American Jobs Plan Proposes More Affordable Housing

More promising news from our federal government (with thanks to the National Low Income Housing Coalition for the summary): President Joe Biden announced on March 31 his priorities for the […]

Published in Advocacy, Resources on April 6, 2021.

NLHIC Releases The Gap: Shortage of Affordable Homes; Greater Springfield Area Housing Study

The National Low Income Housing Coalition just released its annual report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, which finds a shortage of nearly seven million affordable and available rental homes […]

Published in Resources on March 19, 2021.

NEW: Emergency Rental Assistance Strategies for Achieving Racial Equity and Serving Extremely Low-Income People

Check out these latest reports from the National Low Income Housing Coalition: NLIHC, the NYU Furman Center and the Housing Initiative at Penn released Learning from Emergency Rental Assistance Programs: Lessons […]

Published in Resources on March 10, 2021.

Heads-up on National Housing and Homelessness Conferences this Month

We have a chance to fuel our work (without using any fuel) with the help of these virtual national conferences on the horizon: National Coalition to End Homelessness: Meeting Challenges […]

Published in Resources on March 2, 2021.

New Rental/Mortgage Assistance Available in Hampden County

Valley Opportunity Council (VOC) announced new resources are available for rental and mortgage assistance for those impacted by COVID. In addition to offering this resource, case managers will connect households […]

Published in Resources on March 2, 2021.

COVID Eviction Legal Help Project: Let’s get it out there!

Please see this latest update on available legal assistance and please distribute widely! The COVID Eviction Legal Help Project (CELHP) was formed to expand the capacity of legal aid organizations in Massachusetts […]

Published in Resources on February 10, 2021.

Housing First by podcast: powerful series and primer

You may already be aware of this, you may already have listened. But if you have not, I am doing my part to ensure you have the chance. The podcast […]

Published in Resources on February 3, 2021.

Community Legal Aid Resource Information

First a reminder: if tenants receive a Notice to Quit, they should call Community Legal Aid (CLA) at 1-855-252-5342 or apply directly for services here: www.communitylegal.org. For additional eviction prevention information, […]

Published in Resources on January 28, 2021.
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