Housing

Authorizing the town of Harwich affordable housing trust to provide for the creation of attainable housing

Relative to the inclusion of commercial fishermen as a designated vocation for affordable and attainable housing preference in the town of Chatham under Section 32, Seasonal Communities, Subsection (d), of the Affordable Homes Act

Further defining the purposes of the affordable housing trust in the city of Somerville

Relative to the use of credit reporting for rent-subsidized tenants

Relative to preventing algorithmic rent fixing in the rental housing market

Relative to housing in seasonal communities

Promoting fair and affordable housing

Providing a buffer for manufactured home communities

Requiring triennial reports on the impacts of multi-family zoning in MBTA communities

Further regulating the Year-round Market Rate Rental Housing Trust Fund in the town of Provincetown

To maintain stable housing for families with pets

Relative to cimex lectularius

Authorizing the city of Somerville to regulate rent in residential dwelling units

Relative to a commission to study access to emotional support animals in residential housing

Relative to establishing the Barnstable home center for housing resources

To regulate junk fees in rental housing

Relative to designating seasonal communities

To make home repair affordable and stabilize communities

Resolve to plan, preserve, and protect

To codify pet-friendly elderly housing policies and ensure pet parity across housing authorities

Resolve establishing a special commission to study and make recommendations relative to Chapter 40B

To protect assisted living residents from unfair and deceptive billing practices

Establishing the missing-middle starter home development and home ownership program

To plan, preserve, and protect

Relative to manufactured housing communities

Relative to the Massachusetts rental voucher program

To promote Yes in My Back Yard

Promoting housing stability for families by strengthening the HomeBASE program

Relative to updating and modernizing Chapter 40R

Relative to creating a permanent affordability homeownership program

Relative to transformative development initiatives in rural communities

To create affordable homes for persons with disabilities

Ensuring fair housing for homeless families

Ensuring affordability in perpetuity

Enhancing security in emergency housing programs

To reform the emergency assistance shelter program

To establish community notification standards for group homes

Establishing liability coverage for facilities lodging individuals in the emergency shelter program

Reforming incentives for landlords

Relative to the HomeBase Program

Relative to 40B condominium units

Streamlining housing permitting

Ensuring fair housing for homeless families

Establishing emergency shelter priorities

Relative to accessory dwelling units on smaller lots

Relative to housing developments in small communities

Facilitating site plan review

Relative to accessory dwelling units

Establishing a commission to study housing affordability and density reform

Relative to manufactured housing communities

Requiring that broker fees in the city of Cambridge be paid by the party who solicits a licensed broker

To protect residents experiencing significant elevations in rent for viable and effective affordable housing

Requiring that broker fees in the city of Somerville be paid by the party who solicits a licensed broker

Establishing a commission to study the impact of shifting residential broker fees from tenants to landlords

Creating an office of tenant protections

Relative to avoiding senior homelessness and maintaining senior housing stabilization of rents

Limiting rent increases and creating a rental arbitrator

Creating the tenant’s escrow accounts

Promoting access to counsel and housing stability in Massachusetts

Enabling local options for tenant protections

Promoting housing stability for families by strengthening the HomeBASE program

Relative to residential assistance for families in transition (RAFT)

Relative to increasing affordable and public housing options

To establish an accessory dwelling unit trust fund

Addressing affordable housing

To study single-stair residential buildings

To transform the Commonwealth’s emergency response system and create housing strategies to end the homelessness of unaccompanied adults

Allowing movable tiny houses as permanent residential dwellings and accessory dwelling units

Promoting geographic equity in state-funded housing development

Promoting housing stability for older adults across the Commonwealth

Providing for pre-service training for members of mobile home rent control boards

To promote access to housing and improve educational outcomes

Setting a housing production goal for the Commonwealth

Relative to PILOT agreements on replaced public housing

Relative to manufactured housing

Promoting fair and affordable housing

Promoting geographic equity in state-funded housing development

Providing for energy assistance during the summer months

Improving municipal access to general existing housing data

To study single-stair residential buildings

Relative to funding housing and mitigating investor real estate in seasonal communities

Relative to Massachusetts Solar Access Law

Relative to homeowner assets

Relative to the eligibility of emergency housing assistance

Relative to the emergency housing assistance program and universal background checks

Relative to prioritizing Massachusetts residents on the waitlist for emergency housing assistance

Enhancing prioritization for the emergency assistance program

Relative to emergency shelter assistance for commonwealth residents

Relative to emergency housing assistance eligibility requirements

To improve municipal equity within the emergency assistance shelter program

Establishing a statewide affirmatively furthering fair housing framework

Relative to creating a permanent affordability homeownership program

To promote housing cooperatives

To promote Yes in God's Back Yard

Relative to accessory dwelling units inclusion in the subsidized housing inventory

Providing relief of 40B regulations for municipalities sheltering individuals on behalf of DHCD

Relative to reducing damage caused by the current foreclosure crisis in the historic districts of Massachusetts

To promote Yes in My Back Yard

To prevent and respond to bullying of elderly and disabled residents

Establishing an office of the condominium ombudsman

Relative to a special commission to study condominium law

Providing upstream homelessness prevention assistance to families, youth, and adults

To provide sewer and water rate relief

Advancing the Massachusetts social housing program

Relative to public housing restrictions

Expanding the definition of affordable housing to include manufactured homes

Relative to CHAMP that will revert back to local residents receiving priority over applicants that have not been screened as emergency applicants

Relative to public housing restrictions for sex offenders

Relative to condominium elections

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution for a Constitutional right to housing

Relative to removing barriers to creating affordable housing

Relative to the Condominium Owners’ Rights Act (CORA)

Authorizing the city of Somerville to enact Right to Purchase Legislation

Authorizing the Orleans affordable housing trust to provide for the creation and preservation of attainable housing

For a right of first refusal for foreclosed property (Foreclosure TOPA)

Relative to home remodeling programs for seniors and people with disabilities

Establishing a year-round market rate rental housing trust in the town of Truro

Ensuring affordability in perpetuity

To transform the Commonwealth’s emergency response system and create housing strategies to end the homelessness of unaccompanied adults

To increase access to affordable housing

Establishing a housing trust fund in the town of Chatham

Relative to housing authority executive director contracts

Facilitating the appropriation and expenditure of community preservation funds for community housing purposes in the town of Chatham

Relative to attainable housing in seasonal communities

To establish an apprenticeship program to ready vacant public housing apartments for occupancy

To ensure protections for residents in condominium conversions

Promoting access to counsel and housing stability in Massachusetts

To prevent and respond to bullying of elderly and disabled residents

To create affordable homes for persons with disabilities

Relative to window guards in residential rental properties

To guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal

Creating the Massachusetts healthy homes program

Relative to electronic meetings and voting in condominiums

Allowing movable tiny houses as permanent residential dwellings and accessory dwelling units

Relative to manufactured housing communities

To promote Yes in My Back Yard

To establish an office of fair housing and a fair housing trust fund

Relative to access to air conditioning and relief from oppressive heat

To maintain stable housing for families with pets in an economic crisis and beyond

Relative to year-round housing occupancy restriction

Relative to the operations of local housing authorities

Establishing a statewide affirmatively furthering fair housing framework

To eliminate asset limits for homeless shelters

Ensuring continued rights for public housing residents

To secure housing for returning citizens

To guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal

Relative to reducing damage caused by the current foreclosure crisis in the historic districts of Massachusetts

Relative to public housing authorities

To prevent and respond to bullying of elderly and disabled residents

Resolve establishing a special commission to study and make recommendations relative to Chapter 40B

Relative to electronic meetings and voting in condominiums

Allowing movable tiny houses as permanent residential dwellings and accessory dwelling units

To create affordable homes for persons with disabilities

Relative to manufactured housing

To transform the Commonwealth’s emergency response system and create housing strategies to end the homelessness of unaccompanied adults

Relative to creating a statutory housing restriction and providing remedies related to statutory housing

To ensure protections for residents in condominium conversions

Relative to the installation of electric vehicle charging stations by condominium owners

Promoting housing stability for families by strengthening the HomeBASE program

Relative to year-round housing

Relative to accessory dwelling units

Relative to residential assistance for families in transition (RAFT)

Relative to starter homes

Expanding the definition of affordable housing to include manufactured homes

Relative to a condominium conversion ordinance in the city of Salem

Authorizing the town of Brookline to implement rent stabilization and tenant eviction protections

Providing a buffer for manufactured home communities

To remove barriers and create affordable housing

Financing housing first programs and housing for all in Massachusetts

Enabling cities and towns to stabilize rents and protect tenants

Petition for a special law authorizing the city of Boston to implement rent stabilization and tenant eviction protections

Relative to condominium elections

Relative to public housing restrictions for sex offenders

Providing for rent regulation and control of evictions in manufactured housing parks in the town of Athol

Relative to homeowner assets

To reduce the financial barriers to renting homes

Creating a commission to study the definition of affordable housing

Streamlining housing permitting

Enabling local options for tenant protections

To improve the housing development incentive program

Relative to housing developments in small communities

Relative to capital relief in a counterclaim

Enabling municipal housing agencies to enter enforceable deed restriction agreements with small property owners in good standing as part of zoning variance approval

Relative to avoiding senior homelessness and maintaining senior housing stabilization of rents

Enabling local options for tenant protections

Relative to wildlife management areas and 40B structures

Relative to excess profits resulting from 40B developments

To promote housing cooperatives

Relative to emergency backup power in newly-constructed senior housing facilities

To reform housing development incentive program tax credits

Financing the transition to fossil fuel-free buildings

To restore Boston's governmentally-involved housing protection

To promote housing cooperatives

To prohibit landlords and brokers from requiring broker's commissions to be paid by a tenant or prospective tenant

Reorganizing the Lexington Housing Assistance Board, Inc

sic] the Affordable Homes Act

Dissolving the Hampshire County Regional Housing Authority and incorporating its functions into the Northampton Housing Authority

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution for a Constitutional right to housing

To prohibit landlords and brokers from requiring broker's commissions to be paid by a tenant or prospective tenant

To support families on Nantucket

Securing housing options for eligible tenants with a history of criminal justice involvement

Establishing a housing trust fund in the town of Chatham

To create and implement a Massachusetts flexible housing subsidy pool program to address the medically complex needs of disabled men, women and children experiencing homelessness in Massachusetts

Establishing an office of the condominium ombudsman

Relative to accessory dwelling units

To guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal

Providing upstream homelessness prevention assistance to families, youth, and adults

Restoring the Commonwealth's public housing

Establishing a task force on rate parity and equity in homeless shelters

Relative to senior and non-elderly disabled housing

Relative to starter homes

Relative to certain affordable housing and branch library space in the Chinatown section of the City of Boston

Authorizing the city of Salem to enact a condominium conversion ordinance for buildings containing two or more residential units

Relative to electronic meetings and voting in condominiums

Authorizing the city of Watertown to adopt an affordable housing linkage fee

Empowering cities and towns to impose a fee on certain real estate transactions to support affordable housing

Relative to bidding requirements for a certain affordable housing project in the city of Brockton

Relative to bullying in public housing

Relative to heat in condominium units

Relative to affirmatively furthering fair housing

Relative to cimex lectularius

Relative to public housing restrictions

Establishing a statewide affirmatively furthering fair housing framework

Setting a housing production goal for the Commonwealth

To maintain stable housing for families with pets in an economic crisis and beyond

Establishing an affordable housing qualification commission

Promoting housing stability and homelessness prevention in Massachusetts

Relative to affordable housing

To maintain stable housing for families with pets in an economic crisis and beyond

Relative to expanding the eligibility of households for inclusion in a municipality’s affordable housing inventory

To affirmatively further fair housing

Relative to public housing determination for veterans

Relative to excess profits resulting from 40B developments

Prohibiting level 2 and level 3 sex offenders from public housing hotels and motels

Relative to reforming the housing development incentive program

For Chapter 40B reform and improvement

Commissioning a study to increase regional housing production

Creating a multi-family housing incentive pilot program

Limiting the charge for condominium “6(d) certificates”

To prevent COVID-19 evictions and foreclosures and promote an equitable housing recovery.

Establishing a task force on elderly and disabled persons residing in public housing

Relative to affordable housing and the preservation of a community's water resources

Relative to adequate condominium reserve funds

Relative to full disclosure of fees

To expedite multifamily housing construction

Relative to reducing damage caused by the current foreclosure crisis in the historic districts of Massachusetts

Relative to access to housing for first responders

Relative to public housing

To prevent COVID-19 evictions and foreclosures and promote an equitable housing recovery

Enabling municipal housing agencies to enter enforceable deed restriction agreements with small property owners in good standing as part of zoning variance approval

Expanding the definition of affordable housing

Relative to regional school districts and chapter 40B housing

Relative to showing residential property

Relative to reducing barriers to housing

Promoting access to affordable housing in the 21st century

Promoting open space residential development

Promoting savings for first time homebuyers

Relative to the definition of consistent with local needs in chapter 40b

Limiting rent increases and creating a rental arbitrator

To restore Boston's governmentally-involved housing protection

Relative to avoiding Senior homelessness and maintaining Senior housing-stabilization of rents

Providing for rent regulation and control of evictions in mobile home park accommodations in the city of Attleboro

Relative to the use of credit reporting in housing

Promoting fair housing by preventing discrimination against affordable housing

Relative to homes for all

Promoting fair housing by preventing discrimination against affordable housing

Relative to certain affordable housing in the Jamaica Plain section of the city of Boston

Relative to attainable housing in seasonal communities

To guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal

Relative to the design, development, construction and operation of a senior low-income and affordable housing project located at 144 Greenmont Avenue in the town of Dracut

Relative to the disclosure of smoking within a multi-residence building by lessor

Codifying the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program

Leveraging additional resources for local housing authorities

Restoring the Commonwealth's public housing

To prevent and respond to bullying of elderly and disabled residents

Creating the Home Works Program

Restoring the commonwealths public housing

Relative to manufactured housing communities

Facilitating site plan review

Relative to accessory dwelling units

Relative to bidding requirements for a certain affordable housing project in the town of Brookline

Establishing a year-round market rate rental housing trust in the town of Truro

Further regulating certain affordable housing in Holyoke, Massachusetts

Relative to certain affordable housing in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston

Providing for an extension of the COVID-19 eviction and foreclosure moratorium

Enabling municipal housing agencies to enter enforceable deed restriction agreements with small property owners in good standing as part of zoning variance approval

Relative to a special commission to study condominium law

Relative to the display of the flag of the United States by condominium unit owners

Providing for rent regulation and control of evictions in mobile home park accommodations in the town of Plainville

Relative to protections and housing opportunities for seniors

Relative to guaranteeing the tenant's right to purchase

To guarantee tenant’s right to purchase

Relative to condominium elections

Relative to capital relief in a counterclaim

Requiring notice to landlords relating to gas or electric shutoffs

To guarantee housing stability during the COVID-19 emergency and recovery

To define the jurisdiction of the local housing authority for implementation of rental assistance programs

Creating a commission to study the definition of affordable housing

Relative to affordable housing and the preservation of a community's water resources

To promote affordable housing

Relative to correctional facilities and affordable housing

Relative to the definition of consistent with local needs in chapter 40b

To exclude cities and towns that adopt a housing linkage program from certain provisions of chapter 40b

Promoting workforce housing

Relative to affordable housing units

Relative to the definition of low and moderate income housing

Relative to regional school districts and chapter 40B housing

Providing for rent regulation and control of evictions in mobile home park accommodations in the city of Attleboro

Relative to emergency housing

Relative to self-sufficiency in state-assisted public housing

Relative to reducing damage caused by the current foreclosure crisis in the historic districts of Massachusetts

Relative to public housing restrictions for sex offenders

Authorizing limited rate of growth controls and to promote housing production

Prohibiting level 2 and level 3 sex offenders from public housing hotels and motels

Relative to the Northampton Housing Authority

Promoting housing stability and homelessness prevention through a right to counsel pilot program in Massachusetts in response to the COVID-emergency

Authorizing the city of Somerville to enact right to purchase legislation

Relative to the stabilization of rents in towns and cities facing distress in the housing market

Providing a bill of rights for people experiencing homelessness

Relative to certain affordable housing in the South End section of the city of Boston

Supporting affordable housing with a local option for a fee to be applied to certain real estate transactions

Relative to housing service coordinators

Relative to senior and non-elderly disabled housing

Resolve establishing a task force to study racial disparities in home ownership and reducing the wealth gap

Relative to the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program

Creating the Home Works Program

Establishing an office of the condominium ombudsman

To further provide a rental arrearage program

Enabling public housing authorities to borrow against real estate equity of publicly-owned properties

Relative to affordable housing in the town of Shrewsbury

Relative to bullying in public housing

Streamlining housing permitting

To update Chapter 40B to support the creation of affordable housing while strengthening local oversight

Relative to access to housing for first responders

Relative to local public housing authorities

Promoting fair housing by preventing discrimination against affordable housing

For Chapter 40B reform and improvement

Relative to the oversight of affordable housing developments

Relative to expanding the eligibility of households for inclusion in a municipality’s affordable housing inventory

Relative to public housing

Creating affordable housing in every community

Relating to 40B subsidies

Promoting savings for first time homebuyers

Relative to certain affordable housing in the city of Chelsea

Amending the act authorizing affordable housing convenants in the town of Nantucket

Relative to public housing authorities

Relative to low-income housing eligibility for disabled veterans

Codifying the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program

Relative to accessory dwelling units

To expedite multifamily housing construction

Relative to zoning density

Relative to accessory dwelling units

Relative to smart growth school cost reimbursement

Promoting cluster residential development

Relative to housing production

Setting a housing production goal for the Commonwealth

Relative to housing reform

Creating a multi-family housing incentive pilot program

Relative to local housing authority board member elections

Relative to housing authority executive director contracts

To establish an apprenticeship program to ready vacant public housing apartments for occupancy

Relative to local housing authority board member elections

Restoring the Commonwealths public housing

Relative to the affordable housing trust fund of the town of Brewster

Promoting accessory dwelling units

Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to the need for accessible homes for the elderly, returning veterans with disabilities, and families that include persons with disabilities

To establish an apprenticeship program to ready vacant public housing apartments for occupancy

To protect families experiencing homelessness from having to sleep in unsafe places

Relative to interagency efforts to reduce and prevent homelessness

Establishing an office of the condominium ombudsman

Relative to certain affordable housing in the Roxbury section of the city of Boston

Relative to the definition of consistent with local needs in chapter 40b

Resolve establishing a Special Commission to Study and Make Recommendations Relative to Chapter 40B

Relative to low and moderate income housing

Relative to procedures of the housing appeals committee

To define affordable housing

Relative to affordable housing

Authorizing the Board of Appeals of the town of Wareham to include certain manufactured housing units in the determination of the percentage of low or moderate income housing units

Promoting workforce housing

To exclude cities and towns that adopt a housing linkage program from certain provisions of chapter 40b

Streamlining permitting for housing

To amend Section 21, Chapter 40B of the General Laws relative to Regional Planning

Establishing an affordable housing qualification commission

Relative to affordable housing and the preservation of a community's water resources

Regulating manufactured or mobile homes in the city of Brockton

Relative to emergency housing

Regarding homeless shelter beds for unaccompanied young adults

Prohibiting level 2 and 3 sex offenders from public housing hotels and motels

Relative to housing authority executive director contracts

Relative to cost certification for certain housing developments

Authorizing the display of flags in condominiums

To restore Boston's governmentally-involved housing protection

Relative to condominium or homeowners associations

Relative to capital relief in a counterclaim

Regarding right of first refusal in the event of foreclosure and short sales and deeds in lieu

Relative to rent escrow

Relative to reducing damage caused by the current foreclosure crisis in the historic districts of Massachusetts

Relative to self-sufficiency in state-assisted public housing

Authorizing limited rate of growth controls and to promote housing production

Relative to manufactured housing

Relative to public housing determination for veterans

Protecting low and moderate income tenants and expiring use housing units

To regulate homeowners’ associations

Requiring the disclosure of services covered by condominium fees and property taxes

Relative to the resolution of disputes for condominium or homeowners associations

Establishing a pilot program for home loans for recent graduates in northern Berkshire County

Relative to the management of condominium associations

Protecting children residing in public housing in the commonwealth

Relative to securing public housing

Authorizing municipalities to protect low and moderate income tenants and units of governmentally involved housing

Relative to 40B project lists

To provide sewer and water rate relief

Relative to affordable housing built near wetlands

Relative to affordable housing in the town of Shrewsbury

Relative to access to housing for first responders

Relative to affordable housing near areas of critical concern

Ensuring affordability in perpetuity

Relative to preventing fraud in Massachusetts housing authorities

Relative to the addresses of time-share owners

Relative to full disclosure of fees

Relative to creating a statutory housing restriction and providing remedies related to statutory housing

Relative to the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program

Resolve relative to a special commission on public housing

Relative to expanding the eligibility of households for inclusion in a municipality’s affordable housing inventory

Promoting savings for first time homebuyers

Relative to manufactured housing communities

To promote housing choices

Relative to interagency efforts to reduce and prevent homelessness

Financing the production and preservation of housing for low and moderate income residents

Relative to smart growth housing production

Relative to accessory dwelling units

Updating chapter 40R

Relative to housing production

Relative to zoning density

Relative to the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency

To minimize foreclosures and their harm

Relative to an affordable housing trust in the town of Duxbury

Relative to the membership of Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority

Relative to the addresses of time-share owners

Relating to 40B subsidies

Resolve creating a real estate and housing commission

Relating to 40B project lists

Providing for a moratorium on the issuance of comprehensive permits and establishing a special commission to investigate the use and effectiveness of the comprehensive permit law

Relative to affordable housing in the town of Shrewsbury

Relative to housing and redevelopment authority vacancies

Promoting savings for first time homebuyers

Relative to the emergency assistance housing program

Relative to the Worcester Housing Authority’s “Buy American Policy”

To protect condominium owners from unreasonable fees

Relating to 40B projects built near wetlands

Requiring 40B cost certification

Relative to enhanced housing authority screening

Ensuring affordability in perpetuity

Authorizing municipalities to protect low and moderate income tenants and units of governmentally involved housing

Relative to capital relief in a counterclaim

Relative to public housing restrictions for sex offenders

Relative to public housing restrictions

Relative to rent escrow

Establishing an office of the condominium ombudsman

Relative to capital relief

Relative to redevelopment authority vacancies

Relative to condominium elections

Authorizing the Board of Appeals of the town of Wareham to include certain manufactured housing units in the determination of the percentage of low or moderate income housing units

Establishing an Affordable Housing Qualification Commission

Streamlining permitting for housing

Relative to the definition of low and moderate income housing

Relative to affordable housing and the preservation of a community's water resources

Relative to low income housing

Relative to cost certification for certain housing developments

Relative to condominiums or homeowners association governance and meetings

Relative to municipal relief with respect to temporary recognition of affordable housing approved by municipalities

Relative to affordable housing near areas of critical concern

Relative to affordable housing

Promoting affordable housing

Relative to condo association meetings

Resolve concerning "An Affordable Housing Review Commission"

To define affordable housing

Relative to ensuring housing benefits for veterans

Relative to condominium or homeowners associations

Relative to affordable housing units

Relative to accessory apartments

To prohibit smoking in residential apartments

Relative to emergency hotel/motel housing requirements

Relative to affordable housing in the town of West Boylston

Relative to the management of condominium associations

Improving housing opportunities and the Massachusetts economy

Establishing a task force on elderly and disabled persons residing in public housing

To expedite multifamily housing construction

Relative to the development and preservation of affordable housing for persons with disabilities and the elderly

Further regulating condominium associations

Providing a homeless bill of rights

Relative to senior and non-elderly disabled housing

Resolve creating a commission to study ways to prevent bullying of tenants in public and subsidized multi-family housing

To address the need for additional resources for the development of affordable housing for low-income seniors

Relative to creating a statutory housing restriction and providing remedies related to statutory housing

Authorizing the long term lease of the former Anawan school in the town of Rehoboth

Empowering zoning boards of appeals

Relative to affordable housing community planning

Relative to municipal relief with respect to temporary recognition of affordable housing approved by municipalities

Relative to the powers of the Boston Housing Commission