Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Housing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Seasonal Communities, EOHLC, Misc.

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 below are required to be reported on by December 14, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

Written testimony can be submitted via email to Meg Ribera at meg.ribera@masenate.gov and Luke O'Roark 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 5 P.M., on Monday, October 13, 2025. Email Luke O'Roark at luke.oroark@mahouse and 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 House Chair Richard Haggerty.

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 - 10-15-2025	10/15/2025 1:00 PM	02:29:18

Seasonal Communities, EOHLC, Misc. 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.966	An Act relative to funding housing and mitigating investor real estate in seasonal communities	Julian Cyr
S.967	An Act relative to housing in seasonal communities	Julian Cyr
S.972	An Act establishing emergency shelter priorities	Kelly A. Dooner
S.974	An Act establishing liability coverage for facilities lodging individuals in the emergency shelter program	Kelly A. Dooner
S.975	An Act establishing residency requirements for emergency housing assistance	Kelly A. Dooner
S.976	An Act enhancing security in emergency housing programs	Kelly A. Dooner
S.978	An Act relative to the HomeBase Program	Peter J. Durant
S.979	An Act ensuring fair housing for homeless families	Peter J. Durant
S.981	An Act establishing housing training program for elected members of municipal boards	Lydia Edwards
S.986	An Act ensuring fair housing for homeless families	Ryan C. Fattman
S.999	An Act relative to cimex lectularius	John F. Keenan
S.1000	An Act relative to creating a statutory housing restriction and providing remedies related to statutory housing	Edward J. Kennedy
S.1006	An Act creating the Home Works Program	Joan B. Lovely
S.1015	An Act relative to the recovery of emergency assistance funds used on non residents with a financial sponsor	Michael O. Moore
S.1017	An Act to reform the emergency assistance shelter program	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.1022	An Act to maintain stable housing for families with pets	Pavel M. Payano
S.1026	An Act creating a shelter provider rate study	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1027	An Act to establish community notification standards for group homes	John C. Velis
H.1498	An Act to limit criminalization of the homeless	Michelle M. DuBois
H.1499	An Act to establish community notification standards for group homes	Patricia A. Duffy
H.1501	An Act to improve municipal equity within the emergency assistance shelter program	Michael J. Finn
H.1503	An Act relative to the emergency housing assistance program and universal background checks	Paul K. Frost
H.1505	An Act relative to emergency housing assistance residency requirements	Paul K. Frost
H.1506	An Act relative to prioritizing Massachusetts residents on the waitlist for emergency housing assistance	Paul K. Frost
H.1508	An Act repealing the misused and misguided right to shelter law that is unique to Massachusetts	John R. Gaskey
H.1533	An Act requiring community meetings before the opening of an emergency overflow shelter	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1534	An Act relative to a commission to study access to emotional support animals in residential housing	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1536	An Act enhancing prioritization for the emergency assistance program	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1540	An Act relative to the eligibility of emergency housing assistance	Patrick Joseph Kearney
H.1545	An Act relative to childless individuals with chronic disabilities experiencing homelessness	Jay D. Livingstone
H.1546	An Act relative to emergency housing assistance eligibility requirements	Marc T. Lombardo
H.1559	An Act to maintain stable housing for families with pets	David M. Rogers
H.1563	An Act relative to homeowner assets	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.1568	An Act relative to cimex lectularius	Jeffrey Rosario Turco
H.1569	An Act to ensure senior home safety and security	Chynah Tyler
H.1574	An Act establishing a first-time home buyers bill of rights	Thomas P. Walsh
H.1578	An Act relative to background checks for individuals in Massachusetts housing programs	Steven George Xiarhos
H.1579	An Act relative to emergency shelter assistance for commonwealth residents	Steven George Xiarhos
H.3989	An Act relative to designating seasonal communities	Kip A. Diggs
H.3996	An Act relative to Massachusetts Solar Access Law	Michelle L. Badger
H.4410	An Act relative to funding housing and mitigating investor real estate in seasonal communities	Hadley Luddy
H.4411	An Act relative to housing in seasonal communities	Hadley Luddy
H.4568	An Act relative to expanding access to the Family Self-Sufficiency Program in the commonwealth	Manny Cruz

Present (16)

Julian Cyr (SEN)

Richard M. Haggerty (HOU)

James C. Arena-DeRosa (HOU)

Michelle L. Badger (HOU)

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. (HOU)

Hannah Bowen (HOU)

William N. Brownsberger (SEN)

Rob Consalvo (HOU)

David F. DeCoste (HOU)

Kip A. Diggs (HOU)

Lydia Edwards (SEN)

Paul R. Feeney (SEN)

Barry R. Finegold (SEN)

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (HOU)

Patrick M. O'Connor (SEN)

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos (HOU)

Absent (1)

Christopher M. Markey (HOU) *

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