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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 852 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1323
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Susan Williams Gifford
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to affordable housing.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/17/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/31/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 852 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1323
By Representative Gifford of Wareham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1323) of
Susan Williams Gifford and Joseph D. McKenna relative to affordable housing. Housing.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1398 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to affordable housing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of
2appeals within a municipality, in the determination of whether low or moderate income housing
3exists in a municipality in excess of ten percent of the housing units reported in the most recent
4federal decennial census, so that requirements or regulations imposed by said board of appeals in
5a permit after comprehensive hearing shall be deemed consistent with local needs, may count as
6low or moderate income housing units, manufactured housing units in manufactured housing
7communities; provided:
8 (1) That each qualifying manufactured housing unit has a fair cash value of no more than
9$100,000 and is subject to no outstanding board of health citations; 2 of 2
10 (2) That the total of (a) the average annual rent for a housing site in which a
11manufactured housing unit is located; (b) an annual financing cost for a new manufactured
12housing unit costing $100,000 at a then current interest rate charged by an area lender to a credit-
13worthy borrower; and (c) the annual cost of utilities, not included in the rent, for a manufactured
14housing unit in the northeast region, estimated by a manufacturer, trade association or other
15reliable source, is affordable to a single person household with an income equal to no more than
1680% of area median income, as determined by the federal Department of Housing and Urban
17Development, paying no more than 30% of income for these expenses; and
18 (3) That the median income for a household in the census tract in which the manufactured
19housing community is located, as computed in the most recent federal decennial census, is less
20than 80% of area median income, as computed by the federal Department of Housing and Urban
21Development.”