Bill > H2240

This bill establishes several mandated preferences for state-aided public housing waiting lists and the statewide Section 8 voucher program in Massachusetts. The key provisions include: 1. Prioritizing applicants with physical or mental disabilities or health conditions that make their current dwelling unsuitable, as well as applicants with transportation challenges due to their disability. 2. Prioritizing applicants who are victims of domestic violence or abuse. 3. Prioritizing veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. 4. Prioritizing applicants who are homeless due to natural disasters, abuse, or unsuitable living conditions related to a disability. 4. Allowing housing authorities to use residency in their town as a criterion, but also accepting educational attendance in the town as proof of residency. 5. Restricting housing authorities from evicting disabled tenants solely based on their disability or the criminal activity of other household members, unless the disabled tenant has personally damaged the property or engaged in illegal activity.

Housing and Urban Affairs

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2240