MassachusettsWest Tisbury trust may spend funds on community housing
If enacted, West Tisbury’s housing trust could use funds for community housing serving households earning up to 150 percent of Dukes County’s median income, but Community Preservation Act funds would still follow that act’s income limits.
What it does
The West Tisbury Affordable Housing Trust may spend funds on community housing for households earning up to 150% of Dukes County’s median income, while Community Preservation Act funds follow that act’s income limits.
Argument forThis could let the trust support community housing for households whose income is above lower income limits but still within 150% of the county median.
Argument againstBecause Community Preservation Act funds must keep that act’s income limits, the trust may have less flexibility with those funds.
More detail
The West Tisbury Affordable Housing Trust may spend funds on community housing. The housing may serve households earning up to 150 percent of the median household income in Dukes County. Income is measured using figures reported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Community Preservation Act funds remain subject to the income limits in that act. The supplied text does not state when this authority would begin or end.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 30Signed by the Governor Maura Healey, Chapter 224 of the Acts of 2026Latest
- Sep 21Enacted and laid before the GovernorMajor
- Sep 21EnactedBecame Law
- Sep 17Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossedPassed 2nd Chamber
- Sep 17Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- Jun 18Read second and ordered to a third readingMinor
- May 19Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- May 18Read third and passed to be engrossedPassed 1st Chamber
- Feb 9Read second and ordered to a third readingMinor
- Feb 9Rules suspended
- Feb 9Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- Jan 12Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and SchedulingMinor
- 2025
- Nov 10Hearing scheduled for 11/10/2025 from 12:00 PM-12:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
- Aug 11Senate concurred
- Aug 7Referred to the committee on HousingIntroduced
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