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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4181 FILED ON: 3/1/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3743 |
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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 | | Christine P. Barber |
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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 further defining the purposes of the affordable housing trust in the city of Somerville. |
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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:Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex3/1/2023Patricia D. JehlenSecond Middlesex3/29/2023Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex3/30/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4181 FILED ON: 3/1/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3743 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3743) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Christine P. Barber, Patricia D. Jehlen and Erika Uyterhoeven (with approval of the mayor and |
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| 20 | 20 | | city council) for legislation to further regulate the affordable housing trust in the city of |
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| 21 | 21 | | Somerville. Housing. [Local Approval Received.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1371 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act further defining the purposes of the affordable housing trust in the city of Somerville. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. In addition to those powers conferred by G. L. c. 44, section 55 ( C ) (a), the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2purpose of the Somerville Affordable Housing Trust is 1) to fund housing related social service |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3programs, including but not limited to, landlord-tenant mediation, legal services for tenants, case |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4management, homelessness prevention, and housing counseling, and 2) to fund start-up costs for |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5new affordable housing production initiatives. For the purpose of this section, such social service |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6programs do not need to be associated with a physical asset consisting of housing for income |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7eligible households, nor do such social services programs need to add a housing unit to the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8municipality’s affordable housing stock. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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