Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3934 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4387 FILED ON: 6/6/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3934
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Sarah K. Peake and Julian Cyr
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9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act authorizing the Orleans affordable housing trust to provide for the creation and
13	13	preservation of attainable housing.
14	14	_______________
15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Sarah K. Peake4th Barnstable6/5/2023 1 of 2
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4387 FILED ON: 6/6/2023
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3934
19	19	By Representative Peake of Provincetown and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill,
20	20	House, No. 3934) of Sarah K. Peake (by vote of the town) that the affordable housing trust of the
21	21	town of Orleans be authorized to provide for the creation and preservation of attainable housing.
22	22	Housing. [Local Approval Received.]
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
26	26	(2023-2024)
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28	28	An Act authorizing the Orleans affordable housing trust to provide for the creation and
29	29	preservation of attainable housing.
30	30	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
31	31	of the same, as follows:
32	32	1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 104 of the Orleans Affordable Housing Trust Fund
33	33	2Bylaw is hereby amended by inserting, in line 2, after the words, "low- and moderate-income
34	34	3households", the following: "for the creation and preservation of attainable housing, as defined
35	35	4below in §104-15".
36	36	5 SECTION 2. And further in section 3 of said chapter by inserting, in line 2, after the
37	37	6words, "Section 55C", the following: "and the purposes set forth above in §104-1".
38	38	7 SECTION 3. And further in said chapter by adding the following new section:
39	39	8 §104-15. Definition of Attainable Housing.
40	40	9 For the purpose of this Bylaw, the term “attainable housing” shall mean housing that is
41	41	10not restricted to occupancy by low- or moderate-income households, and may also include 2 of 2
42	42	11housing subject to maximum income limits to be occupied by households with gross income
43	43	12greater than 80 per cent but not more than 200 per cent of the area median household income as
44	44	13most recently determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development,
45	45	14adjusted for household size.
46	46	15 SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage, provided, however, that the
47	47	16General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Select
48	48	17Board approve amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court; and provided
49	49	18further that the Select Board is hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within
50	50	19the scope of the general public objectives of this petition, and to further authorize the Select
51	51	20Board to approve the final language of any such special legislation or to take any other action
52	52	21relative thereto.