Chapter 121b - Housing and Urban Renewal

Section 1 - Definitions
Section 2 - Severability
Section 3 - Housing Authorities; Creation; Dissolution
Section 3a - Regional Housing Authorities; Creation; Dissolution
Section 4 - Redevelopment Authorities; Creation; Dissolution
Section 5 - Housing and Redevelopment Authorities; Membership; Appointment; Election; Term of Office
Section 5a - Election Procedures for Tenants to Elect Tenant as Housing Authority Member; Appointment by Board of Selectmen
Section 5b - Comprehensive Training Program for Members of a Housing or Redevelopment Authority; Technical Assistance Training for Tenant Members
Section 6 - Housing and Redevelopment Authorities; Charges Against Members; Hearing; Removal; Resignation; Suspension
Section 7 - Officers and Executive Director of Housing and Redevelopment Authorities; Compensation of Members
Section 7a - Guidelines for Contracts to Be Executed by Housing Authority and Executive Director
Section 8 - Operating Agencies; Housing Authorities
Section 9 - Urban Renewal Agencies
Section 10 - Operating Agencies; Designation of Authorities
Section 11 - Powers of Operating Agencies
Section 12 - Operating Agencies; Wages; Labor Requirements; Social Security
Section 13 - Operating Agencies; Contract and Tort Liability; Member's Personal Liability; Relocation of Utility Facilities
Section 14 - Operating Agencies; Federal Loans; Conveyance Upon Default
Section 15 - Operating Agencies; Bonds, Notes, Certificates; Negotiable Instruments
Section 16 - Exemption From Taxation for Real Estate and Tangible Personal Property of Operating Agency; Revaluation or Reassessment of Real Property; Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Section 17 - Liability of Commonwealth or Political Subdivisions for Debts of Housing Authority
Section 18 - Preparation of Master Plans, Etc. by City or Town; Appropriation and Payment
Section 19 - Initial Costs and Annual Operating Expenses of Operating Agencies; Appropriations and Payment by City
Section 20 - Development, Acquisition and Operating Costs; Relocation Payments; Losses; Appropriation and Payment by City
Section 21 - Indebtedness Limitation
Section 23 - Municipal Powers
Section 24 - Agreement to Bear Acquisition Loss
Section 25 - Housing Programs; Statement of Emergency
Section 26 - Powers of a Housing Authority
Section 26a - Powers of Department in City Without Housing Authority; Financing of Projects; Bonds and Notes; Issuance and Sale; Approval of City or Town
Section 26b - Performance&dash;based Monitoring Program; Assessment Standards
Section 26c - Best Practices Program for Allowing Authorities to Work Collaboratively; Provisions of Program; Capital Assistance Team; Director; Members
Section 26d - Names and Contact Information of All Members and Senior Staff to Be Posted on Wall of Community Center and on Website
Section 27 - Rural Housing Authority; Additional Powers
Section 28 - Application of Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations of Cities or Towns Relating to Buildings, Planning, Zoning and Public Health
Section 28a - Annual Plan; Availability to Public for Review and Comment
Section 29 - Accounts and Reports of Housing Authorities; Review of Financial Records; Availability to Public; Audit; Investigations by Department; Rules and Regulations of Department
Section 30 - Contract With Federal Government; Acquiring Federally Owned Project
Section 31 - Submission of Plans for Low-Rent Housing Project to Department; Application; Hearing; Disposition
Section 32 - Maintenance and Operation of Project; Rentals; Tenant Selection; Eligibility for Continued Occupancy; Hearings; Waiver
Section 32a - Parking Areas; Rules and Regulations; Towing
Section 32b - Definitions
Section 32c - Unlawful Conduct by Tenant, Members or Non-Members of Tenant Household; Civil Action by Landlord for Injunctive or Other Equitable Relief
Section 32d - Actions by Tenants or Tenants' Organizations
Section 32e - Jurisdiction Over Civil Actions; Appellate Review
Section 32f - Restraining Orders and Injunctions; Form; Service; Enforcement; Violations; Effect; Modification and Vacation
Section 32g - Temporary Absences From Commonwealth; Presumption of Abandonment of Residency and Eligibility for Assistance
Section 33 - Equivalent Elimination of Substandard Dwelling Units
Section 34 - State and Federal Financial Assistance; General Provisions
Section 34a - Contracts for State Financial Assistance on Leased Mhfa Projects to Provide Replacement or Relocation Housing; Annual Contributions; Limitations
Section 34b - Commonwealth Guaranteed Temporary Notes; Authorization and Execution; Sale and Refunding Limitations; Terms
Section 35 - Contracts for Supplementary State Financial Assistance
Section 36 - Receipt of Loans and Grants From Federal Sources or From Other Sources
Section 37 - Commonwealth Grants; Guarantee of Temporary Notes; Sale, Maintenance, and Operation of Relocation Projects; Limitations on Eminent Domain
Section 38 - Housing for the Elderly and the Handicapped; Declaration of Policy
Section 38a - Bureau of Housing for the Handicapped; Director; Functions
Section 38b - Housing for the Elderly and the Handicapped; Service Coordinator Program
Section 38c - Program to Conduct Annual Surveys of Public Housing Residents
Section 38d - Regional Public Housing Innovation Program; Goals; Application for Participation in Program; Funds; Powers and Projects
Section 39 - Power to Provide Housing for Elderly and Handicapped Persons of Low Income; Priorities in Placement
Section 40 - Provisions Applicable to Housing for Elderly and Handicapped Persons of Low Income
Section 41 - State Financial Assistance; Housing for Elderly Persons of Low Income
Section 41a - State Financial Assistance; Housing for Handicapped Persons of Low Income
Section 42 - Rental Assistance Program; Declaration of Necessity
Section 43 - Contracts to Rent, Lease or Provide Financial Assistance to Housing Units by Housing Authorities
Section 43a - Rental Assistance Program; Relocation of Residents; Leased Housing Units
Section 44 - Rental Assistance Program; Rentals and Tenant Selection
Section 44a - Leasing of Housing Units in Mhfa Projects for Replacement or Relocation Housing Authorized
Section 45 - Urban Renewal Programs Declaration of Necessity
Section 46 - Powers of Urban Renewal Agency
Section 47 - Urban Renewal Programs; Acquisition by Eminent Domain; Notice; Petition
Section 48 - Public Hearing; Notice; Urban Renewal Plans; Approval; Acquisition of Property
Section 49 - Sale or Lease of Property Acquired for Urban Renewal Project
Section 50 - Delegation of Power to Municipality to Plan and Undertake Urban Renewal Project
Section 51 - Redevelopment Authority Taking Over Project Initiated by Housing Authority
Section 52 - Accounts and Reports of Urban Renewal Agencies; Civil Service Rules
Section 53 - Application for Urban Renewal Assistance Grant or Urban Revitalization and Development Grant
Section 54 - State Aid for Urban Renewal; Determination of Compliance and Final Approved Cost; Notice
Section 55 - State Aid for Urban Renewal; Certification and Payment of Grants
Section 56 - State Aid for Urban Renewal; Contract to Provide Financial Assistance
Section 57 - State Aid for Urban Renewal; Advance of Funds; Amount; Payments
Section 58 - Other Urban Renewal Programs; Declaration of Necessity
Section 59 - Contracts for State Financial Assistance; Rehabilitation Projects
Section 60 - Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund