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