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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2735 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Natalie M. Blais
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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 promoting geographic equity in state-funded housing development.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Natalie M. Blais1st Franklin1/16/2025Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire1/25/2025Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester2/6/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2735 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1471
By Representative Blais of Deerfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1471) of
Natalie M. Blais, Mindy Domb and Joanne M. Comerford relative to geographic equity in state-
funded housing development. Housing.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act promoting geographic equity in state-funded housing development.
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. Clause (xvii) of subsection (b) of section 1 of chapter 23B of the General
2Laws, as most recently amended by section 102 of chapter 7 of the acts of 2023, is hereby
3amended by inserting after the word “period” the following words:- ; provided, that in
4developing the plan, the executive office shall ensure that scoring criteria effectively ensures
5geographic equity.
6 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive
7office of housing and livable communities, in consultation with all quasi-public agencies of the
8commonwealth that provide funding for housing development or production, shall track and
9report on geographic equity in all expenditures made pursuant to chapter 150 of the acts of 2024
10and in any low and no-interest loans, grants, subsidies, credit enhancements and other financial
11assistance provided by state or quasi-public agencies for housing development or production
12between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2029. 2 of 2
13 The report shall include, but not be limited to, data describing and evaluating geographic
14equity as per the following:
15 (i) for each municipality and each county, the total and per capita number of housing
16projects produced with financial assistance by the commonwealth;
17 (ii) the unit mix of each housing project, including number of housing units, number of
18accessible housing units, bedroom sizes, affordability and total cost per housing unit;
19 (iii) for each municipality and each county, the total and per capita number of housing
20units and number of accessible housing units produced;
21 (iv) for each municipality and each county, the total and per capita number of housing
22units developed for rent, housing units developed for ownership and housing units with
23affordability restrictions, including the type and level of affordability restrictions;
24 (iv) the total amount of state financial assistance provided for each housing project, with
25a breakdown for each housing project of the amount of financial assistance provided by each
26state funding program and agency or quasi-public agency; and
27 (v) for each county, the total and per capita dollar amount of state financial assistance
28provided for housing development and production.
29 An interim report shall be provided to the clerks of the house of representatives and the
30senate, the joint committee on housing and the house and senate committees on ways and means
31not later than March 1, 2028, and a second report shall be provided to said parties not later than
32March 1, 2035. The executive office shall make the reports publicly available on its website;
33provided, that unit level data shall not be posted publicly for any projects with fewer than 3 units.