SECTION 38B. Housing for the elderly and the handicapped; service coordinator program

The department is authorized to establish a program to provide service coordinators to assist residents in housing developed pursuant to sections thirty-nine and forty. The purpose of such program shall be to assist tenants living in such housing to meet tenancy requirements in order to maintain and enhance the quality of life in such housing. Service coordinators shall be assigned to said housing as determined necessary by the department. The department shall consult with the executive office of health and human services, the executive office of elder affairs, housing authorities, the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission, and the office on disability in developing the guidelines of said service coordinator program and in evaluating said program.