Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts Senate Bill S2874 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 3342 FILED ON: 7/17/2024
3	3	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2874
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Julian Cyr
8	8	_________________
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 town of Harwich affordable housing trust to provide for the creation of
13	13	attainable housing.
14	14	_______________
15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Julian CyrCape and IslandsSarah K. Peake4th Barnstable 1 of 2
17	17	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 3342 FILED ON: 7/17/2024
18	18	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2874
19	19	By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2874) of Julian Cyr and Sarah K. Peake
20	20	(by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Harwich affordable housing trust to
21	21	provide for the creation of attainable housing. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local
22	22	Approval Received.]
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
24	24	_______________
25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
26	26	(2023-2024)
27	27	_______________
28	28	An Act authorizing the town of Harwich affordable housing trust to provide for the creation of
29	29	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 2 of chapter 140 of the Harwich Affordable Housing Trust Bylaw is
33	33	2hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
34	34	3 "C. The purpose of the Harwich Affordable Housing Trust Fund is to provide for the
35	35	4creation and preservation of affordable housing in Harwich for the benefit of low- and moderate-
36	36	5income households, for the creation and preservation of attainable housing, as defined in section
37	37	64 of this chapter, and for the funding of community housing, as defined under section 55C of
38	38	7chapter 44 of the General Laws."
39	39	8 SECTION 2. Said chapter 140 of the Harwich Affordable Housing Bylaw is hereby
40	40	9amended by adding the following section:- 2 of 2
41	41	10 "§140-4. Definition of Attainable Housing. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the term
42	42	11"attainable housing" shall mean housing that is not restricted to occupancy by low or moderate
43	43	12income households, and that may also include housing subject to maximum income limits to be
44	44	13occupied by households with gross income greater than 80 per cent but not more than 200 per
45	45	14cent of the area median household income as most recently determined by the United States
46	46	15Department of Housing and Urban Development, adjusted for household size."
47	47	16 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage, provided, however, that the
48	48	17General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Select
49	49	18Board approve amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court; and provided
50	50	19further that the Select Board is hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within
51	51	20the scope of the general public objectives of this petition, and to further authorize the Select
52	52	21Board to approve the final language of any such special legislation or to take any other action
53	53	22relative thereto.