Now: Ask Governor Baker to Support the Budget

Join the Network and all our statewide partners – CHAPA, MA Coalition for the Homeless, Homes for Families and more – in the call to Governor Baker to sign the […]

Published in Advocacy on December 8, 2020.

Add Your Organization to a Letter Urging the CDC to Extend the Federal Eviction Moratorium

Join the National Low Income Housing Organization (NLIHC) and nearly 800 organizations in urging the CDC to extend, strengthen, and enforce the federal eviction moratorium by signing your organization onto this […]

Published in Advocacy on December 8, 2020.

CHAPA’s Update on the Just Released FY2021Conference Budget

Thanks to Eric Shupin, CHAPA’s Director of Public Policy, for this hot-off-the-presses FY21 Budget Update to the Building Blocks Coalition: Yesterday evening, the conference committee released the FY2021 conference budget. For […]

Published in Advocacy on December 4, 2020.

Study: Expiring Eviction Moratoriums linked to Excess COVID-19 Infections and Excess Deaths

Today, two studies were released that have powerful implications for our state and national policymaking on stopping evictions during COVID-19: Expiring Eviction Moratoriums and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality Pandemic Housing […]

Published in Advocacy, Resources on November 30, 2020.

CHAPA’s FY2021 Budget Recommendations for the Conference Committee

Please see CHAPA’s recent update below regarding the FY2021 budget: On November 23, the FY2021 state budget was assigned to a conference committee to reconcile the differences between the versions […]

Published in Advocacy on November 30, 2020.

FY21 Budget Update on Housing/Homelessness

Thanks to Kelly Turley and the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless for this comprehensive housing/homelessness update on the FY21 Budget: After many months of COVID-19-related delays, the state budget process […]

Published in Advocacy on November 24, 2020.

Act Fast! Support Eviction Prevention in the Budget!

As soon as you can (how ’bout now?), please write Conference Committee members to urge them to adopt the Senate’s Amendments in the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget. Please see this […]

Published in Advocacy on November 23, 2020.

Report out on Mayors/Managers Meeting with Secretary Sudders and COVID-19 Command Center

As an outgrowth of the convening of the Network’s Western MA COVID-19 Task Force, last Friday, November 20, Western MA Mayors and Town Managers and city and town staff met […]

Published in Advocacy, Western MA COVID-19 Task Force for Housing First on November 23, 2020.
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