Chapter 159, An Act Preserving Publicly-Assisted Affordable Housing

3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents

• Testimonies, reports, letters (NE)
• Testimony (LA)
• Support Letters (LA)
• Committee Papers and the Report of the Expiring use Group
• CHAPA fact sheet
• CHAPA hearing testimony

4. Executive Action Documents

• Governor’s Press Release – Governor Patrick Highlights ‘Expiring Use’ Rental Housing Law, Announces $150 Fund to Preserve Long-Term Affordable Housing
• Massachusetts Invests $150 Million For Long Term Affordable Housing (11-30-09)

5. Press Reports (links only)

• Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association: An Act Relative to Preserving Publicly Assisted Affordable Housing
• Housing Online: Massachusetts Governor Signs Expiring Use Bill, Announces Preservation Loan Fund – Nov. 30, 2009
• National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations: NACEDA Policy Update Vol. 3, No. 23: December 7, 2009
• Nixon Peabody: Massachusetts enacts preservation law with right of first refusal – Dec. 8, 2009
• The Somerville News: Beacon Hill Roll Call – Volume 36 – Report No. 44 – November 2-6, 2009
• The Somerville News: Beacon Hill Roll Call By: Bob Katzen – Thu. Dec. 03, 2009
• State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2009
• State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2009
• State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2009
• State House News Service: ADVANCES: WEEK OF OCT. 25, 2009
• State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION – WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28, 2009
• State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4, 2009
• State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 2009
• State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION – THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 2009
• State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – TUESDAY, NOV. 17, 2009
• State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION (11 A.M. – 5:10 P.M.) – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 2009
• State House News Service: SENATE SESSION (11 A.M – 4:30 P.M.) – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 2009
• State House News Service: ADVANCES: WEEK OF NOV. 22, 2009
• State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS (MORNING EDITION) – TUESDAY, NOV. 24, 2009
• State House News Service: ADVANCES – WEEK OF NOV. 29, 2009
• State House News Service Video Archive: PRESS AVAIL WITH GOV. PATRICK AFTER PUBLIC HOUSING BILL SIGNING – NOV. 30, 2009
• State House News Service Video Archive: GOV. PATRICK LAUDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING BILL AT SIGNING CEREMONY – NOV. 30, 2009
• State House News Service: GOVERNOR PATRICK HIGHLIGHTS ‘EXPIRING USE’ RENTAL HOUSING LAW, ANNOUNCES $150M FUND TO PRESERVE LONG-TERM AFFORDABLE HOUSING (11-30-09)
• State House News Service: House & Senate audio 2009 Archives
• Unknown Publisher: Workouts, Tax Credit Syndications, Distressed Asset Investment Funds, and Turnarounds – December 26, 2009
• Wicked Local – Brookline: Lawmakers vote to expand veterans’ benefits By: Bob Katzen – Nov. 7, 2009