Urge Congress to Prioritize Affordable Housing – Sign On by Wednesday, 9/16
From the National Low Income Housing Coalition: As the nation anticipates the November election and swearing in of the 120th Congress in January, NLIHC calls on Congressional leaders to make […]
June-July Minutes 2026
JuneFamily Services Committee Meeting – 6/9/26Career Services Committee Meeting – 6/15/26Western MA Task Force for Housing First – 6/25/26Individual Services Committee Meeting – 6/30/26 JulyFamily Services Committee Meeting – 7/14/26Individual […]
Take Action to Get Good Housing Policies in the Economic Development Bill!
Thanks to CHAPA for this quick action: Click here to add your voice to urge the Conference Committee to adopt these important policies: ALSO: contact your legislators to ask them to urge the conference committee to […]
MA Legislature Passes FY27 Budget
How Housing/Homelessness Priorities Fared in the Conference Committee Budget Last week, the Legislature’s Conference Committee released its FY27 budget, which the full Legislature adopted on July 1. The budget is […]
June 2026 WMNEH Meeting Minutes
June, 2026 Meetings Family Services Committee – June 9, 2026Quarterly Career Services Committee – June 15, 2026Western MA Task Force for Housing First – June 25, 2026Individual Services Committee – […]
HUD Attacks LGBTQ+ Protections – Respond by 6/29
HUD has released a proposal to weaken the Equal Access Rule. The proposed rule change would: The proposed rule is open for public comment until June 29, 2026. Our state and national […]
One Minute Actions: Push on the FY27 Budget!
The Massachusetts House and Senate have each passed their FY2027 budgets, and conferees are now meeting to produce a final version with a goal of finishing their work by June […]
We Showed Up! Over 150 Strong Joined in the Call for Action
HLC Secretary Matias, Our State Legislators, Our Mayors, Our Community: Together to Meet the Challenge On Friday, May 29, the Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness held its 10th Annual Gathering on The […]

