Bill Text: MA H3576 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Exclude payments for foster care in computing rent and determining eligibility for subsidized housing
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-11 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H3576 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3576-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kevin G. Honan
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act excluding payments for foster care in computing rent and determining eligibility for subsidized housing. .
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Kevin G. Honan |
17th Suffolk |
Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
William Lantigua |
16th Essex |
Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
Matthew C. Patrick |
3rd Barnstable |
Michael J. Moran |
18th Suffolk |
Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
Ellen Story |
3rd Hampshire |
Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. |
26th Middlesex |
Kevin Aguiar |
7th Bristol |
Kay Khan |
11th Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1240 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act excluding payments for foster care in computing rent and
determining eligibility for subsidized housing. ..
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 32 of Chapter 121B of the
General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by
inserting after the sixth paragraph the following new paragraph:-
In determining the net income of the tenant family for the purpose of computing
the rent and determining eligibility for admission and continued occupancy,
adoption assistance payments in excess of $480 per year per adopted child shall
be excluded from income. In determining the net income of the tenant family
for the purpose of computing the rent and determining eligibility for admission
and continued occupancy, payments received for the care of foster children or
foster adults shall be excluded from income.