Real Estate Transfer Fee for Affordable Housing: Legislative Hearing September 9
It’s time for our next push to pass the Real Estate Transfer Fee for Affordable Housing! The Joint Committee on Revenue is convening a hearing on this bill on Tuesday, September 9 at 10 […]
NEW: Western MA Housing Study Shows Continuing Massive Affordable Housing Gap
The UMass Donahue Institute, in partnership with Way Finders, recently released its new study of housing in western MA: Building Homes. Building Futures. The report captures the exorbitant rent increases in the […]
Rent Control Heading for the Ballot!
Western MA is coming together—thanks to Homes for All MA and Springfield No One Leaves—to learn about the rent control ballot initiative on: Wednesday, August 276 pm on ZoomRegister Here […]
Join the One Million Rising Campaign
As the Trump Administration continues to assault the fundamental human rights of people experiencing homelessness and virtually every other vulnerable population, the national One Million Rising Campaign, led by Indivisible and […]
Fighting Back: Actions You Can Take
Ann Oliva, the CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, offers this quick analysis of Trump’s takeover of Washington, DC by federal law enforcement: “It was thinly veiled as a “public […]
Trump’s Dehumanization in his Executive Order on Homelessness
Last week, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order titled Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets. The Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance captures the crux of the order’s impact in […]
Rent Control and More: the Network’s Testimony Here; Submit Yours!
Thanks to all who showed up at the legislative hearing on the rent control bill yesterday! A full bus from Springfield – shout-out to Springfield No One Leaves! – joined […]
Federal Budget Update
The National Low Income Housing Coalition provides us with this latest update on the FY26 federal budget: The Senate Appropriations Committee released and approved on July 24 their fiscal year (FY) 2026 […]
