Bill Text: MA S634 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: For legislation relative to Community Preservation Act expenditures to provide housing for low and moderate income community residents

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-08 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee On Ways and Means [S634 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S634-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James B. Eldridge

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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 Relative to Community Preservation Act Expenditures to Provide Housing for Low and Moderate Income Community Residents.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

Jennifer M. Callahan

18th Worcester


 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act Relative to Community Preservation Act Expenditures to Provide Housing for Low and Moderate Income Community Residents.



                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 two of chapter 44B is hereby amended by adding after the last paragraph the following:-

"Support of Community housing", shall include, but need not be limited to, programs that provide grants, loans, rental assistance, security deposits, interest-rate write downs or other forms of assistance directly to qualified individuals and families or to housing for the purpose of making housing affordable to low or moderate income individuals and families. 

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