Homes for Everyone
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Our shared vision imagines a future where all residents have safe and comfortable homes that they can afford in the communities that they prefer.
MetroCommon 2050 Policy Recommendations
- Ensure that people of all races and income levels have access to affordable housing through homeownership and rental opportunities in every community.
- Ensure adequate protections against displacement for communities and residents of color, low-income communities, and renters.
- Accelerate the production of diverse housing types throughout region, particularly deed-restricted Affordable Housing, with a focus on transit-oriented, climate resilient, and other smart growth locations.
2025 Session | Highlighted Legislative Priorities
- An Act Improving Municipal Access to General Existing Housing Data (IMAGE HD)
- An Act Granting a Local Option for a Real Estate Transfer Fee to Fund Affordable Housing
- An Act Relative to Affordable Housing and Environmental Adaptation Dollars (AHEAD)
- An Act to Guarantee a Tenant's Right of First Refusal (Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act - TOPA)
Homes for Everyone
2025 Highlighted Legislative Priorities
An Act Improving Municipal Access to General Existing Housing Data (IMAGE HD)
Bill Number (Sponsors):
H.1543 (Representative Lipper-Garabedian)
S.970 (Senator DiDomenico)
Summary of Bill:
IMAGE HD requires the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities to provide municipalities and regional government entities with accurate and detailed data on their community’s affordable housing stock in new and existing buildings.
An Act Granting a Local Option for a Real Estate Transfer Fee to Fund Affordable Housing
Bill Number (Sponsors):
H.3056 (Representatives Connolly and Gentile)
S.1937 (Senator Comerford)
Summary of Bill:
Allows for a local option transfer fee of between .5% and 2% on the sale of homes over $1,000,000 or 100% of the median single family home sales price for that county, with some exceptions allowed. The revenue collected is to be spent on affordable housing.
Local Option Transfer Fee Fact Sheet (Provided by: Local Option for Housing Affordability Coalition)
An Act Relative to Affordable Housing and Environmental Adaptation Dollars (AHEAD)
Bill Number (Sponsors):
H.3194 (Representative Montaño)
S.1973 (Senator Eldridge)
Summary of Bill:
The bill will secure new revenue for investment in climate and affordable housing by increasing the deeds excise fee from 0.456% to 0.912% on property sales. New revenue will be split with half of the funds helping to preserve and expand affordable housing access and half prioritizing investments in environmental justice communities.
An Act to Guarantee a Tenant's Right of First Refusal (Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act - TOPA)
Bill Number (Sponsors):
H.1544 (Representative Consalvo)
S.988 (Senator Jehlen)
Summary of Bill:
Allows cities and towns the option of providing tenants in multi-family buildings the right to match a third-party offer when their homes are being sold. Tenants can designate their rights to a non-profit or local housing authority, or partner with an affordable housing purchaser.