act relative to a special commission to study condominium law	Hannah Kane
H.1539	An Act relative to condominium elections	Hannah Kane
H.1555	An Act relative to the display of the flag of the United States by condominium unit owners	David K. Muradian, Jr.
S.955	An Act relative to local public housing authorities	Michael D. Brady
S.977	An Act relative to CHAMPS application upgrades	Peter J. Durant
S.990	An Act relative to manufactured housing communities	Paul R. Feeney
S.1007	An Act to prevent and respond to bullying of elderly and disabled residents	Joan B. Lovely
S.1019	An Act relative to manufactured housing communities	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.1020	An Act providing for pre-service training for members of mobile home rent control boards	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.1474	An Act allowing moveable tiny houses as permanent residential dwellings and accessory dwelling units	Bruce E. Tarr
H.1470	An Act relative to senior and non-elderly disabled housing	David Biele
H.1472	An Act relative to increasing affordable and public housing options	Daniel Cahill
H.1475	An Act relative to manufactured housing	Tackey Chan
H.1476	An Act to codify pet-friendly elderly housing policies and ensure pet parity across housing authorities	Tackey Chan
H.1487	An Act relative to low-income housing eligibility for disabled veterans	Michael S. Day
H.1491	An Act relative to CHAMP that will revert back to local residents receiving priority over applicants that have not been screened as emergency applicants	David F. DeCoste
H.1492	An Act expanding the definition of affordable housing to include manufactured homes	David F. DeCoste
H.1493	An Act allowing movable tiny houses as permanent residential dwellings and accessory dwelling units	David F. DeCoste
H.1504	An Act relative to mobile homes as affordable housing	Paul K. Frost
H.1512	An Act to exempt local housing authorities from the penalties of the MBTA Communities Law	Richard M. Haggerty
H.1513	An Act relative to manufactured housing communities	James K. Hawkins
H.1514	An Act providing a buffer for manufactured home communities	James K. Hawkins
H.1517	An Act relative to housing authority executive director contracts	Kevin G. Honan
H.1520	An Act to establish an apprenticeship program to ready vacant public housing apartments for occupancy	Kevin G. Honan
H.1521	An Act ensuring continued rights for public housing residents	Kevin G. Honan
H.1524	An Act restoring the Commonwealth's public housing	Kevin G. Honan
H.1525	An Act to prevent and respond to bullying of elderly and disabled residents	Kevin G. Honan
H.1527	An Act relative to public housing restrictions for sex offenders	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1528	An Act relative to public housing restrictions	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1529	An Act establishing an affordable housing qualification commission	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1541	An Act amending chapter 235 of the acts of 2014	Meghan K. Kilcoyne
H.1550	An Act relative to PILOT agreements on replaced public housing	Paul McMurtry
H.1551	An Act relative to the Affordable Homes Act	Paul McMurtry
H.1565	An Act providing for pre-service training for members of mobile home rent control boards	Aaron L. Saunders

Present (9)

Richard M. Haggerty (HOU)

James C. Arena-DeRosa (HOU)

Michelle L. Badger (HOU)

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. (HOU)

Hannah Bowen (HOU)

Rob Consalvo (HOU)

David F. DeCoste (HOU)

Kip A. Diggs (HOU)

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (HOU)

Absent (2)

Christopher M. Markey (HOU) *

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos (HOU) *

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Housing

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