Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Housing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-1

Event Description

Production

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 22, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

Written testimony can be submitted via email at meg.ribera@masenate.gov or 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 24, 2025. Email Colin Hennessy at colin.hennessy@masenate.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 Senate Chair Julian Cyr. Senate Chair Cyr's office can be reached at 617-722-1570. House Chair Haggerty's office can be reached at 617-722-2575

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Housing - 6-25-2025	6/25/2025 1:00 PM	02:30:14

Bill No. 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.956	An Act to address affordable housing	Michael D. Brady
S.958	An Act promoting geographic equity in state-funded housing development	Joanne M. Comerford
S.964	An Act to study single-stair residential buildings	John J. Cronin
S.965	An Act promoting fair and affordable housing	Julian Cyr
S.969 C	An Act establishing an accessory dwelling unit trust fund	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.971	An Act reforming the housing development incentive program	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.987	An Act relative to housing developments in small communities	Ryan C. Fattman
S.989	An Act establishing the missing-middle starter home development and home ownership program	Paul R. Feeney
S.993	An Act accelerating housing production	Barry R. Finegold
S.1001	An Act to increase housing production in the city of Lowell	Edward J. Kennedy
S.1002	An Act relative to accessory dwelling units on smaller lots	Edward J. Kennedy
S.1004	An Act to create affordable homes for persons with disabilities	Robyn K. Kennedy
S.1009	An Act relative to transformative development initiatives in rural communities	Paul W. Mark
S.1010	An Act relative to creating a permanent affordability homeownership program	Liz Miranda
S.1014	An Act to provide sewer and water rate relief	Mark C. Montigny
S.1018	An Act allowing municipalities to preserve owner occupancy	Patrick M. O'Connor
H.1471	An Act promoting geographic equity in state-funded housing development	Natalie M. Blais
H.1478	An Act advancing the Massachusetts social housing program	Mike Connolly
H.1479	An Act facilitating a statewide housing policy simulator	Mike Connolly
H.1482	An Act to establish an accessory dwelling unit trust fund	Manny Cruz
H.1485	An Act to promote affordable housing	Michael S. Day
H.1516	An Act to expedite multifamily housing construction	Kevin G. Honan
H.1542	An Act to study single-stair residential buildings	Meghan K. Kilcoyne
H.1560	An Act setting a housing production goal for the Commonwealth	David M. Rogers
H.1567	An Act establishing a statewide affirmatively furthering fair housing framework	Thomas M. Stanley
H.1576	An Act relative to creating a permanent affordability homeownership program	Christopher J. Worrell

Present (9)

Richard M. Haggerty (HOU)

James C. Arena-DeRosa (HOU)

Michelle L. Badger (HOU)

Hannah Bowen (HOU)

Rob Consalvo (HOU)

David F. DeCoste (HOU)

Kip A. Diggs (HOU)

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (HOU)

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos (HOU)

Absent (2)

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. (HOU) *

Christopher M. Markey (HOU) *

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Housing

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