Pols & Politics: House pols to take up $61B budget over the next few days; PILOT payouts by neighborhood in Boston

House lawmakers are set to gavel into session over the next week to take up a billion fiscal year budget proposal that comes in slightly lower than the plan Gov Maura Healey distributed earlier this year But Democrats who lead the chamber are likely to pack more than million more in funding into the bill through the floor debate and the amendment process Lawmakers filed amendments that would add an estimated billion to the spending plan that House Democratic leadership published earlier this month according to analysis from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation About of the amendments representatives filed are earmarks funding requests from local projects initiatives or organizations while are procedures proposals programmatic funding increases or introduce new line-item language according to the foundation Amendments touch on everything from healthcare to teaching and transportation to housing Legislators in the House will likely spend multiple days working through the massive pile of amendments by bundling them up into single policy-specific mega-amendments The House added just over million to their fiscal year budget last year which was million less than was added in fiscal year according to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation Not all amendments will make it past the cutting room floor this year The House adopted just under half of all amendments that were filed during the fiscal year budget debate last year The billion plan that Democrats published this month does not include a series of tax increases Healey proposed earlier this year but it still spikes state spending by over last year s state budget House Speaker Ron Mariano and his budget chief Rep Aaron Michlewitz also want to bar real estate brokers from charging a commission or a fee to a tenant for finding an apartment to rent if the tenant did not initiate contact with the broker Healey pitched a similar agenda in her budget The book on Boston A book launch party is set for May for The Battle for Boston by Don Gillis about the struggles in the city back when Ray Flynn was mayor The former mayor now will attend to help illuminate what the city was like during his tenure in office from to He then served as United States Ambassador to the Holy See from to but that s an entirely different story PILOT lands Boston s PILOT effort Payment in Lieu of Taxes was posted this week and here s what each neighborhood will receive in so-called district benefits Citywide the tally is million As the Herald first announced the tax-exempt colleges universities and hospitals left million in cash on the table But here is what each neighborhood gets in alphabetical order Allston Brighton Back Bay Beacon Hill Charlestown Chinatown Downtown Dorchester East Boston Fenway Longwood Hyde Park Jamaica Plain Mattapan Mission Hill North End Roslindale Roxbury South Boston South End West End West Roxbury This tally is from city institutions who are offering up society benefits over cash paid for taxes Those benefits rage from scholarships job training wellbeing disparities programs and more Locality benefit categories The PILOT analysis lists tuition as the top region benefit with million for post-secondary access scholarships school funding supports and support and stake in educational atmosphere Next comes population vitality for wellbeing initiatives learning and outreach beyond charitable mission of the institution That category receives according to the city million Both the two top categories jumped year-over-year by and respectively Other categories include violence prevention million to housing million The city s wealthy nonprofit sector came up million short of its requested PILOT payment last year