Rules Include 6 Month Time Limit
On Friday, November 22, Governor Healey announced systemwide changes to the family Emergency Assistance shelter system. You can read about them in her press release here and the Boston Globe article here. The […]
Governor Healey’s FY25 Budget – Housing and Homeless News
Mixed reactions with a big bright spot: Access to Counsel is in the budget! On January 24, Governor Healey filed her Fiscal Year 2025 budget, totaling $56.1 billion. For a big picture […]
TIME TO SHOW UP for Rent Control and TOPA: Tuesday, November 14
The Joint Housing Committee is holding a hearing next Tuesday, Nov. 14 on two of our priority bills: the local option to enact rent control (S.1299 /H.2103 ) and the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase […]
More on the MA FY24 Budget Here!
The Fiscal Year 2024 budget, passed by the State Legislature on July 31, now awaits the Governor’s signature or line-item vetoes by August 10. This budget provides many significant investments […]
New Federal Strategic Plan to Reduce and End Homelessness Released
The US Interagency Council on Homelessness released its new strategic plan All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, which will guide the federal response to homelessness. […]
New Federal Point in Time Count Data: Unsheltered and chronic homelessness up; family, youth, veteran homelessness down
Thanks to the National Alliance to End Homelessness for this summary: This week, HUD released the first full Point-in-Time Count results since 2020. While homelessness overall essentially remained at the […]
Congress’ Proposed Budget Increases Funding for Homelessness
From the National Alliance to End Homelessness: As Congress has released its final spending bill, there are notable spending increases for housing and homelessness that will have a definite impact […]
In the News: Western MA Hotel-Based Shelter Success Featured
The National Public Radio Affiliate in Boston – WBUR – did a story last week on hotel-based shelter during the pandemic titled “Hotel-based homeless shelters changed lives in pandemic. Some […]
