The Governor’s FY21 Budget; the Network’s FY21 Budget Priorities

Governor Baker released his proposed FY21 budget last week. See these preliminary analyses on housing and homelessness programs by Mass Coalition for the Homeless and Mass Law Reform Institute with […]

Published in Advocacy on January 31, 2020.

Great News on RAFT increase! And public hearing on Jan. 14

Please see below this exciting update from Kelly Turley of the MA Coalition for the Homeless: We have some exciting updates to share about the Upstream RAFT/rent arrearage program, our […]

Published in Advocacy on January 6, 2020.

Way Home America Update on Recent Federal Actions – 12/19/19

Way Home America, a national organization working to end homelessness, provided this update on the impact of recent federal Administration actions on the efforts to prevent and end homelessness. An […]

Published in Advocacy on December 20, 2019.

Action: Sign on to Right to Counsel and Eviction Sealing (HOMES) Bills!

The Western MA Network to End Homelessness has joined two statewide legislative campaigns that would help prevent and end homelessness: Right to Counsel in Eviction Cases and Eviction Sealing (HOMES). […]

Published in Advocacy on November 13, 2019.

CHAPA Update on State Supplemental Budget – Nov. 2019

Thanks to CHAPA for this update: On October 24, 2019, the State Senate concluded debate on its FY2019 Supplemental Budget, S.2386, which closes out the FY2019 budget, which ended with a large […]

Published in Advocacy on November 13, 2019.

UPDATED: USDA reopens public comment period. Help maintain access to free school lunch and SNAP for millions!

From our partners at EMPath (Note: housing stability depends on resources like this one): Dear Friend, The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reopened the public comment period for […]

Published in Advocacy on October 29, 2019.

Advocacy tool to protect tenants from “political storms”

FYI on this new release from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC): Tenant Talk: Protecting Public Housing from Political Storms NLIHC released today the fall 2019 edition of Tenant Talk: […]

Published in Advocacy on October 23, 2019.

The Network presents at FCRN’s legislative breakfast; take-aways available here

On Friday, October 18, I was honored to provide the key-note talk for Franklin County Resources Network’s 15th Annual Legislative Breakfast. The event’s theme, Steps to Stability: Finding Hope and […]

Published in Advocacy on October 22, 2019.
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