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Budgetary Direct Appropriations
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
3000-0100 For the administration of the executive office of 5,214,320 5,198,796
communities and development; provided, that said
administrative expenses shall include four hundred
thousand dollars for the purposes of the municipal
assistance program to qualify for grant funding under
Title I of the federal Housing and Community
Development Act, the so-called small cities match
LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM
3000-9316 150,000
FEDERALLY AIDED URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS
3022-9101 For federally aided urban renewal projects; provided, 97,874 97,874
that no new contracts shall be entered into in fiscal
year nineteen hundred and ninety-six
Local Aid Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
NON-FEDERALLY AIDED URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS
3022-9102 For non-federally aided urban renewal projects; 279,275 191,145
provided, that no new contracts shall be entered into
in fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety-six
Local Aid Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
URBAN REVITALIZATION DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
3022-9108 For grants for urban revitalization and development, 2,323,500 2,323,500
for projects authorized pursuant to section fifty-four
of chapter one hundred and twenty-one B of the General
Laws; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of
section fifty-three or fifty-seven of said chapter one
hundred and twenty-one B to the contrary, such funds
may be provided to any agency of a city or town
designated by the chief executive officer to act on
behalf of the city or town; and provided further, that
no new commitments shall be entered into in fiscal year
nineteen hundred and ninety-six
Local Aid Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE GRANTS
3100-0200 For municipal assistance management incentive grants, 1,426,874 1,426,874
technical assistance and training for municipal
governments to provide cost-effective and efficient
delivery of local services, including regionalization
of services; provided, that such incentive grants may
be utilized for the purchase of hardware and equipment;
provided further, that funds appropriated herein may be
provided in advance
Local Aid Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
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COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
3143-2027 For a community economic development program; provided, 700,000 700,000
that contracts may be awarded to community-based
organizations; and provided further, that a portion of
the amount appropriated herein may be expended for the
provision of technical assistance to such organizations
Local Aid Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
HOUSING SERVICES - NEIGHBORHOOD ANTI-POVERTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
3143-3036 For a housing services program to provide assistance 265,000 265,000
through community-based organizations to low-income
tenants in privately owned housing, and to landlords,
to maintain and secure decent and affordable shelter
within the private housing stock
URBAN INITIATIVE FUND - LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAM FOR INNER CITY
NEIGHBORHOODS
3144-0002 3,045,000
BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY TENANT SERVICES - WEST BROADWAY
3144-0003 For the Boston housing authority for a program to 76,000 76,000
provide certain tenant services for the West Broadway
housing authority task force
Local Aid Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
SUBSIDIES TO HOUSING AUTHORITIES FOR OPERATING EXPENSES
3222-9005 For a program of housing subsidies to provide payments 20,632,000 23,132,000
to housing authorities and non-profit organizations
operating family housing for deficiencies caused by
certain reduced rentals in housing for the elderly,
handicapped, veterans and relocated persons pursuant to
sections thirty-two and forty of chapter one hundred
and twenty-one B of the General Laws; provided, that
notwithstanding the provisions of any general or
special law or regulation to the contrary, all housing
authorities operating elderly public housing are
authorized and directed to offer first preference for
elderly public housing units which are vacant as of the
effective date of this act, and thereafter, to those
persons sixty-two years of age or older on June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ninety-five, then
receiving rental assistance from the Massachusetts
rental voucher program; provided further, that the
executive office of communities and development shall
oversee and enforce compliance by local housing
authorities with said provisions, and is hereby
authorized to take such actions as it deems necessary,
including requiring regular, up-to-date reports by the
housing authorities and nonprofit organizations
operating such public housing, to insure such
compliance in a timely and equitable fashion; provided
further, that the executive office of communities and
development is hereby authorized to conduct an annual
verification of household income levels based upon
state tax returns; provided further, that as a .
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condition for eligibility or continued occupancy by an
applicant or tenant, said executive office may require
disclosure of social security numbers by an applicant
or tenant and members of the applicant’s or tenant’s
household for use in verification of income
eligibility; provided further, that said executive
office is hereby further authorized to consult with the
department of revenue, the department of transitional
assistance, or any other state or federal agency it
deems necessary to conduct such income verification,
and that, notwithstanding the provisions of any general
or special law to the contrary, said state agencies are
hereby authorized and directed to consult and cooperate
with said executive office and to furnish upon request
any and all information in the possession of said
agencies including, but not limited to, tax returns and
applications for public assistance or financial aid;
provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions
of any general or special law to the contrary, the
secretary of communities and development is hereby
authorized and directed to enter into an interagency
agreement with the commissioner of revenue to utilize
the department of revenue’s wage reporting and bank
match system for the purpose of verifying the income
and eligibility of said households; provided further,
that the executive office of communities and
development may expend the funds appropriated herein
for deficiencies caused by certain reduced rentals
which may be anticipated in the operation of housing
authorities for the first quarter of the subsequent
fiscal year; and provided further, that no monies shall
be expended from this item for the purpose of
reimbursing the debt service reserve and capital
reserve included in the budgets of the housing
authorities
Local Aid Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
PILOT PROGRAM PROMOTING ECONOMIC DIVERSITY IN FAMILY PUBLIC
HOUSING
3222-9006 692,844
RENTAL ASSISTANCE HOUSING PROGRAM
3222-9024 For a program of rental assistance for families and 54,987,512 51,332,309
elderly persons of low income through mobile and
project-based vouchers; provided, that notwithstanding
the provisions of any general or special law to the
contrary, said rental assistance in the form of mobile
vouchers, so-called, shall be paid only to those
eligible households, currently holding mobile vouchers,
so-called, that held, or were lawfully entitled to
hold, chapter seven hundred and seven certificates,
so-called, as of October thirty-first, nineteen hundred
and ninety-two, pursuant to the chapter seven hundred
and seven program, so-called, and to those households
currently holding mobile vouchers, so-called, that
held, or were lawfully entitled to hold state housing
vouchers, so-called, as of October thirty-first,
nineteen hundred and ninety-two, pursuant to a program
of housing assistance consistent with the program .
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requirements established by the federal government for
the program authorized by Public Law 98-181, Section
207; provided, that there shall be no further payments
made under said chapter seven hundred and seven
program, so-called, or under said program of housing
assistance consistent with the requirements established
by the federal government for the program authorized by
Public Law 98-181, Section 207, which state program was
known as the state housing voucher program, so-called;
provided further, that rental assistance shall only be
paid pursuant to a program known as the Massachusetts
rental voucher program, heretofore established by the
executive office of communities and development, as
such program may hereafter be amended; provided
further, that the income of said households shall in no
event exceed two hundred percent of the federally
established poverty level; provided further, that the
executive office of communities and development is
hereby authorized and directed to conduct an annual
verification of household income levels based upon
state tax returns, and that said executive office is
hereby further authorized and directed to consult with
the department of revenue, the department of
transitional assistance, or any other state or federal
agency it deems necessary to conduct such income
verification, and that, notwithstanding the provisions
of any general or special law to the contrary, said
state agencies are hereby authorized and directed to
consult and cooperate with said executive office and to
furnish any and all information in the possession of
said agencies including, but not limited to, tax
returns and applications for public assistance or
financial aid; provided further, that notwithstanding
the provisions of any general or special law to the
contrary, the secretary of communities and development
is hereby authorized and directed to enter into an
interagency agreement with the commissioner of revenue
to utilize the department of revenue's wage reporting
and bank match system for the purpose of verifying the
income and eligibility of participants and members of
the participants' households in the Massachusetts
rental voucher program; provided further, that any
household, in which a participant or member of a
participant's household in the Massachusetts rental
voucher program refuses to provide his or her social
security number for use in verifying the household's
income and eligibility, shall no longer be eligible for
a voucher or to receive benefits pursuant to the
Massachusetts rental voucher program; provided further,
that the secretary of communities and development, as a
condition of continued eligibility for a voucher and
for voucher payments, may require disclosure of social
security numbers by participants and members of the
participants' households in the Massachusetts rental
voucher program for use in verification of income with
other agencies, departments and executive offices in
the commonwealth; provided further, that said vouchers
shall be in varying dollar amounts set by the secretary
based upon considerations, including, but not limited
to, family size and composition, ranges of family
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notwithstanding the provisions of any general or
special law to the contrary, the use of rent surveys
shall not be required in determining the amounts of
such mobile vouchers, so-called, or such project-based
vouchers, so-called; provided further, that any
household which is proven to have caused intentional
damages to their rental unit in an amount exceeding two
month’s rent during any one year lease period shall be
terminated from the program; provided further, that
notwithstanding the provisions of any general or
special law to the contrary, a mobile voucher whose use
is or has been discontinued shall not be reassigned at
any time; provided further, that an allowance not to
exceed fifteen dollars per voucher per month shall be
determined and paid by the executive office of
communities and development for administration of the
rental assistance program; provided further, that the
secretary of communities and development is hereby
authorized to expend an amount up to but not exceeding
six percent of the appropriation provided herein for
the administration of the rental voucher program;
provided further, that said six percent for
administration shall include, but not be limited to,
said allowance for administration which is not to
exceed fifteen dollars per voucher per month; provided
further, that said six percent shall also include, but
not be limited to, all expenditures which may be made
by the secretary of communities and development to
conduct or otherwise contract for rental voucher
program inspections; provided further, that under no
circumstances shall subsidies be reduced for the
purpose of accommodating the cost of said inspection;
provided further, that notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, there shall be no maximum
percentage applicable to the amount of income paid for
rent by each household holding a mobile voucher,
so-called, or project-based voucher, so-called, but
each household shall pay at least thirty percent of
income as rent; provided further, that payments for
rental assistance may be provided in advance; provided
further, that the executive office of communities and
development shall establish the amounts of the mobile
vouchers, so-called, and the project-based vouchers,
so-called, so that the appropriation herein is not
exceeded by payments for rental assistance,
administration, and other commitments; provided
further, that the amount of a rental assistance voucher
payment for an eligible household shall not exceed the
rent less the household's minimum rent obligation;
provided further, that the word "rent" as used in this
item shall mean payments to the landlord or owner of a
dwelling unit pursuant to a lease or other agreement
for a tenant's occupancy of the dwelling unit, but
shall not include payments made by the tenant
separately for the cost of heat, cooking fuel, and
electricity; provided further, that upon vacancy of a
project-based dwelling unit, households holding mobile
vouchers, so-called, shall have priority for occupancy
of said project-based dwelling units; provided further,
that the executive office of communities and
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participant in the Massachusetts rental voucher program
through a twelve month contract executed by the
participant and the executive office; provided further,
that such obligations may include, but need not be
limited to, job training, counseling, household
budgeting, and education, to the extent that
appropriate programs, as defined in regulations
promulgated by the executive office of communities and
development, are available; provided further, that to
the extent that any such obligation is imposed, a
participant shall be required to undertake and meet
such obligation as a condition for continued
eligibility in the program; provided further, that any
participant who is over the age of sixty-two years or
who is handicapped may be exempted from any obligations
unsuitable under his or her particular circumstances;
and provided further, that the executive office of
communities and development shall submit an annual
report to the state budget director, the secretary of
administration and finance, and the house and senate
committees on ways and means detailing expenditures,
the number of outstanding rental vouchers, and the
number and types of units leased
RENTAL ASSISTANCE VOUCHERS FOR DISABLED
3222-9030 For a rental assistance pilot program for low-income 666,667 4,000,000
persons who receive services from the department of
mental health; provided, that no services shall be paid
out of the funds made available herein; provided
further, that the secretary of communities and
development is hereby authorized to expend an amount
for administration of the pilot program up to but not
to exceed six and one-half percent of the appropriation
provided herein; provided further, that the executive
office of communities and development shall submit a
quarterly report to the state budget director, the
secretary of administration and finance, and the house
and senate committees on ways and means detailing
expenditures and the number of rental assistance
certificates issued or reissued
HOUSING NEEDS STUDY
3222-9031 70,000
RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ACTION LOAN PROGRAM
3322-8878 For rental housing development action loans, so-called; 2,690,801 2,639,186
provided, that notwithstanding any general or special
law to the contrary, no new commitments, contracts, or
modifications of existing contracts shall be entered
into during fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety-six
or any subsequent fiscal year; and provided further,
that the secretary of communities and development is
hereby authorized and directed to review all amounts
disbursed through this program in the five fiscal years
previous to the effective date of this act and to
recover all excess funds disbursed
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STATE HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR RENTAL PRODUCTION
3322-9027 For the state housing assistance for rental production 30,106,555 30,106,555
(SHARP) program, for contracts with sponsors of rental
housing projects, financed through the Massachusetts
Housing Finance Agency established pursuant to chapter
seven hundred and eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and sixty-six, in the form of a loan by the
commonwealth to facilitate the construction or
rehabilitation of rental housing projects pursuant to
the provisions of section seven of chapter five hundred
and seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
eighty-three; provided, that notwithstanding the
provisions of section twenty-seven of chapter
twenty-three B or sections twenty-six and twenty-seven
of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws to the
contrary, the executive office of communities and
development is hereby authorized to enter into such
contracts for terms not exceeding fifteen years with
annual payment obligations not to exceed thirty million
one hundred six thousand five hundred and fifty-five
dollars; provided further, that notwithstanding any
general or special law to the contrary, no new
commitments, contracts, re-negotiations, modifications,
or revisions of existing contracts resulting in an
increased cost shall be entered into during fiscal year
nineteen hundred and ninety-six for said fiscal year or
any subsequent fiscal years; and provided further, that
the secretary of communities and development is hereby
authorized and directed to review all amounts disbursed
through this program in the five fiscal years previous
to the effective date of this act and to recover all
excess funds disbursed
MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY INTEREST SUBSIDY
3322-9201 For interest subsidies designed to assist the private 8,245,955 8,245,955
development of affordable housing; provided, that
notwithstanding the provisions of any general or
special law to the contrary, no new commitments shall
be entered into during fiscal year nineteen hundred and
ninety-six for said fiscal year or any subsequent
fiscal years
SERVICE AND SECURITY COODINATORS AT PUBLIC HOUSING
3424-4314 For the expenses of a mixed population housing service 500,000 1,500,000
coordinator pilot program to assist residents in
housing for the elderly and handicapped; provided, that
funds made available herein shall pay for service
coordinator positions, so-called, and any associated
programmatic costs
LOWELL SQUARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN BOSTON
3711-9111 675,000
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ENERGY ASSISTANCE AND WEATHERIZATION
3745-1000 For the expenses of the one and two-person program, 1,000,000
so-called, for elders and families whose income is in
excess of one hundred and fifty percent of the federal
poverty level, but not more than one hundred and
seventy-five percent of said level, and for a program
of supplemental energy assistance for low-income elders
and families to be administered in accordance with the
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of nineteen
hundred and eighty-one, as amended; provided, that
notwithstanding the provisions of any general or
special law to the contrary, funds expended for said
one and two-person program and for said program of
supplemental energy assistance for low-income elders
and families shall not be subject to federal
reimbursement
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
3747-0001 For the Indian affairs program 68,089 67,927
LOAN PROGRAM FOR LEAD PAINT ABATEMENT
3799-1966 For the loan program pursuant to section one hundred 1,250,000 2,000,000
and ninety-seven E of chapter one hundred and eleven of
the General Laws, as amended, for lead abatement
throughout the commonwealth; provided, that the terms
and conditions of such loans will be based on an income
level criteria and include terms and plans that allow
low and moderate-income individuals to defer loan
repayment until transfer of the property; and provided
further, that funds made available herein shall be
administered by the executive office of communities and
development in consultation with the department of
public health
Budgetary Retained Revenues
LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM
3000-9315 For low-income housing tax credits; provided, that the 300,000 448,685
executive office of communities and development may
expend an amount not to exceed four hundred forty-eight
thousand six hundred and eighty-five dollars accrued
from fees collected for the regulation of TELLER,
so-called, projects undertaken pursuant to paragraph
(m) of section twenty-six of chapter one hundred and
twenty-one B of the General Laws, from fees collected
pursuant to the local initiative program, from fees
collected pursuant to Executive Order No. 291,
pertaining to low-income housing tax credits, and from
fees collected pursuant to the rental housing
development action loan program, for the costs of
administering and monitoring said programs; provided,
that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies
between the receipt of retained revenues and related
expenditures, the executive office of communities and
development may incur expenses and the comptroller may .
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certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of
this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate
therefor as reported in the state accounting system
"COMMUNITY PROFILES" PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION
3000-9320 The executive office of communities and development may 20,000 20,000
expend an amount not to exceed twenty thousand dollars
accrued from fees collected for the printing and
distribution costs of “Community Profiles” to support
the production of said “Community Profiles”; provided
further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any
general or special law to the contrary, the executive
office of communities and development is hereby
authorized to establish a fee sufficient to cover the
costs of printing and distributing said “Community
Profiles”
Federal Grant Spending
LEAD PAINT ABATEMENT
3700-0300 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 2,720,197 3,228,000
Lead Paint Abatement
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
3722-9011 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 2,690,000 2,690,000
Supportive Housing Demonstration Program
SECTION 8 EXISTING PROGRAM
3722-9013 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 64,842,191 66,200,000
Section 8 Existing Program; provided, that the
executive office of communities and development may
provide monthly payments in advance to participating
agencies
FEDERAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM
3722-9014 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 16,417,962 17,252,000
Federal Housing Voucher Program; provided, that the
executive office of communities and development may
provide monthly payments in advance to participating
agencies
SECTION 8 MODERATE REHABILITATION PROGRAM
3722-9019 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 17,434,225 18,700,000
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program; provided,
that the executive office of communities and
development may provide monthly payments in advance to
participating agencies
SECTION 8 NEW CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
3722-9020 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 3,700,085 3,921,399
Section 8 New Construction Program
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HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS
3722-9028 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 7,000,000 5,000,000
Home Investment Partnerships; provided, that consistent
with applicable federal regulations and the state plan,
the executive office of communities and development may
provide monthly payments in advance to participating
agencies
SHELTER PLUS CARE - LOWELL
3722-9051 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 513,600 102,720
Shelter Plus Care - Lowell; provided, that consistent
with applicable federal regulations and the state plan,
the executive office of communities and development may
provide monthly payments in advance to participating
agencies
SHELTER PLUS CARE - BOSTON
3722-9052 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 5,083,260 2,033,300
Shelter Plus Care - Boston; provided, that consistent
with applicable federal regulations and the state plan,
the executive office of communities and development may
provide monthly payments in advance to participating
agencies
SHELTER PLUS CARE - SOUTHBRIDGE
3722-9053 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 836,400 334,560
Shelter Plus Care - Southbridge; provided, that
consistent with applicable federal regulations and the
state plan, the executive office of communities and
development may provide monthly payments in advance to
participating agencies
SHELTER PLUS CARE - NEW BEDFORD
3722-9054 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 573,300 229,320
Shelter Plus Care - New Bedford; provided, that
consistent with applicable federal regulations and the
state plan, the executive office of communities and
development may provide monthly payments in advance to
participating agencies
SMALL CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
3724-3037 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 26,000,000 33,000,000
Small Cities Community Development Block Grant;
provided, that consistent with applicable federal
regulations and the state plan, the executive office of
communities and development may provide monthly
payments in advance to participating agencies
ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPS IN ECONOMICALLY TROUBLED AREAS CDBG
3724-3043 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 111,531 20,000
Economic Partnerships in Economically Troubled Areas
CDBG
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
3724-3050 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 115,120 120,000
Rural Development Council
SECTION 8 SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM
3724-9009 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 5,106,511 5,325,030
Section 8 Substantial Rehabilitation Program
WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PERSONS
3743-2030 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 6,105,159 5,918,105
Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons;
provided, that consistent with applicable federal
regulations and the state plan, the executive office of
communities and development may provide monthly
payments in advance to participating agencies
LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
3743-2033 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 54,600,000 54,000,000
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program; provided,
that consistent with applicable federal regulations and
the state plan, the executive office of communities and
development may provide monthly payments in advance to
participating agencies
COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT
3743-2034 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 9,782,720 9,700,000
Community Service Block Grant; provided, that
consistent with applicable federal regulations and the
state plan, the executive office of communities and
development may provide monthly payments in advance to
participating agencies
EMERGENCY FEDERAL JOBS BILL - COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
3743-2035 33,491
EMERGENCY COMMUNITY SERVICES HOMELESS PROGRAM
3743-2050 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 510,000 504,813
Emergency Community Services Homeless Program;
provided, that consistent with applicable federal
regulations and the state plan, the executive office of
communities and development may provide monthly
payments in advance to participating agencies
Trust & Other Spending
3724-3041 1,600,000 1,600,000
3743-2059 6,000 50,000
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3770-6640 787,900 787,900
3770-6700 17,232 17,232
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