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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 […]

Published in Advocacy on September 16, 2026.

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 […]

Published in Career services, Family Services Committee, Individual Services Committee, Meeting Minutes, Western MA Task Force for Housing First on September 14, 2026.

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 […]

Published in Advocacy on August 5, 2026.

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 […]

Published in Advocacy on July 6, 2026.

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 – […]

Published in Career services, Family Services Committee, Individual Services Committee, Meeting Minutes, Uncategorized, Western MA Task Force for Housing First on July 2, 2026.

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 […]

Published in Advocacy on June 8, 2026.

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 […]

Published in Advocacy on June 4, 2026.

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 […]

Published in Annual Gatherings on June 1, 2026.

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