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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3391 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2028
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Christine P. Barber
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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 to remove barriers and create affordable housing.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex1/20/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/20/2023Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/25/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/1/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester2/6/2023Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/13/2023Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/16/2023Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/23/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3391 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2028
By Representative Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2028) of
Christine P. Barber and others for legislation to remove zoning barriers to help create affordable
housing. Municipalities and Regional Government.
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 to remove barriers and create 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. Section 3A, of Chapter 40A of the General Laws, as appearing in 2020
2Official Edition is hereby amended by adding in line 22 after the word “section” the following:
3 “Provided, however, that no regulations promulgated under this section may limit in any
4way a municipality’s ability to require a minimum number of affordable units within a zoning
5district created pursuant to this section.”