MA H5352

Bill

MA H5352

Study Order

Introduced
04/13/2026

In Committee
04/13/2026

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead

Introduced Session

194th General Court

Bill Summary

Relativerelative to affordable housing, public housing, rental issues, condominiums and other housing related issues

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on Housing (Joint)

Last Action

Reported, in part, by H3988 (on 06/08/2026)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5352

(60 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location	Created
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5352	04/13/2026
BillText	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5352.pdf	04/13/2026

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1470	Relative to senior and non-elderly disabled housing	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1474	Relative to local preference in affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1475	Relative to manufactured housing	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1479	Facilitating a statewide housing policy simulator	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1480	Financing housing first programs and housing for all in Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1483	Relative to the use of credit reporting for rent-subsidized tenants	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1489	Creating the tenant’s escrow accounts	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1490	Relative to landlord’s right to information	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1491	Relative to CHAMP that will revert back to local residents receiving priority over applicants that have not been screened as emergency applicants	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1492	Expanding the definition of affordable housing to include manufactured homes	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1494	Relative to improve access to rental assistance programs	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1497	Relative to avoiding senior homelessness and maintaining senior housing stabilization of rents	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1498	To limit criminalization of the homeless	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1499	To establish community notification standards for group homes	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1501	To improve municipal equity within the emergency assistance shelter program	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1503	Relative to the emergency housing assistance program and universal background checks	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1504	Relative to mobile homes as affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1505	Relative to emergency housing assistance residency requirements	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1506	Relative to prioritizing Massachusetts residents on the waitlist for emergency housing assistance	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1507	Limiting rent increases and creating a rental arbitrator	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1508	Repealing the misused and misguided right to shelter law that is unique to Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1509	To promote housing cooperatives	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1516	To expedite multifamily housing construction	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1521	Ensuring continued rights for public housing residents	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1522	Relative to electronic meetings and voting in condominiums	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1527	Relative to public housing restrictions for sex offenders	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1528	Relative to public housing restrictions	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1529	Establishing an affordable housing qualification commission	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1532	Establishing a commission to study the impact of shifting residential broker fees from tenants to landlords	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1533	Requiring community meetings before the opening of an emergency overflow shelter	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1536	Enhancing prioritization for the emergency assistance program	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1537	Relative to the sale of chapter 40B properties purchased prior to the year 2010	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1539	Relative to condominium elections	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1540	Relative to the eligibility of emergency housing assistance	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1545	Relative to childless individuals with chronic disabilities experiencing homelessness	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1546	Relative to emergency housing assistance eligibility requirements	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1548	Relative to the state’s requirements for calculating the municipal land area for subsidized housing inventory (SHI)	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1549	Providing relief of 40B regulations for municipalities sheltering individuals on behalf of DHCD	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1554	To secure housing for returning citizens	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1555	Relative to the display of the flag of the United States by condominium unit owners	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1556	To improve the accuracy of the counting of existing affordable housing stock	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1557	Creating an office of tenant protections	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1558	Promoting fair and affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1563	Relative to homeowner assets	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1567	Establishing a statewide affirmatively furthering fair housing framework	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1569	To ensure senior home safety and security	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1573	Relative to short term rental inspections	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1575	Relative to reducing damage caused by the current foreclosure crisis in the historic districts of Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1576	Relative to creating a permanent affordability homeownership program	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1578	Relative to background checks for individuals in Massachusetts housing programs	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H1579	Relative to emergency shelter assistance for commonwealth residents	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2255	Facilitating approval of inclusionary zoning for affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H2347	To promote Yes in God's Back Yard	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H3934	Establishing the town of Plymouth Land Bank	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H3988	Relative to establishing the Barnstable home center for housing resources	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Replaces
H3990	Relative to stabilizing tenants and small property owners	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H3996	Relative to Massachusetts Solar Access Law	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H4063	To protect residents experiencing significant elevations in rent for viable and effective affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H4145	Requiring that broker fees in the city of Cambridge be paid by the party who solicits a licensed broker	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces
H4228	Providing for rent regulation and control of evictions in manufactured housing parks in the town of Athol	Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1470

Relative to senior and non-elderly disabled housing

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1474

Relative to local preference in affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1475

Relative to manufactured housing

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1479

Facilitating a statewide housing policy simulator

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1480

Financing housing first programs and housing for all in Massachusetts

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1483

Relative to the use of credit reporting for rent-subsidized tenants

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1489

Creating the tenant’s escrow accounts

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1490

Relative to landlord’s right to information

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1491

Relative to CHAMP that will revert back to local residents receiving priority over applicants that have not been screened as emergency applicants

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1492

Expanding the definition of affordable housing to include manufactured homes

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1494

Relative to improve access to rental assistance programs

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1497

Relative to avoiding senior homelessness and maintaining senior housing stabilization of rents

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1498

To limit criminalization of the homeless

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1499

To establish community notification standards for group homes

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1501

To improve municipal equity within the emergency assistance shelter program

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1503

Relative to the emergency housing assistance program and universal background checks

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1504

Relative to mobile homes as affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1505

Relative to emergency housing assistance residency requirements

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1506

Relative to prioritizing Massachusetts residents on the waitlist for emergency housing assistance

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1507

Limiting rent increases and creating a rental arbitrator

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1508

Repealing the misused and misguided right to shelter law that is unique to Massachusetts

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1509

To promote housing cooperatives

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1516

To expedite multifamily housing construction

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1521

Ensuring continued rights for public housing residents

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1522

Relative to electronic meetings and voting in condominiums

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1527

Relative to public housing restrictions for sex offenders

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1528

Relative to public housing restrictions

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1529

Establishing an affordable housing qualification commission

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1532

Establishing a commission to study the impact of shifting residential broker fees from tenants to landlords

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1533

Requiring community meetings before the opening of an emergency overflow shelter

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1536

Enhancing prioritization for the emergency assistance program

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1537

Relative to the sale of chapter 40B properties purchased prior to the year 2010

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1539

Relative to condominium elections

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1540

Relative to the eligibility of emergency housing assistance

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1545

Relative to childless individuals with chronic disabilities experiencing homelessness

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1546

Relative to emergency housing assistance eligibility requirements

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1548

Relative to the state’s requirements for calculating the municipal land area for subsidized housing inventory (SHI)

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1549

Providing relief of 40B regulations for municipalities sheltering individuals on behalf of DHCD

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1554

To secure housing for returning citizens

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1555

Relative to the display of the flag of the United States by condominium unit owners

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1556

To improve the accuracy of the counting of existing affordable housing stock

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1557

Creating an office of tenant protections

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1558

Promoting fair and affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1563

Relative to homeowner assets

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1567

Establishing a statewide affirmatively furthering fair housing framework

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1569

To ensure senior home safety and security

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1573

Relative to short term rental inspections

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1575

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

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1576

Relative to creating a permanent affordability homeownership program

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1578

Relative to background checks for individuals in Massachusetts housing programs

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H1579

Relative to emergency shelter assistance for commonwealth residents

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H2255

Facilitating approval of inclusionary zoning for affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H2347

To promote Yes in God's Back Yard

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H3934

Establishing the town of Plymouth Land Bank

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H3988

Relative to establishing the Barnstable home center for housing resources

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

Replaces

H3990

Relative to stabilizing tenants and small property owners

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H3996

Relative to Massachusetts Solar Access Law

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H4063

To protect residents experiencing significant elevations in rent for viable and effective affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H4145

Requiring that broker fees in the city of Cambridge be paid by the party who solicits a licensed broker

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

H4228

Providing for rent regulation and control of evictions in manufactured housing parks in the town of Athol

Accompanied a study order, see H5352 (under House Rule 27)

Replaces

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