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S1946 • 2025

An Act relative to the housing development incentive program

An Act relative to the housing development incentive program

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Sponsor
John J. Cronin
Last action
2026-04-01
Official status
Reporting date extended to Thursday June 25, 2026
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to the housing development incentive program

An Act relative to the housing development incentive program By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the housing development incentive program By Mr.
  • Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1946) of John J.
  • Cronin, Vanna Howard, James K.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Thursday June 25, 2026

  2. 2025-09-04 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the housing development incentive program
By Mr. Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1946) of John J. Cronin, Vanna Howard, James K. Hawkins and John F. Keenan for legislation relative to the housing development incentive program. Revenue.

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Bill S.1946

Section 1. Section 38BB of said chapter 63 is hereby amended by striking out subdivision (5), as amended by section 19 of chapter 50 of the acts of 2023, and inserting in place thereof the following subdivision:-

(5) EOHLC may authorize up to $100,000,000 in credits annually under this section and subsection (q) of section 6 of chapter 62. EOHLC may authorize annually any credits under this section or said subsection (q) of said section 6 of said chapter 62 returned to EOHLC by a certified housing development project. The total amount of credits authorized during a year shall include: (1) credits granted during the year under this section or said subsection (q) of section 6 of chapter 62; and (2) carry forwards of credits from prior years under this section or said subsection (q) of section 6 of chapter 62, to the extent that such credit carry forwards are estimated by the commissioner of revenue to offset tax liabilities during the year. Any portion of the $100,000,000 annual cap not awarded by EOHLC in a calendar year may be applied to awards in a subsequent year. EOHLC shall provide the commissioner of revenue with any documentation that the commissioner deems necessary to confirm compliance with the annual cap and the commissioner shall provide a report confirming compliance with the annual cap to the secretary of administration and finance and the secretary of housing and livable communities.

Section 2. Section 6(q) of chapter 62, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(7) EOHLC may authorize up to $5,000,000 in credits to an individual project.

Section 3. The definition of “housing development project”, as appearing in Title VII Chapter 40V Section 1, shall be amended as follows:

"Housing development project'', a multi-unit residential rehabilitation project that is located in a gateway municipality and once rehabilitated, shall contain at least 75 per cent market rate units.

Section 4. Chapter 40V Section 4 (a)(iv) is hereby amended by striking the phrase “80 per cent” and inserting in place thereof

“75 per cent”.

Section 5. Title VII Chapter 40V Section 3 Approval of application for tax exemption for housing development project under Sec. 59 of chapter 59 shall be amended as follows:

Under section 5M of chapter 59, the department shall approve within 90 days a municipality's tax exemption agreement for a housing development project located within an approved housing development zone.

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