February 9, 2023

Greetings!

We are reaching out today to ask you to please contact your State Representative and State Senator to ask them to cosponsor and actively support key bills for the 2023-2024 session to address homelessness and promote housing stability, economic support, and equity.

We also hope you can join us for Legislative Action Day 2023 (LAD), coming up online on Thursday, March 2nd. See below for more details or click here to go to the LAD page on our website

Thank you for your partnership and interest. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or feedback.

With gratitude,
Kelly

Kelly Turley
Associate Director
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Please Ask Your State Legislators to Sign on Today to Key Bills for the New Legislative Session

We have been working with State Legislators to file and refile critical legislation related to homelessness, housing, and benefits. We hope that your legislators can support these efforts by cosponsoring and actively supporting the bills in our bill priority overview (PDF) and bill priority chart. Our top bill priorities are outlined below.

You can find out who your State Representative and Senator are and how to contact them by going to www.wheredoivotema.com or calling the State House switchboard at 617-722-2000.


Thank you again!


Legislative Action Day 2023 is almost here!
Join us online on March 2nd
Please register today for Legislative Action Day 2023, taking place online on Thursday, March 2nd, 9:30-11:30 a.m. This year’s Legislative Action Day (LAD) event will be sponsored by State Representative Jim O’Day.

For Legislative Action Day, look forward to hearing from inspiring speakers, learning how to advocate with legislators, and meeting virtually with your state legislators and legislative staff to talk about issues and policy recommendations to address homelessness in Massachusetts.

During the event, we will focus on the Coalition’s 2023-2024 legislative (bill) priorities and fiscal year 2024 budget priorities. Read about our bill priorities here: bill priority overview (PDF) and bill priority chart. Sign up your organization or group to endorse our key homelessness and housing bills by completing the organizational endorsement forms in Column K of our bill priority chart or sharing the forms with your team.

Stay tuned for more details on our budget priorities, meetings with legislators, and guest speakers.

Event Registration

Registration is quick, easy, and free: Register now. The Zoom link will be sent to all registrants closer to the event date.
 
Pre-Event Training

Join us on Monday, February 27th for a pre-event training to prepare for Legislative Action Day. Like LAD, the pre-event training also will take place on Zoom.

The training will include an overview of our Legislative Action Day agenda, helpful hints about meeting with legislators and their aides, a review and discussion of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless budget and bill priorities, and a question and answer session.

 
Spread the Word
 
Help spread the word by sharing the link to our LAD information page: tinyurl.com/mchlad23.

Invite your state legislators by sharing this flyer (PDF). Unsure who your legislators are? If you have an address, enter it in this tool from the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office.
 
For more information, please contact Kelly. Thank you!