Bill Text: MA S638 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Require the Department of Housing and Community Development and Community Development to offer the elderly the option of one of three placements in public housing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 4/28 at 10:30 AM in Hearing Room B2 [S638 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S638-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John A. Hart, Jr.
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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 Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to Offer the Elderly the Option of One of Three Placements in Public Housing.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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John A. Hart, Jr. |
First Suffolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00756 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act requiring the Department of Housing and Community
Development to offer the elderly the option of one of three placements in
public housing.
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. Section 40 of Chapter 121B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (h), the following subsection:-
(i) When selecting elderly persons as tenants, the department shall offer to said persons at least three units, which units shall not be located in the same housing project or development, from which said elderly persons choose one.
