Town Meeting Warrant Article of the Day – Article 7: Amend General Bylaw Chapter 20, Article I, Housing Trust Fund

Warrant Article of the Day


As we ready for Town Meeting, the Town will be presenting information every day on different warrant articles.


The full warrant has not yet been finalized, but a full list of the articles can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cYniwo_mSZJZNHUpKrpMTaxzuc_sWfEc/view?usp=sharing


Article 7: Amend General Bylaw Chapter 20, Article I, Housing Trust Fund


This article is amending the Town’s bylaw regarding the Affordable Housing Trust to bring it in line with the state law, which was changed in 2016.  The amendment expands the purpose of the Affordable Housing Trust to allow all eligible community housing initiatives to be included.  The Massachusetts General Law can be found here: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter44/Section55C