MA H3878

Bill

Financing an emergency supplemental affordable housing bond

Introduced
06/13/2019

In Committee
06/13/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to municipal financing of the production and preservation of housing for low and moderate income persons. Housing.

AI Summary

This bill aims to authorize municipal financing for the production and preservation of affordable housing for low and moderate-income households in Massachusetts. Specifically, it would provide $1 billion in state financial assistance in the form of grants or loans to cities and towns for this purpose, with at least $250 million allocated to public housing authorities. Additionally, it would increase the bond authorization for the 2018 act from $1.8 billion to $2.8 billion to support these affordable housing efforts. The bill also specifies that any construction or development activity undertaken pursuant to this legislation would be considered a public work subject to the state's prevailing wage laws.

Committee Categories

Housing and Urban Affairs

Sponsors (14)

Pete Capano (D), Mike Connolly (D), David DeCoste (R), Jamie Eldridge (D), Nika Elugardo (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Chris Hendricks (D), Pat Jehlen (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Jack Lewis (D), Jay Livingstone (D), Denise Provost (D), Lindsay Sabadosa (D), Tommy Vitolo (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5089 (on 11/04/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3878

(12 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3878
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3878.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
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
H3998	Relative to amending chapter 413 of the Acts of 1991 authorizing the city council of the city of Cambridge to amend chapter 14.04 of the Cambridge municipal code entitled "Fair Housing"	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 118 of the Acts of 2019	Similar To
H5089	Study Order - Condominiums, Landlords, Tenants and Miscellaneous matters	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
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

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

H3998

Relative to amending chapter 413 of the Acts of 1991 authorizing the city council of the city of Cambridge to amend chapter 14.04 of the Cambridge municipal code entitled "Fair Housing"

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 118 of the Acts of 2019

Similar To

H5089

Study Order - Condominiums, Landlords, Tenants and Miscellaneous matters

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

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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