Please Join Us for Western MA Housing Justice – May 12!
You are invited to our virtual* 7th Annual Gathering on Friday, May 12, 10:30am-12pm. We will be joined by at least 15 western MA state legislators from Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin […]
Action Alert: Contact Your Rep for Budget Amendment Support!
As we shared in our previous blog post, the House Ways and Means Committee released its Fiscal Year 2024 Budget proposal last week. You can read here the broad strokes […]
FY24 House Ways and Means Budget Update – Steps in the Right Direction
The House Ways and Means Committee released its proposed FY24 budget yesterday. While analysis continues, here are a few key highlights: More detail in relation to all of our Network […]
Budget Hearing Today! And Keep Pushing on Eviction Protections!
TODAY’s Joint Ways and Means Committee Hearing Apologies for the late notice, but consider this a spontaneous opportunity: TODAY the Joint Committee on Ways and Means is holding its annual […]
Exciting News: More Permanent Supportive Housing Funds for Western MA!
Yesterday, the Massachusetts Alliance for Supportive Housing (MASH) Announced Funding to Help Create More than 360 Units of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) across the Commonwealth, including 66 new units in […]
March 2023 Committee and Task Force Meeting Minutes
Youth and Young Adult Services Committee – 3/8/23Three County Individual Services Committee – 3/13/23Veterans Services Committee – 3/15/23Career Services Committee – 3/17/23Family Services Committee – 3/28/23Hampden Individual Services Committee – […]
MRVP Cookie Day – Join the Virtual Advocacy on April 4!
We have an opportunity to join with our statewide partner Homes for Families’ annual MRVP Cookie Day to advocate for the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP). Please join virtually on: […]
HUD Awards $10 million to Western MA
HUD announced its Continuum of Care (CoC) FY2022 awards this week, and it includes great news for our two CoCs: The Hampden County CoC was awarded $6,923,576, fully funding all […]