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Basile: House Passes
Supportive Housing Legislation
(BOSTON - February 29, 2012) Representative Carlo P. Basile
joined his colleagues in the House this afternoon in passing
supportive community housing legislation.
This legislation requires that the Executive Office of Health and
Human Services and the Executive Office of Housing and Economic
Development, among other agencies, enter into a community housing
and services memorandum of understanding (MOU). The MOU would
include an action plan to coordinate the procurement and
availability of community-based supportive services and subsidies
for new and existing housing for residents with very low incomes.
“I commend Chairman Honan and the Joint Committee on Housing for
their efforts in crafting this supportive housing legislation,”
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo (D – Winthrop) said. “Three years into
the worst economic downturn that we have seen since the Great
Depression, it remains so critical that legislators keep in mind the
most basic needs of our citizens.”
“Supportive housing ensures that our residents have safe, decent,
affordable homes matched with services to remain independent and
active in the community,” Representative Kevin Honan (D – Brighton),
Chair of the Joint Committee on Housing, said. “Coordinating housing
with these services will conserve resources across all agencies as
well as improve the lives of thousands of Massachusetts residents.”
“This legislation will provide needed housing services on a
community-based level for low income residents,” Representative
Carlo P. Basile (D – East Boston), Vice Chairman, Financial
Services, said. “I praise Chairman Honan and my colleagues in the
Joint Committee on Housing, as this is the kind of help our
communities need in this current economic state.”
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