Legislature Passes Veto Overrides for FY2024 Budget | Citizens' Housing And Planning Association

Post date

October 6, 2023

Abhi Kurve

Deputy Director of Public Policy

The House and the Senate passed Veto overrides that would undo the vetoes by the Governor in the FY2024 budget. CHAPA thanks the Legislature for voting in favor of the housing veto overrides.

Through the Governor's vetoes, programs like Home & Healthy for Good, Housing Consumer Education Centers (HCECs), and Foreclosure Prevention and Counseling received lower funding than allocated by the legislature with vetoes to remove certain set-asides.

Below is the summary of some critical program vetoes that were overriden by the Legislature:

Housing Consumer Education and Counseling (HCEC)
This line item veto lowered the funding than the Legislature's allocation of $9.7 million. The Legislature overrode it to bring the allocation back to $10.4 million as funded originally by the Legislature.
Home & Healthy for Good (HHG)
This line item veto lowered the funding than the Legislature's allocation to $6.39 million compared to $8.89 million by the Legislature. The Governor's veto also removes language that is needed for Mass. Housing and Shelter Alliance’s systems change work to advance solutions to homelessness. The Legislature's veto override brings the funding to $8.89 million and adds back the language.
Foreclosure & Housing Counseling
The Governor's veto removed the language of $1.5 million for the Chapter 206 grants that support foreclosure prevention and housing counseling from the Loan Originator Administration and Consumer Counseling Program line item. The Governor's budget funded this line item at $1.55 million without any funding for Chap 206 grants. The Legislature's override brought back the allocation to $3.05 million with the inclusion of $1.5 million for Chapter 206 grants.