Bill Text: MA S66 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Enhance opportunities for housing among recipients of transitional assistance
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-04 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee On Ways and Means [S66 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S66-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Spilka, Karen (SEN)
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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 to enhance opportunities for housing among recipients of transitional assistance.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Spilka, Karen (SEN) |
Second Middlesex and Norfolk |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to enhance opportunities for housing among recipients of
transitional assistance.
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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of transitional assistance shall each month deposit into escrow accounts for the benefit of homeless individuals and families receiving assistance under the program of emergency aid to elders, disabled and children, pursuant to chapter 117A of the General Laws, or receiving assistance under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children, pursuant to chapter 118 of the General Laws, an amount equal to the amount by which the department reduces the grants of said individuals and families for lack of shelter expenses. Such escrowed funds shall be available to such individuals and families to obtain and retain permanent housing and to remove barriers to obtaining and retaining housing and shall not be countable toward otherwise applicable asset limits.
