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Section 1Definitions
Section 2Severability
Section 3Housing authorities; creation; dissolution
Section 3ARegional housing authorities; creation; dissolution
Section 4Redevelopment authorities; creation; dissolution
Section 5Membership; appointment; election; term of office
Section 6Charges against members; hearing; removal; resignation; suspension
Section 7Officers and executive director of authorities; compensation of members
Section 8Operating agencies; housing authorities
Section 9Urban renewal agencies
Section 10Designation of authorities
Section 11Powers of operating agencies
Section 12Wages; labor requirements; social security
Section 13Contract and tort liability; member’s personal liability; relocation of utility facilities
Section 14Federal loans; conveyance upon default
Section 15Bonds, notes, certificates; negotiable instruments
Section 16Exemption from taxation; revaluation or reassessment of real property; payments in lieu of taxes
Section 17Liability of commonwealth or political subdivisions for debts of housing authority
Section 18Preparation of master plans, etc. by city or town; appropriation and payment
Section 19Initial costs and annual operating expenses of operating agencies; appropriations and payment by city
Section 20Development, acquisition and operating costs; relocation payments; losses; appropriation and payment by city
Section 21Indebtedness limitation
Section 22Emergency finance board; permission to incur indebtedness
Section 23Municipal powers
Section 24Agreement to bear acquisition loss
Section 25Statement of emergency
Section 26Powers of a housing authority
Section 26APowers of department in city without housing authority; financing of projects; bonds and notes; issuance and sale; approval of city or town
Section 27Rural housing authority; additional powers
Section 28Application of laws, ordinances, and regulations of cities or towns relating to buildings, planning, zoning and public health
Section 29Accounts and reports of housing authorities; investigations by department; rules and regulations of department
Section 30Contract with federal government; acquiring federally owned project
Section 31Submission of plans for low-rent housing project to department; application; hearing; disposition
Section 32Maintenance and operation of project; rentals; tenant selection; eligibility for continued occupancy; hearings; waiver
Section 32AParking areas; rules and regulations; towing
Section 32BDefinitions
Section 32CUnlawful conduct by tenant, members or non-members of tenant household; civil action by landlord for injunctive or other equitable relief
Section 32DActions by tenants or tenants’ organizations
Section 32EJurisdiction over civil actions; appellate review
Section 32FRestraining orders and injunctions; form; service; enforcement; violations; effect; modification and vacation
Section 33Equivalent elimination of substandard dwelling units
Section 34State and federal financial assistance; general provisions
Section 34AContracts for state financial assistance on leased MHFA projects to provide replacement or relocation housing; annual contributions; limitations
Section 34BCommonwealth guaranteed temporary notes; authorization and execution; sale and refunding limitations; terms
Section 35Contracts for supplementary state financial assistance
Section 36Receipt of loans and grants from federal sources or from other sources
Section 37Commonwealth grants; guarantee of temporary notes; sale, maintenance, and operation of relocation projects; limitations on eminent domain
Section 38Declaration of policy
Section 38ABureau of housing for the handicapped; director; functions
Section 38BService coordinator program
Section 39Power to provide housing for elderly and handicapped persons of low income; priorities in placement
Section 40Provisions applicable to housing for elderly and handicapped persons of low income
Section 41State financial assistance; housing for elderly persons of low income
Section 41AState financial assistance; housing for handicapped persons of low income
Section 42Declaration of necessity
Section 43Contracts to rent, lease or provide financial assistance to housing units by housing authorities
Section 43ARelocation of residents; leased housing units
Section 44Rentals and tenant selection
Section 44ALeasing of housing units in MHFA projects for replacement or relocation housing authorized
Section 45Declaration of necessity
Section 46Powers of urban renewal agency
Section 47Acquisition by eminent domain; notice; petition
Section 48Public hearing; notice; urban renewal plans; approval; acquisition of property
Section 49Sale or lease of property acquired for urban renewal project
Section 50Delegation of power to municipality to plan and undertake project
Section 51Redevelopment authority taking over project initiated by housing authority
Section 52Accounts and reports of urban renewal agencies; civil service rules
Section 53Application for urban renewal assistance grant or urban revitalization and development grant
Section 54Determination of compliance and final approved cost; notice
Section 55Certification and payment of grants
Section 56Contract to provide financial assistance
Section 57Advance of funds; amount; payments
Section 57ACommunity development projects; application for grants; notice; rules and regulations
Section 58Declaration of necessity
Section 59Contracts for state financial assistance; rehabilitation projects