The second paragraph of section 3 of Chapter 23B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 official edition,  is hereby amended by adding the following clause:-

 (w) in order to provide current, accurate, and detailed information on the residents of the state's assisted housing, the department shall gather, compile, and distribute data regarding the resources for, and beneficiaries of, housing permitted, constructed, preserved, or otherwise financed with state assistance, including privately-owned housing with public subsidy, and also including federal funds administered by the state.  This data shall include, but not be limited to: location of housing; type of housing; number of bedrooms; accessibility; size of family; age and number of children, income level of households and race and ethnicity of those occupying said housing.   This information shall be collected for comparison of racial composition and income distribution within census tracts.  The department shall submit, on or before October 1, 2005 and annually thereafter, a report detailing the results of its data collection to the House and Senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on housing and urban development. This data collection shall be coordinated with local and regional housing authorities, regional nonprofit housing agencies, and managers of state assisted housing.  The state may partner with appropriate data collection entities, such as university research centers, in the timely performance of these duties.

SECTION 2.  The department shall promulgate regulations enacting the provisions of section 1 within 90 days of the passage of this act.