Action: Housing Committee Hearing on Priority Bills – Wed., 9/27, 1 pm
We have a chance to be heard on three of our priority bills next week: The hearing will take place on Wednesday, September 27, beginning at 1 pm. Virtual attendance […]
Sign-on Letter for LIHTC – by Fri, 9/22
Thanks to CHAPA for taking the lead on this organizational sign-on letter in support of increasing the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, a critical tool for affordable housing production. Sign […]
Recommended: Author Jennifer Egan on Homelessness and Supportive Housing
The New Yorker Magazine just published an amazing piece of reporting by Pulitizer-Prize winning author Jennifer Egan, “A Journey from Homelessness to a Room of One’s Own”. Egan follows the […]
TOPA Tuesdays Starting Tomorrow – 9/19!
An invitation from the TOPA Coalition – please join! Let’s win TOPA once and for all. We are mobilizing around TOPA, the Tenants’ Opportunity to Purchase Act. We need you, the TOPA endorsing organizations + other supporters […]
One Minute Action for federal support on ending homelessness
Thanks to the National Alliance to End Homelessness for this action alert – and thanks for taking a minute to be counted: Congress is now deciding how to fund the […]
Senate Housing Committee Chair Lydia Edwards Tours Western MA
Senator Lydia Edwards, Senate Chair of the MA Joint Committee on Housing, traveled west from her eastern district last week, to learn about western Massachusetts’ housing and homelessness challenges. Our […]
Homeless Services Workforce Studies: Higher pay urgently needed
Two important reports were just released on the “Homeless Services Workforce Sector” demonstrating the urgency to increase investment in workers. See this report from the National Alliance to End Homelessness: […]
State Briefing on Family Homelessness: Tuesday, 9/12, 12 noon
Governor Healey’s Administration is holding a briefing to discuss the state’s response to the increase in family homelessness. Their invitation follows: We would like to invite you and your network/coalitions […]
