Additional Priorities for the Senate Economic Development Bill – Quick and Easy to Be Counted

You heard about the TOPA amendment yesterday…  We’ve got more priority amendments to push for today (and tomorrow!) for the Senate’s Economic Development Bill – and we’re including TOPA here as […]

Published in Advocacy on July 22, 2026.

Contact Your Senator to Support Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)!

Thanks to the TOPA Coalition for this Action Alert First and foremost:  Send this one-click letter now to urge the Senate to include TOPA in their Economic Development bill. Background: On July […]

Published in Advocacy on July 20, 2026.

US Road to Housing Act Becomes Law!

Thanks to the National Low Income Housing Coalition for this important update: The “21st Century ROAD to Housing Act” is now law!  The passage of this historic bipartisan package marks significant progress in […]

Published in Advocacy on July 15, 2026.

Final Outcomes for the MA FY2027 Budget

Governor Healey signed the FY2027 budget this week, approving the version the Legislature sent to her desk without any vetoes. The final budget, as described in an earlier post, includes: To learn […]

Published in Advocacy on July 15, 2026.

Phone Bank for Rent Control

Homes for All MA is holding phone bank sessions throughout the next few weeks to continue to urge the Legislature to act on rent control.  The more people that sign […]

Published in Advocacy on July 7, 2026.

Act Now to Impact Debate on July 8! 

The House Committee on Ways and Means released its redraft of the 2026 Economic Development bill (H.5562) yesterday, a $425.1 million package the House plans to take up tomorrow, Wednesday, […]

Published in Advocacy on July 7, 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.

CoCs’ Requests for Proposals Are Here

The CoC Local Competition has opened for both Springfield-Hampden and the Three County Continuums of Care (CoCs), seeking proposals from providers to operate programs providing permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services and […]

Published in Advocacy on June 30, 2026.

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