MA H4975

Bill

40B

Introduced
09/28/2020

In Committee
09/28/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relativerelative to 40B.

AI Summary

This bill authorizes the Committee on Housing to investigate and study various House documents related to 40B, which is a state law that allows developers to bypass certain local zoning restrictions if a certain percentage of the units in a development are designated as affordable housing. The committee is tasked with reporting back to the General Court (the state legislature) with the results of its investigation, any recommendations, and any proposed legislation to implement those recommendations by December 31, 2020.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on Housing (J)

Last Action

Discharged to the committee on House Rules (on 09/28/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4975

(13 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4975
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4975.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1263	To promote affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces
H1266	Relative to affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces
H1270	Promoting workforce housing	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces
H1271	Expanding the definition of affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces
H1292	Establishing an affordable housing qualification commission	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces
H1296	Relative to affordable housing and the preservation of a community's water resources	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces
H1297	Streamlining permitting for housing	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces
H1300	Relative to a lottery for 40B housing residents	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces
H1304	Relative to affordable housing units	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces
H1307	Relative to wildlife management areas and 40B structures	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces
H1308	Relative to excess profits resulting from 40B developments	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces
H1323	To exclude cities and towns that adopt a housing linkage program from certain provisions of chapter 40b	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces
H3605	Relative to establishing income reviews for residents of affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1263

To promote affordable housing