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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2410 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 971 |
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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 | | Sal N. DiDomenico |
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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 reforming the housing development incentive program. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and Suffolk 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2410 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 971 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 971) of Sal N. DiDomenico |
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| 19 | 19 | | for legislation relative to reforming the housing development incentive program. Housing. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 863 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act reforming the housing development incentive program. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 40V of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "units" the following words:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3"affordable, “(i) rental units for households whose income is not more than 50 per cent of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4area median income as determined defined by the United States Department of Housing and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5Urban Development; or (ii) owner-occupied units for households whose income is not more than |
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| 35 | 35 | | 680 per cent of the area median income. These income limits shall be in effect permanently or for |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7at least 50 years.” |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8 SECTION 2. Section 4 of Chapter 40V of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "market rate units", the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10following words:- "and not less than 20 per cent affordable: (A) rental units for persons whose 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11income is not more than 50 per cent of the area median income; or (B) owner-occupied units for |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12persons whose income is not more than 80 per cent of the area median income." |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 SECTION 3. Section 5 of said Chapter 40V, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14hereby amended by inserting after the word "rate", in both times it appears, the following words:- |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15"and affordable." |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16 SECTION 4. Clause (iii) of said section 5 of said chapter 40V, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “market rate units”, in line 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18the following words:- and affordable units. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19 SECTION 5. Said section 1 of said chapter 40V, as appearing in the 2022 Official |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20Edition is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “Substantial rehabilitation” the |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21following definition:- “Mixed income development”, a development with not more than 80 per |
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| 51 | 51 | | 22cent market rate units and not less than 20 per cent affordable units.“ |
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| 52 | 52 | | 23 SECTION 6. Clause (iv) of subsection (a) of said section 4 of said chapter 40V, as |
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| 53 | 53 | | 24appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words |
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| 54 | 54 | | 25“market rate units”, in line 8, the following words:- and not less than 20 per cent affordable units. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 26 SECTION 7. Section 5 of said chapter 40V, as appearing as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 27Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “market rate units”, in line 4, the |
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| 57 | 57 | | 28following words:- and affordable units. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 29 SECTION 8. Clause (iii) of said section 5 of said chapter 40V, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 59 | 59 | | 30Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “market rate units”, in line 14 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 31the following words:- and affordable units. |
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