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COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND ALLOWABLE SPENDING PURPOSES (G.L. c. 44B, § 5)
OPEN SPACE HISTORIC RESOURCES RECREATIONAL LAND COMMUNITY HOUSING
DEFINITIONS
(G.L. c. 44B, § 2)
Land to protect existing and
future well fields, aquifers and
recharge areas, watershed land,
agricultural land, grasslands,
fields, forest land, fresh and salt
water marshes and other
wetlands, ocean, river, stream,
lake and pond frontage, beaches,
dunes and other coastal lands,
lands to protect scenic vistas, land
for wildlife or nature preserve
and land for recreational use
Building, structure, vessel, real
property, document or artifact
listed on the state register of
historic places or determined by
the local historic preservation
commission to be significant in the
history, archeology, architecture
or culture of the city or town
Land for active or passive
recreational use including, but not
limited to, the use of land for
community gardens, trails, and
noncommercial youth and adult
sports, and the use of land as a
park, playground or athletic field
Does not include horse or dog
racing or the use of land for a
stadium, gymnasium or similar
structure.
Housing for low and moderate
income individuals and families,
including low or moderate income
seniors
Moderate income is less than 100%,
and low income is less than 80%, of
US HUD Area Wide Median Income
ACQUISITION
Obtain property interest by gift,
purchase, devise, grant, rental, rental
purchase, lease or otherwise. Only
includes eminent domain taking as
provided by G.L. c. 44B
Yes Yes Yes Yes
CREATION
To bring into being or cause to exist.
Seideman v. City of Newton, 452 Mass.
472 (2008)
Yes Yes Yes
PRESERVATION
Protect personal or real property from
injury, harm or destruction
Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUPPORT
Provide grants, loans, rental assistance,
security deposits, interest-rate write
downs or other forms of assistance
directly to individuals and families who
are eligible for community housing, or
to entity that owns, operates or manages
such housing, for the purpose of making
housing affordable
Yes, includes funding for
community’s affordable housing
trust
REHABILITATION AND
RESTORATION
Make capital improvements, or
extraordinary repairs to make assets
functional for intended use, including
improvements to comply with federal,
state or local building or access codes or
federal standards for rehabilitation of
historic properties
Yes if acquired or created with
CP funds
Yes Yes Yes if acquired or created with CP
funds