HD 1871

An Act to Protect Homeowners from Mortgage Foreclosure

This will establish a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures as long as the homeowner was actively seeking help from an accredited credit-counseling or foreclosure prevention agency. It would also require mortgage originators/loan officers to be licensed and use part of those licensing fees to pay for expanded foreclosure prevention and establish a "rescue loan" loan pool.

Sponsors

Previous:	New
Sponsor:	Kevin G. Honan

Co-Sponsors:

"Private Citizen"

Thomas M. Menino, Mayor City of Boston

Linda Dorcena Forry	Michael Rush
Anthony Petruccelli	Elizabeth A. Malia
Steven A. Tolman	Willie Mae Allen
John A. Hart, Jr.	Jeffrey Sanchez
Mary E. Grant	Tim Toomey
Denise Provost

HD 3346

An Act Supporting Certain Efforts to Create Housing in the Commonwealth

This bill would allow monies collected via linkage programs to be eligible for matching funds from the state under the Community Preservation Act (CPA). The City already raises money in addition to general tax revenue for a CPA purpose (housing) via its linkage program.

Sponsors

Previous:	H. 3200 from the 05-06 session
Sponsor:	Jeffrey Sanchez

Co-Sponsors:

"Private Citizen"

Thomas M. Menino, Mayor City of Boston

HD 3907

An Act to Establish a Low-Income Rental Assistance Trust Fund

This would levy an additional $12 on real estate recording fees for additional low-income rental subsidies. The legislation requires that all Low Income Rental Assistance (LIRA) subsidies be targeted to households below 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), and further mandates that one-half of all LIRA vouchers go to households below 15% of AMI. This is modeled on a successful Chicago program.

Sponsors

Previous:	New
Sponsor:	Michael Rush

Co-Sponsors:

"Private Citizen"

Thomas M. Menino, Mayor City of Boston

Linda Dorcena Forry	Michael Rush
Anthony Petruccelli	Elizabeth A. Malia
Steven A. Tolman	Willie Mae Allen
Gloria L. Fox	Kay Khan
Jeffrey Sanchez

HD 3363

An Act to Facilitate Community Development Projects

This legislation would make the CDAG programs more flexible and expand the eligibility of the programs to allow use for any infrastructure as long as there is a public benefit. It also would state that projects that are located in empowerment zones and enterprise communities automatically meet this requirement. (Examples: retaining walls in Dorchester and Roxbury, and water levels)

Sponsors

Previous:	H. 1471 from the 05-06 session
Sponsor:	Jeffrey Sanchez

Co-Sponsors:

"Private Citizen"

Thomas M. Menino, Mayor City of Boston

Michael Rush	Steven A. Tolman
Anthony Petruccelli	Elizabeth A. Malia

HD 3877

An Act to Enhance Public Safety and Security in Certain Public Housing Developments

This would create an $11M fund for the policing of public housing in the Commonwealth.

Sponsors

Previous:	New
Sponsor:	Elizabeth A. Malia

Co-Sponsors:

"Private Citizen"

Thomas M. Menino, Mayor City of Boston

Michael Rush	Steven A. Tolman
Anthony Petruccelli	Willie Mae Allen
Gloria L. Fox	Jeffrey Sanchez

HD 3046

An Act to Clarify the Powers of Housing Receivers

The purpose of this legislation would be to expand the power of the housing receiver to include not only occupied properties that represent a health hazard, to include unoccupied property, vacant lots, commercial and mixed use property.

Sponsors

Previous:	H. 3169 from the 05-06 session
Sponsor:	Michael Rush

Co-Sponsors:

"Private Citizen"

Thomas M. Menino, Mayor City of Boston

HD 880

An Act Relative to Lodging Houses

This proposal provides clear definitions for the terms "lodging house; family; single room occupancy; rooming unit; dwelling unit; and single housekeeping units". These definitions have also been developed to confirm to both federal constitutional law as well as Massachusetts' case law.

Sponsors

Previous:	H. 3185 of the 05-06 session
Sponsor:	Michael Moran

Co-Sponsors:

"Private Citizen"

Thomas M. Menino, Mayor City of Boston

Steven A. Tolman

Kevin G. Honan