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Advocate Urges Committee Not to Expand HDIP, Citing Cost and Limited Benefit to Lowest‑Income Households
Summary
A housing attorney urged the committee to reject expansion of the Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP), saying the program subsidizes market-rate units, diverts scarce housing dollars and excludes the lowest-income families who most need help.
Judith Leventhal (transcript: Judith Levente), a housing attorney with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, told the committee she opposed House and Senate bills to expand the Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP). "I am here today to urge you not to approve House Bill 3300339 and Senate Bill 19 40 46," she said. Leventhal argued…
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