{"AmendmentNumber":"577","ParentBillNumber":"S3178","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"DAF0","Name":"Dylan A. Fernandes","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/DAF0","ResponseDate":"2026-07-20T12:51:50.517"},"Category":null,"Action":"Rejected","RollCall":[],"Title":"Single bedroom housing","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Fernandes moves that the proposed new text be amended by inserting at the end thereof the following section:--\r\n\"SECTION X. Section 1 of chapter 23B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended, in subsection (xvii), by striking the subsection in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:--\r\n\" (xvii) Adopt a qualified allocation plan and regulations pursuant thereto for the federal low-income housing tax credit as provided for in Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code as amended and in effect for the taxable year, and the Massachusetts low-income housing tax credit as established under section 6I of chapter 62 and section 31H of chapter 63. Such plan may give preference to qualified Massachusetts projects which serve the lowest income tenants at rents affordable to those tenants and which are obligated to serve qualified tenants for the longest period. Such plan shall support the production of single bedroom housing for occupants of all ages. The specific powers and grant of authority set forth in this subsection shall be construed broadly to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, and nothing in this subsection shall be construed in limitation of the other powers and duties of the executive office established by other provisions of state or federal law. \"\r\n"}