Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts Senate Bill S898 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1157 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
3	3	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 898
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Marc R. Pacheco
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 relative to expanding the eligibility of households for inclusion in a municipality’s
13	13	affordable housing inventory.
14	14	_______________
15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Marc R. PachecoThird Bristol and Plymouth 1 of 2
17	17	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1157 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
18	18	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 898
19	19	By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 898) of Marc R. Pacheco for
20	20	legislation to expand the eligibility of households for inclusion in a municipality's affordable
21	21	housing inventory. Housing.
22	22	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
23	23	SEE SENATE, NO. 903 OF 2021-2022.]
24	24	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
25	25	_______________
26	26	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
27	27	(2023-2024)
28	28	_______________
29	29	An Act relative to expanding the eligibility of households for inclusion in a municipality’s
30	30	affordable housing inventory.
31	31	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
32	32	of the same, as follows:
33	33	1 SECTION 1. For the purposes of this act, “manufactured home” shall mean a structure
34	34	2which is built in conformance to the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety
35	35	3Standards, is transportable in 1 or more sections, is 8 body feet or more in width or 40 body feet
36	36	4or more in length in traveling mode or is 320 or more square feet when erected on site, is
37	37	5designed to be used as a dwelling unit with or without a permanent foundation when connected
38	38	6to the required utilities and includes plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems
39	39	7therein.
40	40	8 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the
41	41	9contrary, the chief executive officer of a municipality may include 50 per cent of the total 2 of 2
42	42	10number of all resident households living in a manufactured home within such municipality as
43	43	11income eligible households solely for the purpose of counting units for certification of such
44	44	12municipality’s affordable housing plan for submission to the department of housing and
45	45	13economic development. The chief executive officer of a municipality shall submit such
46	46	14additional households for inclusion in the municipality’s affordable housing plan on a form
47	47	15designated by the secretary of the department along with any documentation deemed necessary
48	48	16by the secretary to establish that the total number of such manufactured homes within that
49	49	17municipality is accurate.
50	50	18 The department shall include such households within a municipality’s total number of
51	51	19eligible units for certification, notwithstanding the actual income of such households, upon
52	52	20satisfaction by the department that the number of reported manufactured homes within that
53	53	21municipality is accurate.
54	54	22 SECTION 3. The secretary of the housing and community development shall adopt
55	55	23regulations consistent with this act not later than 90 days after its effective date.
56	56	24 SECTION 4. Section 3 shall take effect upon its passage. The remainder of this act shall
57	57	25take effect 90 days after the effective date of this act.