Financial Wellness During COVID – Reframing Benefit Cliffs with Senator Lesser and Rep. Vega – Oct. 29

Please join Springfield Partners for Community Action and Springfield WORKS/EDC for their third Opportunities for Action series: Financial Wellness during COVID: Reframing Benefit Cliffs to Support Working FamiliesFeaturing Senator Lesser, […]

Published in Advocacy, Career services on October 16, 2020.

Governor Baker’s Eviction Diversion Initiative

Yesterday, Governor Baker announced the Eviction Diversion Initiative. More details from his press release are below. To learn how to access resources go here for English web page and and […]

Published in Advocacy on October 13, 2020.

Housing Justice is Racial Justice: Act Now to Pass the Guaranteed Housing Stability Act

When the statewide eviction moratorium expires on October 17, as many as 100,000 households will be threatened with eviction, housing insecurity and homelessness, and a disproportionate number of those households […]

Published in Advocacy on October 12, 2020.

SIGN ON BY TUESDAY to PREVENT EVICTION CATASTROPHE

The time for us to act is now. The statewide eviction moratorium ends in just one week, on October 17. It is estimated that as many as 100,000 households are […]

Published in Advocacy on October 9, 2020.

Take Action to Stop Mass Evictions and Foreclosures – Join a Phone Bank tonight or call this week!

The state eviction moratorium ends on October 17. The national moratorium that is in effect until December 31 is not nearly as comprehensive as the state’s moratorium and thousands of […]

Published in Advocacy on October 7, 2020.

Forum: Growing Crisis of Unsheltered Homelessness – Oct. 15

The Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA) is bringing its next discussion and advocacy opportunity to us on Thursday, October 15, 10 am – 11 am. Showing up will strengthen […]

Published in Advocacy, Best Practices, Individual Services Committee, Training on October 2, 2020.

Action Alert: Right to Counsel

Please see this update from the Right to Counsel Coalition and how to contact Governor Baker below! Last week, the Governor announced that “…. he is not inclined to once again […]

Published in Advocacy on October 1, 2020.

Eviction Moratorium Likely to End on 10/17: All Hands on Deck

In an article in the Commonwealth Magazine yesterday, it was reported that “[Governor] Baker also said he is not inclined to once again extend the state’s eviction and foreclosure moratorium, […]

Published in Advocacy on September 24, 2020.
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