Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

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2	2	HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 5035
3	3	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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5	5	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, September 9, 2024.
6	6	The committee on Housing, to whom were referred the petition
7	7	(accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 850) of Michael D. Brady for
8	8	legislation relative to the use of community preservation funding by local
9	9	public housing authorities; the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
10	10	853) of Cynthia Stone Creem for legislation to finance the transition to
11	11	fossil fuel-free buildings; the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
12	12	863) of Sal N. DiDomenico for legislation relative to reforming the
13	13	housing development incentive program; the petition (accompanied by
14	14	bill, Senate, No. 869) of James B. Eldridge for legislation to reduce the
15	15	financial barriers to renting homes; the petition (accompanied by bill,
16	16	Senate, No. 870) of James B. Eldridge, Sal N. DiDomenico, Patricia D.
17	17	Jehlen, Lydia Edwards and other members of the General Court for
18	18	legislation to improve the housing development incentive program; the
19	19	petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 871) of James B. Eldridge for
20	20	legislation to promote housing cooperatives; the petition (accompanied by
21	21	bill, Senate, No. 872) of James B. Eldridge, Danillo A. Sena, Mike
22	22	Connolly, Vanna Howard and other members of the General Court for
23	23	legislation to enable local options for tenant protections; the petition
24	24	(accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 882) of John F. Keenan for legislation
25	25	relative to bed bugs; the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 891) of
26	26	Liz Miranda, Michael F. Rush and Vanna Howard (with the approval of
27	27	the mayor abd city council) for legislation to restore Boston's
28	28	governmentally-involved housing protection; the petition (accompanied by
29	29	bill, Senate, No. 894) of Mark C. Montigny for legislation to establish a
30	30	low-income sewer and water assistance program; the petition
31	31	(accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 895) of Susan L. Moran for legislation
32	32	to promote sustainable affordable housing; the petition (accompanied by
33	33	bill, Senate, No. 898) of Marc R. Pacheco for legislation to expand the
34	34	eligibility of households for inclusion in a municipality's affordable
35	35	housing inventory; the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 902) of
36	36	Michael F. Rush and Paul McMurtry for legislation relative to public 2 of 5
37	37	housing determination for veterans; the petition (accompanied by bill,
38	38	Senate, No. 903) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to streamline housing
39	39	permitting; the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1299) of
40	40	Patricia D. Jehlen, Adam Gomez, Susannah M. Whipps, Jack Patrick
41	41	Lewis and other members of the General Court for legislation to enable
42	42	cities and towns to stabilize rents and protect tenants; the petition
43	43	(accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2545) of Patricia D. Jehlen, Christine P.
44	44	Barber, Erika Uyterhoeven and Mike Connolly (with approval of the
45	45	mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city of Somerville
46	46	to regulate rent in residential dwelling units; the petition (accompanied by
47	47	bill, Senate, No. 2623) of Cynthia Stone Creem (by vote of the town) to
48	48	authorize the town of Brookline to implement rent stabilization and tenant
49	49	eviction protections; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1300)
50	50	of Peter Capano relative to housing development incentive program tax
51	51	credits; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1304) of Mike
52	52	Connolly and others for legislation to remove the prohibition on rent
53	53	control and to provide tenant and foreclosure protections; the petition
54	54	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 1306) of Edward F. Coppinger relative
55	55	to relief in a tenant counterclaim; the petition (accompanied by bill,
56	56	House, No. 1314) of David F. DeCoste and Joseph D. McKenna relative to
57	57	statewide public housing applications and the centralized waitlist system;
58	58	the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1315) of David F. DeCoste
59	59	relative to the internet based, state-wide public housing application and
60	60	centralized waitlist system; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
61	61	1318) of Michelle M. DuBois and others relative to the stabilization of
62	62	rents in cities and towns facing distress in the housing market; the petition
63	63	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 1319) of William C. Galvin and others
64	64	for legislation to limit rent increases and create a rental arbitrator within
65	65	the office of the Attorney General; the petition (accompanied by bill,
66	66	House, No. 1320) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile, Ryan M. Hamilton and
67	67	others for legislation to promote housing cooperatives; the petition
68	68	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 1321) of Susan Williams Gifford and
69	69	Joseph D. McKenna relative to the definition of low and moderate income
70	70	housing; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1322) of Susan
71	71	Williams Gifford and Joseph D. McKenna for legislation to establish a
72	72	special commission (including members of the General Court) to study the
73	73	definition of affordable housing; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
74	74	No. 1323) of Susan Williams Gifford and Joseph D. McKenna relative to
75	75	affordable housing; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1325) of
76	76	Patricia A. Haddad relative to housing developments in communities with
77	77	a population less than 30,000 persons; the petition (accompanied by bill, 3 of 5
78	78	House, No. 1342) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to public
79	79	housing restrictions for sex offenders; the petition (accompanied by bill,
80	80	House, No. 1343) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to public
81	81	housing restrictions; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1344)
82	82	of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for legislation to establish a special
83	83	commission (including members of the General Court) on affordable
84	84	housing qualification; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1345)
85	85	of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to affordable housing and the
86	86	preservation of community water resources; the petition (accompanied by
87	87	bill, House, No. 1346) of Hannah Kane, David Allen Robertson and Paul
88	88	McMurtry relative to condominium elections; the petition (accompanied
89	89	by bill, House, No. 1348) of Patrick Joseph Kearney and Susan Williams
90	90	Gifford relative to detached accessory dwellings knows as tiny homes; the
91	91	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1352) of Joseph D. McKenna
92	92	relative to the requirements for calculating the municipal land area for
93	93	subsidized housing inventory; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
94	94	No. 1353) of Joseph D. McKenna and Anne M. Gobi relative to cities and
95	95	towns sheltering individuals for certain state or federal housing agencies;
96	96	the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1355) of Lenny Mirra for
97	97	legislation to prohibit construction of certain structures within 500 feet of
98	98	the border of wildlife management areas; the petition (accompanied by
99	99	bill, House, No. 1356) of Lenny Mirra relative to the penalty for
100	100	withholding low income housing development excess profits; the petition
101	101	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 1357) of Lenny Mirra relative to local
102	102	control over low and moderate income housing eligibility standards for
103	103	affordable rental and purchase prices; the petition (accompanied by bill,
104	104	House, No. 1358) of Lenny Mirra for legislation to increase access and
105	105	financing for smart growth developments; the petition (accompanied by
106	106	bill, House, No. 1360) of Samantha Montaño, Rob Consalvo and Vanna
107	107	Howard (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to
108	108	governmentally-involved housing in the city of Boston; the petition
109	109	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 1361) of Samantha Montaño for
110	110	legislation to enable municipal housing agencies to enter enforceable deed
111	111	restriction agreements with small property owners in good standing as part
112	112	of zoning variance approval; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
113	113	1363) of David K. Muradian, Jr., relative to the display of the flag of the
114	114	United States by certain condominium owners; the joint petition
115	115	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 1371) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa and
116	116	Joanne M. Comerford (with the approval of the mayor and city council)
117	117	that the city of Northampton be authorized to prohibit landlords and
118	118	brokers from requiring broker's commissions to be paid by tenants or 4 of 5
119	119	prospective tenants; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1372)
120	120	of Lindsay N. Sabadosa that the Housing Appeals Committee develop an
121	121	application to remove deed riders for property owners who purchased
122	122	homes through the Homeowner Opportunity Program; the petition
123	123	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 1373) of Paul A. Schmid, III and
124	124	Michelle M. DuBois relative to public housing determination for veterans;
125	125	the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1376) of Jeffrey Rosario
126	126	Turco relative to tenant and owner responsibilities for bed bugs, so called,
127	127	in dwelling units; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1381) of
128	128	Susannah M. Whipps and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that
129	129	the town of Athol be authorized to regulate rents for the use or occupancy
130	130	of manufactured housing parks in said town; the petition (accompanied by
131	131	bill, House, No. 1383) of Pauline Dupuis relative to emergency backup
132	132	power in newly-constructed senior housing facilities; the petition
133	133	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2028) of Christine P. Barber and others
134	134	for legislation to remove zoning barriers to help create affordable housing;
135	135	the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2103) of David M. Rogers,
136	136	Samantha Montaño and others relative to enabling cities and towns to
137	137	stabilize rents and protect tenants; the petition (accompanied by bill,
138	138	House, No. 3744) of Samantha Montaño (with the approval of the mayor
139	139	and city council) that the city of Boston be authorized to implement rent
140	140	stabilization and tenant eviction protections; the petition (accompanied by
141	141	bill, House, No. 3777) of Mike Connolly relative to establishing
142	142	permanent eviction protections and tenancy preservation notices; the
143	143	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3923) of William J. Driscoll,
144	144	Jr., that zoning ordinances in MBTA communities require certain housing
145	145	be located within high-capacity public transportation areas; the petition
146	146	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 3940) of James K. Hawkins relative to
147	147	zoning ordinances in MBTA communities; the petition (accompanied by
148	148	bill, House, No. 3941) of Mike Connolly and Bud L. Williams for
149	149	legislation to authorize supplemental financing of housing first programs,
150	150	state public housing renovations, and other housing programs and to make
151	151	related changes in certain laws; and the petition (accompanied by bill,
152	152	House, No. 3963) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa, Mike Connolly and Vanna
153	153	Howard relative to zoning and the alleviation of the housing emergency,
154	154	reports recommending that the accompanying order (House, No. 5035)
155	155	ought to be adopted.
156	156	For the committee,
157	157	JAMES ARCIERO. 5 of 5
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159	159	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
160	160	House of Representatives, September 09, 2024.
161	161	1 Ordered, That the committee on Housing be authorized to sit during a recess of the
162	162	2General Court to make an investigation and study of Senate documents numbered 850, 853, 863,
163	163	3869, 870, 871, 872, 882, 891, 894, 895, 898, 902, 903, 1299, 2545 and 2623 and House
164	164	4documents numbered 1300, 1304, 1306, 1314, 1315, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1325,
165	165	51342, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1346, 1348, 1352, 1353, 1355, 1356, 1357, 1358, 1360, 1361, 1363,
166	166	61371, 1372, 1373, 1376, 1381, 1383, 2028, 2103, 3744, 3777, 3923, 3940, 3941 and 3963,
167	167	7relative to housing in the Commonwealth.
168	168	8 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study
169	169	9and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
170	170	10recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
171	171	11on or before December 31, 2024.