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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 375 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1357 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Lenny Mirra |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to 40B rental and sales eligibility. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Lenny Mirra2nd Essex1/11/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 375 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1357 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Mirra of Georgetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1357) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Lenny Mirra relative to local control over low and moderate income housing eligibility standards |
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| 20 | 20 | | for affordable rental and purchase prices. Housing. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1432 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to 40B rental and sales eligibility. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 40B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 31: Local Control Over Equity Concerns |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 40B, municipal zoning boards and regional |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5planning councils shall reserve the right to broaden income eligibility standards for affordable |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6rental and purchase prices beyond what the United States Department of Housing and Urban |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7Development provides. This right shall include, but not be limited to, raising the upper area |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8median income threshold to include up to ninety per cent of median income in the determination |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9formula. Said entities may also reserve the right to raise the standard for affordable home sales 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10prices by increasing the threshold of cost-burdened households from spending thirty per cent of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11household monthly income on housing expenses to spending thirty-five per cent of household |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12monthly income on housing expenses. |
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