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2006 Massachusetts Code - CHAPTER 121B. — HOUSING AND URBAN RENEWAL.
- Chapter 121B — Section 1. Definitions.
- Chapter 121B — Section 2. Severability.
- Chapter 121B — Section 3. Housing authorities; creation; dissolution.
- Chapter 121B — Section 3A. Regional housing authorities; creation; dissolution.
- Chapter 121B — Section 4. Redevelopment authorities; creation; dissolution.
- Chapter 121B — Section 5. Membership; appointment; election; term of office.
- Chapter 121B — Section 6. Charges against members; hearing; removal; resignation; suspension.
- Chapter 121B — Section 7. Officers and executive director of authorities; compensation of members.
- Chapter 121B — Section 8. Operating agencies; housing authorities.
- Chapter 121B — Section 9. Urban renewal agencies.
- Chapter 121B — Section 10. Designation of authorities.
- Chapter 121B — Section 11. Powers of operating agencies.
- Chapter 121B — Section 12. Wages; labor requirements; social security.
- Chapter 121B — Section 13. Contract and tort liability; member's personal liability; relocation ofutility facilities.
- Chapter 121B — Section 14. Federal loans; conveyance upon default.
- Chapter 121B — Section 15. Bonds, notes, certificates; negotiable instruments.
- Chapter 121B — Section 16. Exemption from taxation; revaluation or reassessment of real property;payments in lieu of taxes.
- Chapter 121B — Section 17. Liability of commonwealth or political subdivisions for debts of housingauthority.
- Chapter 121B — Section 18. Preparation of master plans, etc. by city or town; appropriation andpayment.
- Chapter 121B — Section 19. Initial costs and annual operating expenses of operating agencies;appropriations and payment by city.
- Chapter 121B — Section 20. Development, acquisition and operating costs; relocation payments; losses;appropriation and payment by city.
- Chapter 121B — Section 21. Indebtedness limitation.
- Chapter 121B — Section 22. Emergency finance board; permission to incur indebtedness.
- Chapter 121B — Section 23. Municipal powers.
- Chapter 121B — Section 24. Agreement to bear acquisition loss.
- Chapter 121B — Section 25. Statement of emergency.
- Chapter 121B — Section 26. Powers of a housing authority.
- Chapter 121B — Section 26A. Powers of department in city without housing authority; financing ofprojects; bonds and notes; issuance and sale; approval of city or town.
- Chapter 121B — Section 27. Rural housing authority; additional powers.
- Chapter 121B — Section 28. Application of laws, ordinances, and regulations of cities or townsrelating to buildings, planning, zoning and public health.
- Chapter 121B — Section 29. Accounts and reports of housing authorities; investigations by department;rules and regulations of department.
- Chapter 121B — Section 30. Contract with federal government; acquiring federally owned project.
- Chapter 121B — Section 31. Submission of plans for low-rent housing project to department;application; hearing; disposition.
- Chapter 121B — Section 32. Maintenance and operation of project; rentals; tenant selection;eligibility for continued occupancy; hearings; waiver.
- Chapter 121B — Section 32A. Parking areas; rules and regulations; towing.
- Chapter 121B — Section 32B. Definitions.
- Chapter 121B — Section 32C. Unlawful conduct by non-member of tenant household; civil actionby landlord for injunctive or other equitable relief.
- Chapter 121B — Section 32D. Civil action by tenants requiring landlord to seekinjunctive or other equitable relief.
- Chapter 121B — Section 32E. Housing, superior court departments; jurisdiction overequitable actions.
- Chapter 121B — Section 32F. Temporary restraining or injunctive orders; contents;service; term; request for modification or vacation.
- Chapter 121B — Section 33. Equivalent elimination of substandard dwelling units.
- Chapter 121B — Section 34. State and federal financial assistance; general provisions.
- Chapter 121B — Section 34A. Contracts for state financial assistance on leased MHFA projects toprovide replacement or relocation housing; annual contributions;limitations.
- Section 34B. Commonwealth guaranteed temporary notes; authorization and execution; saleand refunding limitations; terms.
- Chapter 121B — Section 35. Contracts for supplementary state financial assistance.
- Chapter 121B — Section 36. Receipt of loans and grants from federal sources or from other sources.
- Chapter 121B — Section 37. Commonwealth grants; guarantee of temporary notes; sale, maintenance, andoperation of relocation projects; limitations on eminent domain.
- Chapter 121B — Section 38. Declaration of policy.
- Chapter 121B — Section 38A. Bureau of housing for the handicapped; director; functions.
- Chapter 121B — Section 38B. Service coordinator program.
- Chapter 121B — Section 39. Power to provide housing for elderly and handicapped persons of low income.
- Section 40. Provisions applicable to housing for elderly and handicapped persons oflow income.
- Chapter 121B — Section 41. State financial assistance; housing for elderly persons of low income.
- Chapter 121B — Section 41A. State financial assistance; housing for handicapped persons of low income.
- Chapter 121B — Section 42. Declaration of necessity.
- Chapter 121B — Section 43. Contracts to rent, lease or provide financial assistance to housing unitsby housing authorities.
- Chapter 121B — Section 43A. Relocation of residents; leased housing units.
- Chapter 121B — Section 44. Rentals and tenant selection.
- Chapter 121B — Section 44A. Leasing of housing units in MHFA projects for replacement or relocationhousing authorized.
- Chapter 121B — Section 45. Declaration of necessity.
- Chapter 121B — Section 46. Powers of urban renewal agency.
- Chapter 121B — Section 47. Acquisition by eminent domain; notice; petition.
- Chapter 121B — Section 48. Public hearing; notice; urban renewal plans; approval; acquisition ofproperty.
- Chapter 121B — Section 49. Sale or lease of property acquired for urban renewal project.
- Chapter 121B — Section 50. Delegation of power to municipality to plan and undertake project.
- Chapter 121B — Section 51. Redevelopment authority taking over project initiated by housing authority.
- Chapter 121B — Section 52. Accounts and reports of urban renewal agencies; civil service rules.
- Chapter 121B — Section 53. Application for urban renewal assistance grant or urban revitalization anddevelopment grant.
- Chapter 121B — Section 54. Determination of compliance and final approved cost; notice.
- Chapter 121B — Section 55. Certification and payment of grants.
- Chapter 121B — Section 56. Contract to provide financial assistance.
- Section 57. Advance of funds; amount; payments.
- Chapter 121B — Section 57A. Community development projects; application for grants; notice; rules andregulations.
- Chapter 121B — Section 58. Declaration of necessity.
- Chapter 121B — Section 59. Contracts for state financial assistance; rehabilitation projects.
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