Year-round Housing Occupancy Restrictions
Effective Feb 27, 2026Mass. Register #1568MGL c. 23B, § 32(h) St. 2024, c. 150, § 5Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities
- (1) A Seasonal Community, a Trust, or a Regional Trust of which it is a member, may require, hold and enforce a Year-round Housing Occupancy Restriction for rental or other housing created pursuant to 760 CMR 76.04, 760 CMR 76.05 and 760 CMR 76.07.
(2) A Year-round Housing Occupancy Restriction held by a Seasonal Community shall, to the extent authorized under M.G.L. c. 184, be exempt from the following:
- (a) the requirements under M.G.L. c. 184, §§ 27 through 30; and
- (b) the procedural requirements under M.G.L. c. 184, § 32.
- (3) If a Year-round Housing Occupancy Restriction held by a Seasonal Community provides no term limit, then such restriction shall be subject to the 30 year limitation imposed by M.G.L.
- c. 184, § 23, unless eligible for exemption pursuant to M.G.L. c. 184, § 23.
- (4) If a Dwelling Unit is subject to an Affordable Housing Restriction, the holder of the Year-round Housing Occupancy Restriction shall execute an agreement to subordinate obligations and covenants under the Year-round Housing Occupancy Restriction to the obligations and covenants under the Affordable Housing Restriction.
- (5) A Seasonal Community shall maintain a record of all Year-round Housing Occupancy Restrictions within the Seasonal Community, including the address and any income restrictions placed on Dwelling Units subject to said Year-round Housing Occupancy Restrictions, and shall make said record available to EOHLC upon request.