City Council
TL;DR
The Ways & Means Committee approved an order to implement state law allowing the city to annually increase income and asset limits for senior property tax exemptions. The measure passed with strong support, enabling the city to adjust eligibility thresholds to keep pace with inflation and economic changes.
Key Decisions
- Accept Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 59, Section 5, Clause 41D to authorize annual increases to senior exemption income and asset limits Passed (12-0-1)
Agenda
- Ways & Means Committee Hearing on Docket #0697
- 2026-0697 On the message and order, referred on April 1, 2026, Docket #0697, to Accept Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 59, Section 5, Clause 41D, Authorizing Annual Increases to Senior Exemption Income and Asset Limits, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted; the order was passed in a new draft: yeas 12 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).Committee Reports