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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 3342 FILED ON: 7/17/2024
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2874
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
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 town of Harwich affordable housing trust to provide for the creation of
attainable housing.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Julian CyrCape and IslandsSarah K. Peake4th Barnstable 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 3342 FILED ON: 7/17/2024
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2874
By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2874) of Julian Cyr and Sarah K. Peake
(by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Harwich affordable housing trust to
provide for the creation of attainable housing. Municipalities and Regional Government. [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 town of Harwich affordable housing trust to provide for the creation 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 2 of chapter 140 of the Harwich Affordable Housing Trust Bylaw is
2hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
3 "C. The purpose of the Harwich Affordable Housing Trust Fund is to provide for the
4creation and preservation of affordable housing in Harwich for the benefit of low- and moderate-
5income households, for the creation and preservation of attainable housing, as defined in section
64 of this chapter, and for the funding of community housing, as defined under section 55C of
7chapter 44 of the General Laws."
8 SECTION 2. Said chapter 140 of the Harwich Affordable Housing Bylaw is hereby
9amended by adding the following section:- 2 of 2
10 "ยง140-4. Definition of Attainable Housing. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the term
11"attainable housing" shall mean housing that is not restricted to occupancy by low or moderate
12income households, and that may also include housing subject to maximum income limits to be
13occupied by households with gross income greater than 80 per cent but not more than 200 per
14cent of the area median household income as most recently determined by the United States
15Department of Housing and Urban Development, adjusted for household size."
16 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage, provided, however, that the
17General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Select
18Board approve amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court; and provided
19further that the Select Board is hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within
20the scope of the general public objectives of this petition, and to further authorize the Select
21Board to approve the final language of any such special legislation or to take any other action
22relative thereto.