Section 12. Each contractor with an operating agency and each subcontractor shall comply with the applicable requirements of chapter one hundred and forty-nine as to wages and hours of labor and any other conditions relating to employment. The attorney general shall enforce this paragraph and shall also have power to petition the court for injunction or other appropriate relief against any operating agency which fails to comply herewith.
An operating agency shall enter into a compact or compacts with the Social Security Board or take such other action as it may deem appropriate to enable its employees to come within the provisions and obtain the benefits of the Social Security Act. If the employees of such an agency shall come within the provisions of the Social Security Act, their employment shall be included in the term ''employment'' as used in sections one to seven, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and fifty-one A.
Except as provided in section twenty-nine of this chapter, the provisions of chapter thirty-one and the rules made thereunder shall not apply to any officer, agent or employee of an operating agency or to any person employed on or in connection with any project of an operating agency.
Except as provided in sections twenty-eight and thirty all by-laws, ordinances and regulations of the city or town in which any such project lies relating to the construction of buildings, municipal planning, zoning and the protection of public health shall apply to every project of an operating agency located in such city or town.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 121b - Housing and Urban Renewal
Section 3 - Housing Authorities; Creation; Dissolution
Section 3a - Regional Housing Authorities; Creation; Dissolution
Section 4 - Redevelopment Authorities; Creation; Dissolution
Section 5 - Housing and Redevelopment Authorities; Membership; Appointment; Election; Term of Office
Section 5a - Waiver of Requirement to Appoint Tenant Member to Housing Authority Board
Section 7a - Guidelines for Contracts to Be Executed by Housing Authority and Executive Director
Section 8 - Operating Agencies; Housing Authorities
Section 9 - Urban Renewal Agencies
Section 10 - Operating Agencies; Designation of Authorities
Section 11 - Powers of Operating Agencies
Section 12 - Operating Agencies; Wages; Labor Requirements; Social Security
Section 14 - Operating Agencies; Federal Loans; Conveyance Upon Default
Section 15 - Operating Agencies; Bonds, Notes, Certificates; Negotiable Instruments
Section 17 - Liability of Commonwealth or Political Subdivisions for Debts of Housing Authority
Section 18 - Preparation of Master Plans, Etc. by City or Town; Appropriation and Payment
Section 21 - Indebtedness Limitation
Section 24 - Agreement to Bear Acquisition Loss
Section 25 - Housing Programs; Statement of Emergency
Section 26 - Powers of a Housing Authority
Section 26b - Performance-Based Monitoring Program; Assessment Standards
Section 27 - Rural Housing Authority; Additional Powers
Section 28a - Annual Plan; Availability to Public for Review and Comment
Section 30 - Contract With Federal Government; Acquiring Federally Owned Project
Section 32a - Parking Areas; Rules and Regulations; Towing
Section 32d - Actions by Tenants or Tenants' Organizations
Section 32e - Jurisdiction Over Civil Actions; Appellate Review
Section 33 - Equivalent Elimination of Substandard Dwelling Units
Section 34 - State and Federal Financial Assistance; General Provisions
Section 35 - Contracts for Supplementary State Financial Assistance
Section 36 - Receipt of Loans and Grants From Federal Sources or From Other Sources
Section 38 - Housing for the Elderly and the Handicapped; Declaration of Policy
Section 38a - Bureau of Housing for the Handicapped; Director; Functions
Section 38b - Housing for the Elderly and the Handicapped; Service Coordinator Program
Section 38c - Program to Conduct Annual Surveys of Public Housing Residents
Section 40 - Provisions Applicable to Housing for Elderly and Handicapped Persons of Low Income
Section 41 - State Financial Assistance; Housing for Elderly Persons of Low Income
Section 41a - State Financial Assistance; Housing for Handicapped Persons of Low Income
Section 42 - Rental Assistance Program; Declaration of Necessity
Section 43a - Rental Assistance Program; Relocation of Residents; Leased Housing Units
Section 44 - Rental Assistance Program; Rentals and Tenant Selection
Section 45 - Urban Renewal Programs Declaration of Necessity
Section 46 - Powers of Urban Renewal Agency
Section 47 - Urban Renewal Programs; Acquisition by Eminent Domain; Notice; Petition
Section 48 - Public Hearing; Notice; Urban Renewal Plans; Approval; Acquisition of Property
Section 49 - Sale or Lease of Property Acquired for Urban Renewal Project
Section 50 - Delegation of Power to Municipality to Plan and Undertake Urban Renewal Project
Section 51 - Redevelopment Authority Taking Over Project Initiated by Housing Authority
Section 52 - Accounts and Reports of Urban Renewal Agencies; Civil Service Rules
Section 55 - State Aid for Urban Renewal; Certification and Payment of Grants
Section 56 - State Aid for Urban Renewal; Contract to Provide Financial Assistance
Section 57 - State Aid for Urban Renewal; Advance of Funds; Amount; Payments
Section 58 - Other Urban Renewal Programs; Declaration of Necessity
Section 59 - Contracts for State Financial Assistance; Rehabilitation Projects
Section 60 - Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund