HOMES ACT and
the Housing Bond Bill
Two bills with eviction record sealing protections are currently pending at the State House for the 2023-24 legislative session:
Action Needed on Housing Bond Bill: Urge The Affordable Homes Act Conference Committee to support eviction record sealing provisions in Section 66, S.2850 of the Senate's bill.
- H.4356 (HOMES Act) filed by lead sponsors Senator Lydia Edwards and Representative Michael Moran. In February 2024, the Judiciary Committee reported the HOMES Act favorably with new provisions providing that tenants who win their cases or whose cases are dismissed can petition to seal their eviction record. The HOMES Act/H.4356 was ordered to a Third Reading where it has awaited action by the House since March.
- The Affordable Homes Act (aka the Housing Bond bill) filed by the Governor included eviction record sealing protections (H.4138). The House did not include eviction record sealing provisions in its version of the Housing Bond bill (H.4726). The Senate included eviction record sealing in its version (Section 66, S.2850). The bill is now before a Conference Committee to reconcile the differences between the Senate and the House.
Action Needed on Housing Bond Bill: Urge The Affordable Homes Act Conference Committee to support eviction record sealing provisions in Section 66, S.2850 of the Senate's bill.
Attorney General Campbell told WGBH, she hopes to see eviction record sealing and other tenant protections that were left out of the House’s Housing Bond bill make it into the final bill.
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