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HomeStart is committed to ending and preventing homelessness in greater Boston. We help families and individuals find, secure and maintain their own homes.
Boston, MA
Joined June 2011
Tenants facing eviction need lawyers https://t.co/qOZoDjVj5i via @cwbeacon
commonwealthbeacon.org
Last year, Massachusetts Trial Court data showed that nine out of 10 tenants facing eviction in court did not have a lawyer – and almost always faced off against landlords armed with experienced...
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Help provide a little token of warmth this Holiday Season by donating a gift card –or two– for our clients! Many of HomeStart's clients are in need of basic necessities such as medicine, toiletries, food and more. ❄️Donate a Gift Card❄️ https://t.co/lmwCEgWFJA
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Exclusionary zoning in Mass. led to housing shortage, segregation, report says
masslive.com
A new report released Wednesday shows that Massachusetts' zoning laws were frequently intended to exclude low-income residents and people of color from residential communities.
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"Increased housing is essential to stimulate the economy, create diverse communities, revitalize urban areas, promote environmental sustainability, generate tax revenue, foster social integration, and support local businesses."
masslive.com
Housing is the crisis of our time. It is also the opportunity of our time because investing in housing provides far more than shelter.
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A massive THANK YOU to @BankofAmerica for their recent donation! Thank you for your commitment to helping neighbors in housing crisis maintain a safe, stable home!
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“These are people who worked their whole lives. They had typical lives, often working physically demanding jobs, and never made enough to put money away.”
finance.yahoo.com
Experts have dubbed it a “silver tsunami.”
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This is a great interview! Senator @LydiaMEdwards and @MHSA_Revolution's Caitlin Golden outline key policies that would address the housing crisis, making MA housing more affordable. We have the solutions- Now it's time to fund them!
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Help us ensure that the Massachusetts state budget allows families get the essential cash assistance, housing support, and the childcare they need to be economically stable. Please contact your state legislators and ask them to urge the Conference Committee on these vital needs!
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Visit https://t.co/AkYvSiwqCu for information about organizing your own Welcome Home Project.
homestart.org
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We’re grateful to the volunteers from @DayPitneyLLP and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Northeast who helped us purchase and assemble Welcome Home packages for clients moving out of homelessness and into a place of their own!
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Get your questions answered at a virtual informational session held by the Mayor's Office of Housing on Tuesday, June 13th @ 2pm. Register here: https://t.co/4GWwvkdF2X (If you want to get started leasing a unit ASAP, you can email info@newleasehousing.org)
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The City of Boston is offering incentives for landlords to lease to individuals who are moving out of homelessness– Including a $4,000 lease-signing bonus, or up to 2x the rent per unit!
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The fund will provide organizations with small public subsidies to buy and maintain affordable housing properties that would otherwise be bought by developers and turned into luxury condos, evicting current residents regardless of how long they have been there.
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The Small Properties Acquisition Fund would provide $12 million towards the long-term preservation of affordable housing units throughout Massachusetts–helping fight displacement, stabilize families and neighborhoods, and safeguard affordability.
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Write to your State Senator today to ask them to co-sponsor Amendment #241 to the Senate budget: https://t.co/prePBAYbXk Thank you @DSNI_org for your work on this!
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Here's more from different community-led groups about the importance of the HOMES Act:
The HOMES Act is critical to removing unjust barriers to housing for low-income tenants with prior eviction filings. It's time to remove such barriers to safe and stable housing for all Massachusetts residents—particularly for low-income women of color.
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Thank you Senator @LydiaMEdwards and Representative @staterepmike for your leadership on access to safe and stable housing for Massachusetts residents. #mapoli
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It's novel to see an academic institution seriously consider how they can respond to the commonwealth's need for places to live! How unfortunate that the potential neighbors were dead-set on keeping their community closed-off:
wamc.org
An interview with Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts President Jamie Birge.
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#housingforall is doable. We can choose to support the policies and funding priorities that will lead to stronger, thriving communities. #HomeistheStart
https://t.co/wDPXDgs58L
governing.com
Simply rehashing the problem does more harm than good. Instead, state and local leaders must help citizens see how solutions to homelessness benefit all of us.
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