Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H1529 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2259 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1529
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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 establishing an affordable housing qualification commission.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/15/2025Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/21/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2025Todd M. Smola1st Hampden3/10/2025David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth1/28/2025David K. Muradian, Jr.9th Worcester1/29/2025Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/30/2025 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2259 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1529
18	18	By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1529) of
19	19	Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others for legislation to establish a special commission (including
20	20	members of the General Court) on affordable housing qualification. Housing.
21	21	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
22	22	SEE HOUSE, NO. 1344 OF 2023-2024.]
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
26	26	(2025-2026)
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28	28	An Act establishing an affordable housing qualification commission.
29	29	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
30	30	of the same, as follows:
31	31	1 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there is hereby established a
32	32	2special commission and study on low and moderate income housing qualifications and
33	33	3recertification. The commission shall investigate and document the levels and impacts of
34	34	4recertification management and practices within local housing authorities and develop a strategy
35	35	5and recommendations to reduce, minimize or eliminate recertification fraud. The commission
36	36	6shall review the policies that underlay existing publicly financed and funded housing
37	37	7development programs and practices of low income and moderate income housing recertification
38	38	8in the commonwealth. The commission shall consist of the secretary of housing and livable
39	39	9communities or a designee; 1 member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker
40	40	10of the house of representatives; 1 member of the senate appointed by the senate president; 1 2 of 2
41	41	11member of the house of representatives appointed by the minority leader of the house of
42	42	12representatives; 1 member of the senate appointed by the senate minority leader; and 2 members
43	43	13appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a commissioner of a local housing authority and 1
44	44	14of whom shall be an individual with expertise in low income and moderate income housing. The
45	45	15executive office of housing and economic development and its subdivisions shall provide
46	46	16technical support to the commission. The commission shall file its report, together with
47	47	17recommendations for charges to improve recertification management with the clerks of the house
48	48	18and senate, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on housing, and the house and
49	49	19senate chairs of the joint committee on municipalities and regional government not later than
50	50	20December 31, 2026.