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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2735 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1471 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Natalie M. Blais |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act promoting geographic equity in state-funded housing development. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 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 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2735 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1471 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Blais of Deerfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1471) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Natalie M. Blais, Mindy Domb and Joanne M. Comerford relative to geographic equity in state- |
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| 20 | 20 | | funded housing development. Housing. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act promoting geographic equity in state-funded housing development. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Clause (xvii) of subsection (b) of section 1 of chapter 23B of the General |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Laws, as most recently amended by section 102 of chapter 7 of the acts of 2023, is hereby |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3amended by inserting after the word “period” the following words:- ; provided, that in |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4developing the plan, the executive office shall ensure that scoring criteria effectively ensures |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5geographic equity. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7office of housing and livable communities, in consultation with all quasi-public agencies of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8commonwealth that provide funding for housing development or production, shall track and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9report on geographic equity in all expenditures made pursuant to chapter 150 of the acts of 2024 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10and in any low and no-interest loans, grants, subsidies, credit enhancements and other financial |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11assistance provided by state or quasi-public agencies for housing development or production |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2029. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 The report shall include, but not be limited to, data describing and evaluating geographic |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14equity as per the following: |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15 (i) for each municipality and each county, the total and per capita number of housing |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16projects produced with financial assistance by the commonwealth; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17 (ii) the unit mix of each housing project, including number of housing units, number of |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18accessible housing units, bedroom sizes, affordability and total cost per housing unit; |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19 (iii) for each municipality and each county, the total and per capita number of housing |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20units and number of accessible housing units produced; |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21 (iv) for each municipality and each county, the total and per capita number of housing |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22units developed for rent, housing units developed for ownership and housing units with |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23affordability restrictions, including the type and level of affordability restrictions; |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24 (iv) the total amount of state financial assistance provided for each housing project, with |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25a breakdown for each housing project of the amount of financial assistance provided by each |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26state funding program and agency or quasi-public agency; and |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27 (v) for each county, the total and per capita dollar amount of state financial assistance |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28provided for housing development and production. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29 An interim report shall be provided to the clerks of the house of representatives and the |
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| 58 | 58 | | 30senate, the joint committee on housing and the house and senate committees on ways and means |
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| 59 | 59 | | 31not later than March 1, 2028, and a second report shall be provided to said parties not later than |
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| 60 | 60 | | 32March 1, 2035. The executive office shall make the reports publicly available on its website; |
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| 61 | 61 | | 33provided, that unit level data shall not be posted publicly for any projects with fewer than 3 units. |
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