{"AmendmentNumber":"12","ParentBillNumber":"S3178","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"PDJ0","Name":"Patricia D. Jehlen","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/PDJ0","ResponseDate":"2026-07-24T00:02:24.447"},"Category":null,"Action":"Adopted","RollCall":[],"Title":"Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":3,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Ms. Jehlen, Mr.  Gómez, Ms. Edwards, Messrs. O'Connor, Eldridge and Barrett, Ms. Kennedy, Messrs. Oliveira and Driscoll, Ms. Miranda, Messrs. Velis, Moore and Lewis, Ms. Rausch, Mr. Payano, Ms. Howard, Messrs. Collins, Rush, Brady, Montigny and Keenan and Ms. Lovely move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 153 the following section:- \r\n\"SECTION 153A. The executive office of housing and livable communities shall establish a pilot program with not more than 5 communities in which cities and towns may apply to participate to provide opportunities for tenants to collectively purchase their building when it is up for sale. The executive office shall promulgate regulations and issue guidelines to implement the program within 180 days of the effective date of this act, which shall consider regional equity, address the assignability of rights to preserve the long term affordability of the program, and be designed to help communities with high rates of displacement to encourage housing stability while maintaining polices to promote housing access and affordability. The pilot program shall be in place for not more than 5 years after its creation in a community that participates in the program;. After each year and upon the conclusion of the community’s 5-year pilot program under this section, the executive office shall produce a report indicating the effectiveness of the program, including, but not limited to, the number of housing units purchased, number of evictions or other displacement avoided, any obstacles to sales and other recommendations to help housing stability and affordability. Annually, the executive office shall submit the report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the joint committee on housing. A community interested in participating in the pilot program shall accept this section by a local vote under section 4 of chapter 4 and shall submit an application to the executive office.\"\r\n"}