MA H1515

Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities must conduct a predictive study of future shelter and housing demand within one year, assessing capacity needs for permanent supportive housing and both congregate and non-congregate shelters across all municipalities

Five-year implementation plan required to prioritize building permanent supportive housing and non-congregate shelters to supplement or replace existing congregate (dormitory-style) shelter programs statewide

Inventory of existing congregate shelters and their costs must be created, along with a feasibility study on converting current facilities to non-congregate shelters or permanent supportive housing

Housing responses for unaccompanied homeless adults must include long-term vouchers, shallow subsidy pools, rapid re-housing, and permanent supportive housing, with priority given to elderly, disabled, medically complex, and LGBTQ+ individuals

Alternative construction models such as modular construction, micro-units, and repurposed hotels must be evaluated to reduce costs for housing chronic and medically complex homeless populations