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Senate requires study of nationwide background checks for emergency housing applicants, orders emergency-shelter safety plan
Summary
The Senate adopted amendments in the supplemental budget directing a study of using the National Crime Information Center for background checks of Emergency Housing Assistance applicants and requiring a state emergency-shelter safety plan, while rejecting at least one amendment to limit eligibility by residency origin.
The Massachusetts Senate approved two amendments to the supplemental budget (Senate 16) that direct the administration to study nationwide criminal-background checks for emergency housing applicants and require a safety plan for the state emergency shelter system.
Senator Patrick Moore introduced an amendment to study the feasibility of running National Crime Information Center (NCIC) nationwide checks for adult applicants or beneficiaries placed in the Emergency Housing Assistance Program. "This study will have to be done by March 31," Moore said, describing an agreement to draft a redrafted amendment that tasks the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, in coordination with the Department of State Police, to report on federal approvals required, projected costs and other impediments. The Senate adopted the amendment…
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