Senate Ways & Means Releases FY2024 Budget Proposal

Post date
May 10, 2023
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Eric Shupin

Director of Public Policy

On May 9, the Senate Committee on Ways and Means released its FY2024 state budget proposal. The $55.8 billion budget includes increased funding for several of CHAPA’s affordable housing priorities, including MRVP, Public Housing, and RAFT. 

The budget also proposed re-instating and making permanent tenant protections that pause eviction cases if there is a pending application for emergency rental assistance – this matches language in the House budget. The Legislature enacted this protection during the COVID emergency. The protection expired on March 31. Advocates, along with CHAPA, are advocating for this protection to be restored.

CHAPA thanks Senate President Spilka, Sen. Rodrigues, Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, and the entire Senate Ways and Means Committee for their strong support of affordable housing programs.

The Senate will debate the budget the week of May 22. Senators can file amendments to the budget which are due by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 13. CHAPA will be working with its partners to support amendments that will make the final Senate budget the strongest possible for our affordable housing priorities.

The table below highlights funding proposals for affordable housing, community development, and homelessness prevention programs.

Line-Item

Program

FY2024 Requests

SWM FY2024 Budget

House FY2024 Budget

FY2024 Gov’s Budget

FY2023 Budget

7004-9024

Mass. Rental Voucher Program

$250,000,000

$179,597,023*

$173,247,567*

$168,247,567

$154,000,000

7004-9030

Alternative Housing Voucher Program

$26,000,000

$16,863,078**

$14,108,528**

$14,108,528

$13,685,355

7004-9316

Residential Assistance for Families in Transition

$250,000,000

$195,000,000

$180,602,462

$162,602,462

$150,000,000

7004-9005

Public Housing Operating

$184,000,000

$107,000,000

$102,000,000

$92,000,000

$92,000,000

7004-3036

Housing Consumer Education Centers

$10,185,000

$8,974,000

$9,700,000

$8,774,000

$9,700,000

7004-9007

Public Housing Reform

$7,700,000

$1,250,000

$2,200,000

$2,200,000

$1,000,000

7004-0104

Home & Healthy for Good

$8,390,000

$6,390,000

$8,890,000

$4,162,300

$6,390,000

7004-0108

HomeBASE

$60,000,000

$39,570,445

$42,070,445

$42,070,445

$59,411,201

7006-0011

Foreclosure & Housing Counseling

$3,050,000

$3,050,000

$3,050,000

$1,500,000

$3,050,000

7004-3045

Tenancy Preservation Program

$2,000,000

$2,042,755

$2,042,755

$2,042,755

$1,800,000

4120-4001

MassAccess Registry

$150,000

$150,000

$150,000

$150,000

$150,000

4000-0007

Unaccompanied Homeless Youth

$12,000,000

$11,000,000

$10,545,850

$10,545,850

$9,500,000

7004-0106

New Lease for Homeless Families

$250,000

$250,000

$250,000

$250,000

$250,000

NEW

Fair Housing Trust Fund

$1,500,000

-

-

-

-

NEW

Access to Counsel Program

$7,000,000

-

-

-

-

* Includes language to carryover unspent funds from FY23 bringing total FY24 funding for MRVP to an estimated $199.5 million

** Includes language to carryover unspent funds from FY23 bringing total FY24 funding for AHVP to an estimated $26 million