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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 375 FILED ON: 1/12/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1357
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Lenny Mirra
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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 40B rental and sales eligibility.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Lenny Mirra2nd Essex1/11/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 375 FILED ON: 1/12/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1357
By Representative Mirra of Georgetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1357) of
Lenny Mirra relative to local control over low and moderate income housing eligibility standards
for affordable rental and purchase prices. Housing.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1432 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 40B rental and sales eligibility.
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. Chapter 40B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof:-
3 Section 31: Local Control Over Equity Concerns
4 Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 40B, municipal zoning boards and regional
5planning councils shall reserve the right to broaden income eligibility standards for affordable
6rental and purchase prices beyond what the United States Department of Housing and Urban
7Development provides. This right shall include, but not be limited to, raising the upper area
8median income threshold to include up to ninety per cent of median income in the determination
9formula. Said entities may also reserve the right to raise the standard for affordable home sales 2 of 2
10prices by increasing the threshold of cost-burdened households from spending thirty per cent of
11household monthly income on housing expenses to spending thirty-five per cent of household
12monthly income on housing expenses.