Tuesday, March 31: Our Turn to Weigh in State Budget Housing and Homelessness Priorities!

The Joint Ways and Means Committee is holding its public hearing on the state budget next Tuesday, March 31, 12–5 pm on Beacon Hill. You can testify virtually; you can submit written testimony. It all […]

Published in Advocacy on March 27, 2026.

STOP HUD’s Punishing Regulations!

HUD has proposed new rules that would cause great harm to public and subsidized housing tenants across our region, state and country.  From denying mixed-status families the ability to live […]

Published in Advocacy on March 27, 2026.

Access to Justice Survey

The Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission is conducting this brief survey to help the Commission better understand the landscape of legal helpers across Massachusetts. The survey asks about where you see gaps in […]

Published in Advocacy on March 27, 2026.

CoC Listening Session

The Three County CoC invites you to a Listening Session on how the Three County Coordinated Entry system is working to address homelessness and housing instability in the region.  Thursday, April […]

Published in 3 County CoC, Advocacy on March 27, 2026.

Biggest Housing Bill in Decades Passes the Senate

With thanks to the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) for this update: On March 12, The U.S. Senate passed the “21st Century ROAD to Housing Act,” a unified, bipartisan housing supply package, by […]

Published in Advocacy on March 17, 2026.

The Network on Capitol Hill as part of NLIHC Lobby Day

Last week, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) convened its annual conference.  The week included a Capitol Hill day last Friday where over 300 of us met with Congressional offices […]

Published in Advocacy on March 17, 2026.

Affordable Housing Gap Quantified: NLIHC’s Latest Housing Gap Report

The National Low Income Housing Coalition just released its 2026 Gap Report, showing a nationwide shortage of 7.2 million rental homes affordable and available to renters with extremely low incomes—that is, incomes […]

Published in Advocacy on March 11, 2026.

Your Input Requested: Come to Regional Housing Forums – March 18 and March 25

Two important community conversations are coming up in Hampden and Hampshire Counties to explore key findings from Building Homes. Building Futures., the new four-county regional housing study conducted by the UMass Donahue Institute and […]

Published in Advocacy on March 11, 2026.

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