Please join us online next Friday, 10/29, for our monthly Housing and Benefits Committee meeting

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October 22, 2021

Greetings!

It's almost time for our October Housing and Benefits Committee meeting! Please RSVP and plan to join us next Friday, October 29th from 10:00-11:30 a.m. on Zoom.

Our current agenda includes presentations and discussions on:

Advocacy to improve cash assistance benefits and use American Rescue Act Plan funds to lift families, elders, and people with disabilities out of poverty: An update on the Lift Our Kids campaign by Naomi Meyer of Greater Boston Legal Services

Taking action to advance legislation to establish a right to counsel in eviction cases: Presentation by Lia Marino of Massachusetts Law Reform Institute and the Massachusetts Right to Counsel (RTC) Coalition

The right to counsel bill, An Act promoting housing stability and homelessness prevention in Massachusetts (House Bill 1436/Senate Bill 874), had a hearing in front of the Legislature's Joint Committee on Housing on October 12th.
Access the Mass RTC website here.

Pushing our legislative agenda forward to address and end homelessness: Other State House updates and opportunities

Updates and next steps on recent hearings related to priority bills, including legislation to establish a bill of rights for people experiencing homelessness, codify and improve the RAFT homelessness prevention program, codify and improve the HomeBASE program, and improve the Emergency Assistance family shelter program. See our priority bill chart: http://tinyurl.com/mchbills2122

Click here to RSVP for our October 29th meeting (or go to tinyurl.com/mch-hb-rsvp.)

Best wishes,

Kelly

Kelly Turley

Associate Director

kelly@mahomeless.org

781-595-7570 x17