Franklin County Legislative Forum – Nov. 13, 9 am

Please join the Franklin County Resource Network: Working Together: Facing Challenges and Seizing Opportunities   FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13th 9:00 – 10:30 AM Via Zoom (Register here)  How can we work […]

Published in Advocacy on November 9, 2020.

Emergency Legislative Briefing on Eviction Prevention – Monday, 11/9, 5 pm

Please join us at this Emergency Legislative Briefing with our Western MA Legislative Delegation on: The Eviction Diversion Initiative: Gaps and SolutionsAction steps to keep people safely in their homesMonday, […]

Published in Advocacy on November 6, 2020.

House Ways and Means FY21 Budget Released

Thanks to the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless for this update: Yesterday, the House Committee on Ways and Means released their long-awaited budget recommendations for FY21, the fiscal year that […]

Published in Advocacy on November 6, 2020.

Let’s stop the Cliff Effect – last push on this Western MA pilot!

The Western MA Network to End Homelessness is a supporter of the effort led by the Western MA Economic Development Council and Springfield Works in their efforts to pass cliff […]

Published in Advocacy on November 3, 2020.

Judge Denies Landlords’ Motion to Halt Implementation of CDC Moratorium

This just in from the National Low Income Housing Coalition: A federal district court judge in Georgia today denied a motion for preliminary injunctionfiled by individual landlords and the National Apartment Association […]

Published in Advocacy on October 30, 2020.

The Growing Crisis of Unsheltered Homelessness

Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA) continues to provide a forum for discussing the crisis of COVID-19, cold and lack of sufficient shelter. They offer these observations below: Winter is […]

Published in Advocacy, Individual Services Committee, Training on October 30, 2020.

USICH Plan to End Homelessness: “Deeply Flawed and Ill-Informed”

Please see this important alert from the National Low-Income Housing Coalition: “The United State Interagency Counsel on Homelessness (USICH) released on October 19 a new strategic plan that is deeply flawed and […]

Published in Advocacy on October 27, 2020.

Western MA Mayors and Managers Unite to Keep Western MA Safe

12 mayors and town managers from across our four western counties joined together in a letter to the MA COVID-19 Command Center to urge immediate attention to our region’s urgent […]

Published in Advocacy on October 23, 2020.
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