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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3599 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1497 |
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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 | | Michelle M. DuBois |
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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 relative to avoiding senior homelessness and maintaining senior housing stabilization of |
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| 13 | 13 | | rents. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3599 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1497 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1497) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Michelle M. DuBois relative to the stabilization of rents in cities and towns facing distress in the |
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| 21 | 21 | | housing market. Housing. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1318 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to avoiding senior homelessness and maintaining senior housing stabilization of |
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| 30 | 30 | | rents. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 40P:2 of chapter 40P of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after "Voluntary and uncoerced", in line 5, the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3following- |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4 (except as described in Chapter 40P:3, section d) |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5 SECTION 2. Section 40P:3 of Chapter 40P of the General Laws, as appearing in the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 62020 Official Edition, is hereby further amended by adding section (d)- |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7 Section (d). Exception. When individuals over 60 years reside in rental properties sold to |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8a new owner there shall be a limit on the size of annual rent increases for the individual's rental 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9unit within its jurisdiction if the tenant agrees to apply and/or shows they are on a waitlist for |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10public housing, provided that: |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11 (1)Said annual limit shall not exceed the annual change in the Consumer Price Index |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12for the applicable area in which the city or town is situated, or five percent, whichever is less, for |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13the term of 5 years; |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14 (2)Any dwelling unit offered for rent shall be subject to this act; however, any such |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15unit in an owner-occupied building with two dwelling units or less or any unit whose rent is |
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| 48 | 48 | | 16otherwise subject to regulation by a public authority shall be expressly excluded from this |
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| 49 | 49 | | 17provision. This provision shall apply to dwelling units in the private housing market; |
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| 50 | 50 | | 18 (3)City or towns shall ensure that limited rent control of dwelling units governed by |
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| 51 | 51 | | 19this measure are eligible to seniors with income at or below 80 percent of Area Median Income. |
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