On June 29 , the Governor signed a $27.046 billion FY 2010 budget. The Governor vetoed $364 million from the Legislature’s Budget, of which $217 million is a technical change until county corrections reform legislation is signed into law and $147 million are line-item spending reductions. The Governor announced that he plans on filing a supplemental budget in the approximate amount of these spending reductions to meet unmet needs of state government not included in the Legislature’s FY 2010 budget.
Housing News
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The June 23rd Housing Briefs incorrectly summarized Outside Section 142 as requiring the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) to continue to process shelter applications until the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) files an operational plan to do with the legislature.
State Updates
Legislature Enacts FY 2010 Budget; Cuts Housing Programs by 14%
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BOSTON – At a State House press event today, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) released a briefing paper entitled, The Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, Maintaining the State’s Primary Homelessness Prevention Tool. The report documents the program as a cost-effective tool to maintain housing for extremely low income families and individuals, and highlights the potential increase in homelessness and the subsequent increased costs to the Commonwealth if the program is cut.
Please click here to read, in detail, requests made by the Building Blocks Committee to the Conference Committee.