While daily actions at the State House continue this week to protest the Governor’s severe restrictions on family shelter, we can weigh in from western Massachusetts this way:
Sign this one-minute online action from the MA Coalition for the Homeless: https://mahomeless.org/protect-access-to-shelter/
And join the email/call action led by Homes for All MA:
Contact Governor Maura Healey and your state legislators to reverse the plan to restrict Emergency Assistance (EA) shelter access for families and instead work with families and advocates to restore the right to shelter! Use the draft sample message below in blue to call and email Governor Healey and your state legislators!
Hello. My name is (add your name here), and I live in (city/town). I am asking you to reverse the plan to restrict access to family shelters because it will hurt children and families. Please work with families and communities to create more humane policies and take action to address the immediate housing crisis.
Call/email and speak to/leave messages for:
- Governor Maura Healey: 617-725-4005, link to email
- Senate President Karen Spilka: 617-722-2500, Karen.Spilka@masenate.gov
- Speaker of the House Ron Mariano: 617-722-2500, Ronald.Mariano@mahouse.gov
- Find your legislators and their emails here
