An Act to Standardize Subsidized Housing Application Forms
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0963
Sponsors: COLLINS, BRADSTREET
Amends: 30-A MRSA §4721, 30-A MRSA §4722

Legislative Document
No. 963
H.P. 622
House of Representatives, March 11, 2025
An Act to Standardize Subsidized Housing Application Forms
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 6, 2025.  Referred to the Committee on 
Housing and Economic Development pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed 
pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative COLLINS of Sidney.  (BY REQUEST)
Cosponsored by Senator BRADSTREET of Kennebec and
Representatives: DRINKWATER of Milford, FLYNN of Albion, HAGGAN of Hampden, 
MATLACK of St. George, SMITH of Palermo, Senator: TIPPING of Penobscot.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  30-A MRSA §4721, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
6.  Standard application form.  To the extent practicable, a municipal housing 
authority shall conform to the standard application form established pursuant to section 
4722, subsection 1, paragraph II for subsidized housing applications.  A municipal housing 
authority shall require a contractor administering a subsidized housing program on the 
authority’s behalf to use the standard application form.
Sec. 2.  30-A MRSA §4722, sub-§1, ¶GG, as amended by PL 2021, c. 322, §2, is 
further amended by amending subparagraph (3) to read:
(3)  Perform other functions and duties necessary for the proper administration of 
the credit, including providing any necessary certifications and notices to taxpayers 
and to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of 
Revenue Services containing information required by the State Tax Assessor 
necessary for determining eligibility and the amount of the credit for each taxable 
year; and.
Sec. 3.  30-A MRSA §4722, sub-§1, ¶GG, as amended by PL 2021, c. 322, §2, is 
further amended by amending the first blocked paragraph to read:
Rules adopted under this paragraph are routine technical rules.;
Sec. 4.  30-A MRSA §4722, sub-§1, ¶HH, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 322, §3, is 
amended to read:
HH.  Provide the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
housing matters copies of any reports required to be submitted to the United States 
Department of the Treasury or the Governor regarding the administration of the 
emergency rental assistance programs established by Section 501 of Division N of the 
federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 and Section 3201(a) of the federal 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.  Copies of any reports required to be submitted to 
the United States Department of the Treasury or the Governor must be submitted to the 
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over housing matters 
no later than 7 days after the reports are submitted to the United States Department of 
the Treasury or the Governor.  If no such reports are required to be submitted to the 
United States Department of the Treasury or the Governor, the Maine State Housing 
Authority shall submit, beginning January 15, 2022 and annually thereafter, to the joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over housing matters a report 
on any rental assistance distributed by the Maine State Housing Authority.; and
Sec. 5.  30-A MRSA §4722, sub-§1, ¶II is enacted to read:
II.  Develop a standard application form for municipal housing authorities to use for 
subsidized housing applications.
Sec. 6.  Standard subsidized housing application form.  By December 1, 2025, 
the Maine State Housing Authority shall develop a standard application form in accordance 
with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 4722, subsection 1, paragraph II.
SUMMARY
This bill requires the Maine State Housing Authority to develop a standard application 
form for subsidized housing applications.  It requires municipal housing authorities and 
their contractors that administer subsidized housing programs to use the standard form to 
the extent practicable.