You heard about the TOPA amendment yesterday…
We’ve got more priority amendments to push for today (and tomorrow!) for the Senate’s Economic Development Bill – and we’re including TOPA here as well so you can send or call on the whole package all together.
Write a quick email – you can copy and paste below – or call. Find your State Senator contact info here: https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator
| Dear Senator ____: Please co-sponsor the following amendments: Amendment #12(Sen. Pat Jehlen), Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, to create a local option to guarantee tenants in multifamily buildings the right of first refusal when their home is being sold Amendment #278 (Sen. Adam Gomez), Foreclosure Mediation to prevent foreclosures Amendment #302(Sen. Brendon Crighton), Expanding and Improving RAFT, to put RAFT into state statute and make it available further “upstream,” prior to the Notice to Quit, among other important administrative and reporting requirements Amendment #257, (Sen. Bruce Tarr), Ensuring Timely Access to RAFT, to ensure that RAFT is available to families and individuals earlier in a housing or utility crisis (“upstream”, before a household has received a notice to quit or utility shut-off notice). Amendment #351, (Sen. Michael Moore), to protect renters from rent setting by algorithms Amendment #265 (Sen. Adam Gómez), Fair Housing Practices to address housing discrimination Amendment #394, (Sen. Sal DiDomenico), Safeguarding Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Amendment #224 (Sen. Robyn Kennedy), Identification for Youth and Adults Experiencing Homelessness to ease access to Massachusetts IDs for people experiencing homelessness Thank you for your support of these critical amendments to address the housing and homelessness crisis across all our communities. Best, Your name Your address |
Let’s join our statewide partners – Homes for All MA, MA Coalition for the Homeless and more – to bring western Massachusetts’ voice to the State House!
