MA H3606

Bill

Relative to regional school districts and chapter 40B housing

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to the pooling of housing inventories by cities, towns and regional school districts for the purposes of calculating percentages of restricted low or moderate income housing. Housing.

AI Summary

This bill amends the definition of "Consistent with local needs" in the Massachusetts Chapter 40B housing law. It allows cities and towns that are part of a regional school district to pool their low or moderate-income housing units to calculate the 10% threshold for Chapter 40B purposes, rather than just considering the individual city or town's housing units. The bill also provides exceptions to the 10% threshold when housing would be built on a significant portion of a city or town's land area. The overall goal is to provide more flexibility and opportunities for cities, towns, and regional school districts to meet their affordable housing requirements under Chapter 40B.

Committee Categories

Housing and Urban Affairs

Sponsors (3)

William Crocker (R), Shawn Dooley (R), Mike Soter (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4974 (on 09/28/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3606

(13 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3606
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3606.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1263	To promote affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Similar To
H1323	To exclude cities and towns that adopt a housing linkage program from certain provisions of chapter 40b	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Similar To
H1327	Relative to reducing damage caused by the current foreclosure crisis in the historic districts of Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see H4941	Similar To
H187	Improving housing opportunities and the Massachusetts economy	Accompanied a study order, see H5052	Similar To
H3696	Relative to certain affordable housing in the South End section of the city of Boston	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
H3979	Relative to certain affordable housing in the city of Chelsea	Amendment (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) adopted, see H4368	Similar To
H4974	40B	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S1470	Relative to local public housing authorities access to the dental and vision insurance plan managed by the group insurance commission	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2421	Further defining the purposes of the affordable housing trust in the city of Somerville	Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
S2440	Relative to local housing authority board member elections	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
S778	Relative to local public housing authorities	Accompanied a study order, see S2527	Similar To
S804	To update Chapter 40B to support the creation of affordable housing while strengthening local oversight	Accompanied a study order, see S2526	Similar To
S817	Ensuring affordability in perpetuity	Accompanied a study order, see S2526	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1263

To promote affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H4975

Similar To

H1323

To exclude cities and towns that adopt a housing linkage program from certain provisions of chapter 40b

Accompanied a study order, see H4975

Similar To

H1327

Relative to reducing damage caused by the current foreclosure crisis in the historic districts of Massachusetts

Accompanied a study order, see H4941

Similar To

H187

Improving housing opportunities and the Massachusetts economy

Accompanied a study order, see H5052

Similar To

H3696

Relative to certain affordable housing in the South End section of the city of Boston

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

H3979

Relative to certain affordable housing in the city of Chelsea

Amendment (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) adopted, see H4368

Similar To

H4974

40B

Discharged to the committee on House Rules

Replaced by

S1470

Relative to local public housing authorities access to the dental and vision insurance plan managed by the group insurance commission

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2421

Further defining the purposes of the affordable housing trust in the city of Somerville

Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Similar To

S2440

Relative to local housing authority board member elections

Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

S778

Relative to local public housing authorities

Accompanied a study order, see S2527

Similar To

S804

To update Chapter 40B to support the creation of affordable housing while strengthening local oversight

Accompanied a study order, see S2526

Similar To

S817

Ensuring affordability in perpetuity

Accompanied a study order, see S2526

Similar To

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