MA S991

Establishes an 18-member Interagency Supportive Housing Finance and Strategy Board, chaired by the Lieutenant Governor, to scale supportive housing and end homelessness, with initial appointments due by September 1, 2025 and first meeting by September 15, 2025

Creates a supportive housing pilot program providing a minimum of 2,000 units to individuals, families, and young adults experiencing or at risk of homelessness, with $1,000,000 annually in low- and moderate-income housing tax credits set aside for the initiative

Requires multiple state agencies to develop a Community Housing and Services Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate supportive services, capital subsidies, and operating subsidies for very low and extremely low-income residents, filed annually for at least 10 years

Mandates the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities submit a plan by July 1, 2025 for pairing Medicaid housing benefits and community-based behavioral health services with supportive housing units

Federal reimbursements for services under the initiative must be credited to the supportive housing pool fund established by Chapter 150 of the Acts of 2024