JOINT COMMITTEE ON HOUSING

House Staff:
Room 38
State House
Boston, MA 02133
House Staff Telephone: (617) 722-2470


Senate Staff:
Room 424
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Senate Staff Telephone: (617) 722-1612


It shall be the duty of the committee on Housing to consider allmatters concerning Chapter 40B housing, housing (generally), subdivision control, condominium laws, and other such matters as may be referred


Members appointed to the committee:

Tucker of Second Essex and Middlesex - Chair
Joyce of Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth - Vice-Chair
Chang-Diaz of Second Suffolk
Eldridge of Middlesex and Worcester
Hart of First Suffolk
Hedlund of Plymouth and Norfolk
Honan of Boston - Chair
Fox of Boston - Vice-Chair
Greene of Billerica
Rodrigues of Westport
Fresolo of Worcester
Stanley of Waltham
Curran of Springfield
Hogan of Stow
Webster of Pembroke
Peterson of Grafton

Docket No.
 Bill No. Sponsor Title
       
SD87 S617 Berry An Act authorizing municipalities to protect low and moderate income tenants and units of governmentally involved housing. 
SD1287 S618 Berry An Act to adopt protections for Salem's governmentally involved housing stock. 
SD1711 S619 Brown An Act relative to low and moderate income housing 
SD1724 S620 Brown An Act relative to the counting of certain residences as affordable housing 
SD1832 S621 Brown An Act creating the Massachusetts Mortgage Resolution System. 
SD1363 S622 Buoniconti An Act relative to community housing and senior centers. 
SD399 S623 Chandler An Act updating chapter 40R. 
SD429 S624 Chandler An Act relative to public housing reform. 
SD438 S625 Chandler An Act promoting affordable housing and community planning in the Commonwealth. 
SD451 S626 Chandler An Act relative to low and moderate income housing. 
SD1497 S627 Creem An Act relative to housing rights for victims of domestic violence. 
SD1692 S628 Creem AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE DETERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUM COMMON AREA INTEREST. 
SD367 S629 Downing An Act relative to tax increment financing plan reporting. 
SD467 S630 Downing An Act increasing the allowable deduction for heat at state-aided housing. 
SD292 S631 Eldridge An Act to increase recycling by landlords and tenants. 
SD301 S632 Eldridge An Act Relative to the long term affordability of 40B housing. 
SD876 S633 Eldridge An Act Relative to authorizing cities and towns to impose mitigation fees on certain housing developments. 
SD924 S634 Eldridge An Act Relative to Community Preservation Act Expenditures to Provide Housing for Low and Moderate Income Community Residents. 
SD927 S635 Eldridge An Act Relative to Creating a Statutory Housing Restriction and Providing Remedies Related To Statutory Housing. . 
SD1942 S636 Fargo An Act adopting inclusionary zoning in the Commonwealth. 
SD529 S637 Galluccio An Act to encourage homeownership in foreclosed properties. 
SD1836 S638 Hart An Act Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to Offer the Elderly the Option of One of Three Placements in Public Housing. 
SD1838 S639 Hart An Act to Prevent Homelessness Among Elderly and Disabled Persons and Families Facing No-Fault Evictions. 
SD427 S640 Hedlund An Act relative to ilegal immigrants and publiclysubsidized housing. 
SD564 S641 Hedlund An Act relative to density of affordable housing projects. 
SD569 S642 Hedlund An Act relative to subsidizing affordable housing. 
SD579 S643 Hedlund An Act realtive to the oversight of affordable housing developments. 
SD1322 S644 Hedlund An Act Relative to 40B Project Definitions. 
SD1324 S645 Hedlund An Act Relative to Affordable Housing Project Definitions. 
SD1325 S646 Hedlund An Act Relative to 40B Cost Certification. 
SD946 S647 Joyce An Act relative to worker protection in housing production. 
SD1599 S648 Menard An Act to promote manufactured housing in the commonwealth. 
SD1614 S649 Menard An Act relative to septic systems in manufactured housing communities. 
SD1620 S650 Menard An Act relative to prospective purchasers in manufactured housing communities. 
SD1202 S651 Moore An Act Ensuring Affordable Housing in Perpetuity 
SD1203 S652 Moore An Act Empowering Zoning Boards of Appeals 
SD1235 S653 Moore An Act Reforming Chapter 40B. 
SD734 S654 Morrissey An Act relative to the condominiums board of directors' closed meetings. 
SD2015 S655 Morrissey An Act relative to governmentally involved housing in the city of quincy. 
SD2010 S656 O'Leary An Act Relative to Strengthening the Cost Certification Process of 40B . 
SD1316 S657 Panagiotakos An Act to promote local and regional affordable housing planning. 
SD1644 S658 Petruccelli An Act relative to affordable housing. 
SD311 S659 Spilka An Act regarding the method in which a city or town may meet its low or moderate income housing requirement. 
SD586 S660 Tarr An Act streamlining permitting for housing 
SD855 S661 Tarr An Act requiring notice and an opportunity to repair certain construction defects 
SD1151 S662 Timilty An Act relative to public housing. 
SD1165 S663 Timilty An Act providing for a moratorium on the issuance of comprehensive permits and establishing a special commission to investigate the use and effectiveness of the comprehensive permit law. 
SD954 S664 Tisei An Act relative to rent witholding. 
SD70 S665 Tolman An Act to conserve conventional fuel energy by making more effecient use of solar energy 
SD1309 S666 Tucker An Act Preserving Publicly Assisted Affordable Housing. 
SD2042 S667 Tucker An Act Establishing a Condominium Unit Owner Bill of Rights and Responsibilities . 
HD190 H1179 Bradley An Act Promoting Sustainable Development in Affordable Housing 
HD192 H1180 Bradley An Act Promoting Community Responsibility 
HD298 H1181 Bradley An Act providing for nonsmoking units in elderly housing. 
HD483 H1182 Bradley An Act Further Defining Low and Moderate income housing. 
HD492 H1183 Bradley An Act relative to low and moderate income housing. 
HD498 H1184 Bradley An Act relative to Chapter 40B housing, so called. 
HD503 H1185 Bradley An Act requiring entrance deposits and monthly fees in senior housing be considered as rental housing units. 
HD525 H1186 Bradley An Act making chapter 40B, so called, more responsive to the Commonwealth's cities and towns. 
HD549 H1187 Bradley An Act increasing affordable housing in 40B developments, so called. 
HD559 H1188 Bradley An Act standardizing zoning appeals processes. 
HD615 H1189 Bradley An Act relative to accessory apartments. 
HD634 H1190 Bradley An Act providing for a moratorium on 40B, so called. 
HD1089 H1191 Bradley An Act amending the definition of 'uneconomic' in chapter 40B, so called. 
HD1983 H1192 Brownsberger An Act to promote local and regional affordable housing planning. 
HD447 H1193 Cantwell An Act encouraging inclusionary zoning. 
HD451 H1194 Cantwell An Act relative to accessory apartments. 
HD3516 H1195 Fagan An Act Relative to Permit Applications for Low and Moderate Income Housing Being Considered by Planning Boards. 
HD3517 H1196 Fagan An Act Relative to the Definition of Low or Moderate Income Housing. 
HD3518 H1197 Fagan An Act Relative to Comprehensive Permits. 
HD3519 H1198 Fagan An Act Relative to Requirements for Subsidized Low and Moderate Income Housing. 
HD3686 H1199 Fennell An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of The State Auditor Relative To Rent Fraud In State Public Housing. 
HD1134 H1200 Fernandes An Act to define affordable housing. 
HD3673 H1201 Flynn An Act preserving publicly assisted affordable housing. 
HD1917 H1202 Garballey An Act to Allow Impact Fees. 
HD582 H1203 Garry An Act relative to low and moderate income housing. 
HD862 H1204 Gifford An Act relative to the definition of low and moderate income housing. 
HD2409 H1205 Golden An Act Promoting Green Affordable Housing in the Commonwealth . 
HD2455 H1206 Golden An Act to Correctly Count 40B Units. 
HD2506 H1207 Golden An Act to Promote Affordable Housing in the Commonwealth . 
HD228 H1208 Greene An Act to Promote Energy Efficiency in Affordable Housing 
HD234 H1209 Greene An Act relative to condominium fees 
HD236 H1210 Greene An Act Establishing Commonwealth Affordability Standards 
HD248 H1211 Greene An Act relative to protecting low and moderate income housing. 
HD258 H1212 Greene An Act relative to safeguarding the intent of the low and moderate income housing law. 
HD259 H1213 Greene An Act relative to low and moderate income housing. 
HD261 H1214 Greene
HD804 H1215 Honan An Act relative to employer assisted housing. . 
HD1021 H1216 Honan An Act promoting fair working standards in the production of housing. . 
HD1600 H1217 Honan An Act relative to the department of housing and community development. . 
HD1610 H1218 Honan An Act furthering housing production on existing ways. 
HD1680 H1219 Honan An Act to promote open space residential development. 
HD1687 H1220 Honan An Act relative to energy efficiency in affordable housing. 
HD1690 H1221 Honan An Act establishing an apprentice training program for the rehabilitation of foreclosed properties. 
HD3596 H1222 Honan An Act relative to community housing and services. 
HD771 H1223 Jones An Act relative to rent escrow. 
HD795 H1224 Jones An Act relative to streamlining permitting for housing. 
HD815 H1225 Jones An Act relative to affordable housing and the preservation of a community's water resources. 
HD817 H1226 Jones An Act relative to zoning density. 
HD853 H1227 Jones An Act relative to authorize limited rate of growth controls and to promote housing production. 
HD887 H1228 Jones An Act relative to affordable housing. 
HD3449 H1229 Kafka An Act Relative to a Lottery for 40B Housing Residents. 
HD1164 H1230 Kulik An Act relative to defining affordable housing under chapter 40B. 
HD1532 H1231 Lantigua An Act relative to rental and tenant selection. 
HD1191 H1232 Malia An Act to protect tenants in foreclosed properties from evictions. 
HD172 H1233 Miceli An Act relative to housing appeals under chapter 40B. 
HD1435 H1234 Patrick An Act relative to condominium owners interest in common areas. 
HD3300 H1235 Peisch An Act relative to the determination of condominium common area interest. 
HD3360 H1236 Peisch An Act Relative to Affordable Housing Units and Condominium Fees. 
HD1069 H1237 Sánchez An Act relative to public housing. 
HD2723 H1238 Scaccia An Act regarding unfair trade practices of condominium associations governing bodies. 
HD2781 H1239 Scaccia An Act establishing an advisory commission on condominiums. 
HD2426 H1240 Scibak An Act relative to meetings of condominium or homeowners associations. 
HD2584 H1241 Scibak An Act relative to the removal of a trustee of condominium or homeowner associations. 
HD1198 H1242 Sciortino An Act to prevent homelessness by removing barriers to subsidized housing. 
HD542 H1243 Speliotis An Act creating smoke free elderly housing units in the commonwealth. 
HD761 H1244 Spellane An Act relative to employer assisted housing. 
HD2604 H1245 Turner An Act relative to private subdivision fees. 
HD566 H3454 Bradley An Act providing tax credits for the construction of affordable housing. 
HD832 H3455 Bradley
HD1111 H3456 Cabral An Act relative to low and moderate income housing. 
HD1108 H3457 Fernandes An Act relative to the renting or leasing of illegal residential premises. 
HD1685 H3458 Frost An Act to deny convicted sex offenders access to public subsidized housing. 
HD1263 H3459 Linsky An Act relative to a special commission to study condominium law. 
HD1312 H3460 Malia An Act to enhance public safety and security in certain public housing developments. 
HD1277 H3461 Polito An Act relative to condominium elections. 
HD557 H3462 Speliotis An Act to exclude cities and towns that adopt a housing linkage program from certain provisions of chapter 40b. 
HD1366 H3463 Wolf An Act preserving publicly assisted affordable housing. 
HD1472 H3569 Costello An Act regulating homeowners in common interest communities. 
HD235 H3570 Greene An Act Relative to Comprehensive Zoning Permits in Cities and Towns. 
HD1447 H3571 Honan An Act to stabilize neighborhoods through the protection of tenants in foreclosed properties. 
HD1502 H3572 Honan An Act relative to land use. 
HD1557 H3573 Honan An Act preserving publicly assisted affordable housing. 
HD1562 H3574 Honan An Act relative to employer assisted housing. 
HD1614 H3575 Honan An Act to encourage smart growth zoning and housing production. 
HD1618 H3576 Honan An Act excluding payments for foster care in computing rent and determining eligibility for subsidized housing. . 
HD2253 H3577 Turner An Act relative to affordable housing condominium fees and uses. 
HD3295 H3682 Binienda An Act relative to elderly housing. 
HD2969 H3683 Fennell An Act relative to the escrowing of withheld rent. . 
HD2970 H3684 Fennell An Act relative to the withholding of rent by tenants. . 
HD2972 H3685 Fennell An Act relative to housing authority operations. 
HD3116 H3686 Finegold An Act relative to eligibility for cooperative housing corporations. 
HD3001 H3687 Rice An Act relating to manufactured housing license fees. 
HD3330 H3688 Scibak An Act relative to condominium or homeowners associations. 
HD3217 H3689 Smizik An Act authorizing municipalities to protect low and moderate income tenants and units of governmentally involved housing. 
HD3003 H3690 Stanley An Act relative to moving to economic opportunity housing. 
HD3298 H3691 Walsh An Act relative to private mortgage insurance and the affordable housing trust fund. 
HD3303 H3692 Walsh An Act Relative to Stabilizing Communities . 
HD3712 H3810 Cabral An Act to adopt protections for New Bedford's governmentally involved housing stock. 
HD3710 H3811 Gobi An Act relative to low and moderate income housing. 
HD3643 H3812 Rush An Act to restore Boston's governmentally involved housing protection . 
HD4048 H3903 Honan An Act relative to development of local housing authority surplus land. 
HD4049 H3904 Honan An Act relative to the re-codification of the Massachusetts Housing Finance Authority. 
HD4029 H4042 Honan An Act relative to the homeownership opportunity program. 
HD3776 H4088 Murphy An Act to restore Lowell's governmentally-involved housing protection. 

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