Massachusetts Chapter 121B — Housing and Urban Renewal

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 1— Definitions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 2— Severability
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 3— Housing authorities; creation; dissolution
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 3A— Regional housing authorities; creation; dissolution
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 4— Redevelopment authorities; creation; dissolution
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 5— Housing and redevelopment authorities; membership; appointment; election; term of office
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 5A— Waiver of requirement to appoint tenant member to housing authority board
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 5B— Comprehensive training program for members of a housing or redevelopment authority; technical assistance training for tenant members
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 6— Housing and redevelopment authorities; charges against members; hearing; removal; resignation; suspension
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 7— Officers and executive director of housing and redevelopment authorities; compensation of members
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 7A— Guidelines for contracts to be executed by housing authority and executive director
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 8— Operating agencies; housing authorities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 9— Urban renewal agencies
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 10— Operating agencies; designation of authorities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 11— Powers of operating agencies
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 12— Operating agencies; wages; labor requirements; social security
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 13— Operating agencies; contract and tort liability; member's personal liability; relocation of utility facilities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 14— Operating agencies; federal loans; conveyance upon default
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 15— Operating agencies; bonds, notes, certificates; negotiable instruments
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 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
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 17— Liability of commonwealth or political subdivisions for debts of housing authority
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 18— Preparation of master plans, etc. by city or town; appropriation and payment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 19— Initial costs and annual operating expenses of operating agencies; appropriations and payment by city
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 20— Development, acquisition and operating costs; relocation payments; losses; appropriation and payment by city
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 21— Indebtedness limitation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 22— Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 217
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 23— Municipal powers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 24— Agreement to bear acquisition loss
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 25— Housing programs; statement of emergency
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 26— Powers of a housing authority
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 26A— Powers of department in city without housing authority; financing of projects; bonds and notes; issuance and sale; approval of city or town
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 26B— Performance-based monitoring program; assessment standards
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 26C— Best practices program for allowing authorities to work collaboratively; provisions of program; capital assistance team; director; members
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 26D— Names and contact information of all members and senior staff to be posted on wall of community center and on website
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 27— Rural housing authority; additional powers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 28— Application of laws, ordinances, and regulations of cities or towns relating to buildings, planning, zoning and public health
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 28A— Annual plan; availability to public for review and comment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 29— Accounts and reports of housing authorities; review of financial records; availability to public; audit; investigations by department; rules and regulations of department
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 30— Contract with federal government; acquiring federally owned project
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 31— Submission of plans for low-rent housing project to department; application; hearing; disposition
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 32— Maintenance and operation of project; rentals; tenant selection; eligibility for continued occupancy; hearings; waiver
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 32A— Parking areas; rules and regulations; towing
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 32B— Definitions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 32C— Unlawful conduct by tenant, members or non-members of tenant household; civil action by landlord for injunctive or other equitable relief
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 32D— Actions by tenants or tenants' organizations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 32E— Jurisdiction over civil actions; appellate review
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 32F— Restraining orders and injunctions; form; service; enforcement; violations; effect; modification and vacation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 32G— Temporary absences from commonwealth; presumption of abandonment of residency and eligibility for assistance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 33— Equivalent elimination of substandard dwelling units
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 34— State and federal financial assistance; general provisions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 34A— Contracts for state financial assistance on leased MHFA projects to provide replacement or relocation housing; annual contributions; limitations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 34B— Commonwealth guaranteed temporary notes; authorization and execution; sale and refunding limitations; terms
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 35— Contracts for supplementary state financial assistance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 36— Receipt of loans and grants from federal sources or from other sources
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 37— Commonwealth grants; guarantee of temporary notes; sale, maintenance, and operation of relocation projects; limitations on eminent domain
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 38— Housing for elderly persons and persons with disabilities; declaration of policy
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 38A— Bureau of housing for persons with disabilities; director; functions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 38B— Housing for elderly persons and persons with disabilities; service coordinator program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 38C— Program to conduct annual surveys of public housing residents
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 38D— Regional public housing innovation program; goals; application for participation in program; funds; powers and projects
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 39— Power to provide housing for elderly persons and persons with disabilities of low income; priorities in placement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 40— Provisions applicable to housing for elderly persons and persons with disabilities of low income
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 41— State financial assistance; housing for elderly persons of low income
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 41A— State financial assistance; housing for persons with disabilities of low income
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 42— Rental assistance program; declaration of necessity
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 43— Contracts to rent, lease or provide financial assistance to housing units by housing authorities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 43A— Rental assistance program; relocation of residents; leased housing units
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 44— Rental assistance program; rentals and tenant selection
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 44A— Leasing of housing units in MHFA projects for replacement or relocation housing authorized
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 45— Urban renewal programs declaration of necessity
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 46— Powers of urban renewal agency
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 47— Urban renewal programs; acquisition by eminent domain; notice; petition
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 48— Public hearing; notice; urban renewal plans; approval; acquisition of property
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 49— Sale or lease of property acquired for urban renewal project
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 50— Delegation of power to municipality to plan and undertake urban renewal project
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 51— Redevelopment authority taking over project initiated by housing authority
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 52— Accounts and reports of urban renewal agencies; civil service rules
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 53— Application for urban renewal assistance grant or urban revitalization and development grant
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 54— State aid for urban renewal; determination of compliance and final approved cost; notice
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 55— State aid for urban renewal; certification and payment of grants
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 56— State aid for urban renewal; contract to provide financial assistance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 57— State aid for urban renewal; advance of funds; amount; payments
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 57A— Repealed, 2012, 238, Sec. 47
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 58— Other urban renewal programs; declaration of necessity
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 59— Contracts for state financial assistance; rehabilitation projects
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 60— Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund