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H4378 • 2025

An Act relative to affordable housing trust fund of the town of West Tisbury

An Act relative to affordable housing trust fund of the town of West Tisbury

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Sponsor
Moakley, Thomas W.
Last action
2026-02-09
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to affordable housing trust fund of the town of West Tisbury

An Act relative to affordable housing trust fund of the town of West Tisbury By Representative Moakley of Falmouth and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to affordable housing trust fund of the town of West Tisbury By Representative Moakley of Falmouth and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4378) of Thomas W.
  • Moakley (by vote of the town) relative to the affordable housing trust fund of the town of West Tisbury.
  • Housing.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-09 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-02-09 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-02-09 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-01-12 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-11-10 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/10/2025 from 12:00 PM-12:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  6. 2025-08-11 Senate

    Senate concurred

  7. 2025-08-07 House

    Referred to the committee on Housing

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to affordable housing trust fund of the town of West Tisbury
By Representative Moakley of Falmouth and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4378) of Thomas W. Moakley (by vote of the town) relative to the affordable housing trust fund of the town of West Tisbury. Housing. [Local Approval Received.]
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4378

Notwithstanding any general or special law, or by law to the contrary, the West Tisbury Affordable Housing Trust, established pursuant to G.L. c. 44 sec. 55C, may expend funds for community housing for households earning up to 150 percent of the County of Dukes County median household income as reported from time to time by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, except for any Community Preservation Act funds which will be subject to the income limits set forth in the act.

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