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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4387 FILED ON: 6/6/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3934
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sarah K. Peake and Julian Cyr
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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 authorizing the Orleans affordable housing trust to provide for the creation and
preservation of attainable housing.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Sarah K. Peake4th Barnstable6/5/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4387 FILED ON: 6/6/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3934
By Representative Peake of Provincetown and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 3934) of Sarah K. Peake (by vote of the town) that the affordable housing trust of the
town of Orleans be authorized to provide for the creation and preservation of attainable housing.
Housing. [Local Approval Received.]
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 authorizing the Orleans affordable housing trust to provide for the creation and
preservation of attainable 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 1 of chapter 104 of the Orleans Affordable Housing Trust Fund
2Bylaw is hereby amended by inserting, in line 2, after the words, "low- and moderate-income
3households", the following: "for the creation and preservation of attainable housing, as defined
4below in §104-15".
5 SECTION 2. And further in section 3 of said chapter by inserting, in line 2, after the
6words, "Section 55C", the following: "and the purposes set forth above in §104-1".
7 SECTION 3. And further in said chapter by adding the following new section:
8 §104-15. Definition of Attainable Housing.
9 For the purpose of this Bylaw, the term “attainable housing” shall mean housing that is
10not restricted to occupancy by low- or moderate-income households, and may also include 2 of 2
11housing subject to maximum income limits to be occupied by households with gross income
12greater than 80 per cent but not more than 200 per cent of the area median household income as
13most recently determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development,
14adjusted for household size.
15 SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage, provided, however, that the
16General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Select
17Board approve amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court; and provided
18further that the Select Board is hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within
19the scope of the general public objectives of this petition, and to further authorize the Select
20Board to approve the final language of any such special legislation or to take any other action
21relative thereto.