Transfer Fee Bill Hearing TOMORROW – Wed., 10/11, 11 am

The Joint Committee on Revenue will hear testimony on a top Network priority tomorrow: the real estate transfer fee for affordable housing (S.1771/H.2747). Big thanks to our western MA Senator […]

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Published in Advocacy on October 10, 2023.

Legislature Passes Veto Overrides for FY24 Budget!

Great news! Last week, the MA Legislature passed overrides of the Governor’s vetoes to key housing programs (and other related areas) in the FY24 budget. The Network’s priority veto overrides […]

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Published in Advocacy on October 10, 2023.

You’re invited: Listening Sessions on Individual Homelessness

The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (HLC) is working on a statewide needs assessment in an effort to better understand systemic and regional gaps in their effort to […]

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Published in Forum on October 6, 2023.

Statewide Family Homelessness Meeting: Wed., 10/4, 2 pm

TOMORROW, our statewide partners – Mass. Coalition for the Homeless, Mass. Law Reform Institute and CHAPA – are hosting a check-in meeting regarding the family homelessness emergency declaration and to […]

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Published in Best Practices on October 3, 2023.

Action: Housing Committee Hearing on Priority Bills – Wed., 9/27, 1 pm

We have a chance to be heard on three of our priority bills next week: The hearing will take place on Wednesday, September 27, beginning at 1 pm. Virtual attendance […]

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Published in Advocacy on September 22, 2023.

Sign-on Letter for LIHTC – by Fri, 9/22

Thanks to CHAPA for taking the lead on this organizational sign-on letter in support of increasing the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, a critical tool for affordable housing production. Sign […]

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Published in Advocacy on September 20, 2023.

Recommended: Author Jennifer Egan on Homelessness and Supportive Housing

The New Yorker Magazine just published an amazing piece of reporting by Pulitizer-Prize winning author Jennifer Egan, “A Journey from Homelessness to a Room of One’s Own”. Egan follows the […]

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Published in Resources on September 20, 2023.

TOPA Tuesdays Starting Tomorrow – 9/19!

An invitation from the TOPA Coalition – please join! Let’s win TOPA once and for all.   We are mobilizing around TOPA, the Tenants’ Opportunity to Purchase Act. We need you, the TOPA endorsing organizations + other supporters […]

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Published in Advocacy on September 18, 2023.

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