Massachusetts H3921 expands the purposes of the Somerville Affordable Housing Trust to include funding social service programs and start-up costs for.
Massachusetts H3921 amends the purposes of the Somerville Affordable Housing Trust to include funding housing-related social service programs such as landlord-tenant mediation, legal services, case management, homelessness prevention, and housing counseling. Additionally, the trust will fund start-up costs for new affordable housing production initiatives. This bill clarifies that these social service programs do not need to be associated with a physical housing asset or add a housing unit to the municipality’s affordable housing stock. The act takes effect upon passage.
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