Massachusetts · statute · Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40T · 10 active provisions
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 in which publicly-assisted housing is located. ''Affiliate'', an entity owned or controlled by an owner or under common control with the o…
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, the owner shall provide written notice to: (i) all tenants and the tenant organization, if any; (ii) the chief executive officer of the affected municip…
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 the time periods contained in this section, but no owner shall be under any obligation to enter into an agreement to sell such property to the dep…
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 notice was provided to the department in subsection (c) of said section 2, the owner may execute a purchase contract with a third party to sell the publicly-assisted housing pursuant t…
Section 5. An affected municipality shall not be subject to section 16 of chapter 30B.
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 eminent domain; (ii) a forced sale pursuant to a foreclosure; (iii) a deed-in-lieu-of foreclosure; (iv) a proposed sale to a purchaser pursuant to terms and conditions that pre…
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 more than once annually by the increase in the consumer price index applicable to the area in which the publicly-assisted housing is located during the preceding…
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 contain any terms that would preclude an owner or buyer from participating in, or diminishing the benefits that an owner would otherwise receive by participati…
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 in a sale pursuant to section 4, may apply to the department for a certificate of compliance by submitting a written request for the certificate in a form and with such…
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 to this chapter for 4 years after the date of the last event or occurrence that constituted a termination; provided, however, that the termination occurred subs…