ACTION: Contact your Senator to Co-Sponsor Key Amendments!
On Monday, May 20, the Senate will begin debating its FY25 Budget. Now is the time to ask our senators to co-sponsor key amendments. The MA Coalition for the Homeless […]
TOMORROW’s Rent Cap Rally in Boston; next Thursday’s Anti-Foreclosure Rally in Springfield!
TOMORROW May 15: Still Seats on the Bus to Boston Rally! Springfield No One Leaves (SNOL) is organizing a bus to Boston to join the “Raise Our Wage/Cap Our Rent” Rally […]
HLC Listening Sessions This Week in Pittsfield and Greenfield
The MA Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities is hosting Affordable Homes Act (AHA) listening sessions in our region to get feedback on the Governor’s $4B housing funding legislation and recommendations for what […]
Elder Homelessness on the Rise Nationwide
Our Network partners are talking a lot about a marked increase in elder homelessness across the region. The National Alliance to End Homelessness offers this recent analysis that puts our own […]
NEW Lunch Time Training Series Starts 5/15!
2024 Springfield-Hampden County Continuum of Care Lunch and Learn SeriesWednesdays at noon, May 15 – June 26 Thanks to the Hampden CoC for these short training sessions designed for homeless […]
Next Push for Affordable Homes Act Starts Now!
As you may know, the Governor’s $4.1 billion housing bond bill, the Affordable Homes Act, was reported out of the Housing Committee and the Bonding Committee without any changes. The bill […]
Senate Ways and Means Committee’s FY25 Budget Released
On May 7, the Senate Ways and Means (SWM) Committee released its FY25 Budget Proposal. See an overview here from the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center. On housing and homelessness matters, our […]
HLC Secretary Augustus to join the Network Gathering on 5/31!
The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus will be joining the Network at our Annual Gathering on May 31 We are honored to welcome Housing and Livable […]
