General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 40T Publicly-assisted Affordable Housing

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 40T, Section 1
  As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Affected municipality”, a city or town...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Notice requirements for termination of affordability restriction - Chapter 40T, Section 2
  (a) Except with respect to property subject to an affordability restriction which has less than 2 years remaining and, for which subsection (e) shall apply,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Purchase option for publicly-assisted housing by department - Chapter 40T, Section 3
  (a) An owner shall offer the department an opportunity to purchase publicly-assisted housing prior to entering into an agreement to sell such property pursuant to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Sale of publicly assisted housing to third party by purchase contract; submission to department; contents; time for completion of sale - Chapter 40T, Section 4
  (a) Upon the expiration of the 90 day offer period in subsection (c) of section 3, but not later than 2 years after the date...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Applicability of Sec. 16 of chapter 30B - Chapter 40T, Section 5
  An affected municipality shall not be subject to section 16 of chapter 30B.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Exemptions; requests - Chapter 40T, Section 6
  (a) Sections 3 and 4 shall not apply to the following: (i) a government taking by eminent domain or a negotiated purchase in lieu of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rent increases for protected low-income tenants after termination - Chapter 40T, Section 7
  For 3 years after termination, the rent for a protected low-income tenant who does not receive an enhanced section 8 voucher shall not be increased...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Regulatory agreements - Chapter 40T, Section 8
  A purchase by the department or by its designee pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to a regulatory agreement. A regulatory agreement shall not...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Certificate of compliance; request; time for issuance; filing requirements - Chapter 40T, Section 9
  An owner who has complied with sections 2 through 4, inclusive, which has not resulted in a purchase by the department or which has resulted...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Applicability - Chapter 40T, Section 10
  For the purposes of sections 3 and 4, housing that qualified as publicly-assisted housing as of the effective date of this chapter shall be subject...

Last modified: September 11, 2015