S 1307 Massachusetts Senate · 193rd Legislature (2023-2024)

An Act relative to regional municipal affordable housing trust funds

This bill allows two or more Massachusetts towns to join together to create a shared affordable housing trust fund. To participate, each town must approve the agreement through a majority vote by its local legislative body. The law specifically permits these regional funds to operate even if other state rules would normally prevent such pooling of resources. This change aims to give neighboring municipalities more flexibility in combining their efforts to support affordable housing projects.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House Passage
Feb 2023
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2023 Last action Feb 29, 2024
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This bill passed the House. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
House concurred
lower
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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