Testify to help create the tenant advocate office

H.1814: An Act to create the office of the tenant advocate in the Office of the Attorney General is going to be heard in front of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary on Tuesday, October 21st at 1:00PM.

Please help to get this bill into law so we will have a Tenant Advocate to protect us. Everyone who lives in public or subsidized housing will benefit from this bill.

Here’s how you can help move this bill along to become law:

When a student seems headed to becoming the next school shooter, what can be done?

Prevention is possible. One of the key elements where bullying is a factor, is for those in charge to protect the target while acting to stop the bullying.

A community mobilizes to address the many factors, including bullying, that tend to lead to school shootings.
 

We can join forces to demand funding for essential health, dental, food, and housing services.

Federal legislation, "the big beautiful bill," targets Medicaid and MassHealth programs that we depend on. The law cuts the Federal share of our MassHealth programs and limits the taxes that states can levy on healthcare providers to cover MassHealth. The most vulnerable programs are Home and Community Based Services (HCBS); out-of-pocket costs for health care; food stamps; dental care; and more.

The food stamp program that we depend on is under threat and we must rise up to protect it.

Many of us who are tenants of public and subsidized housing depend on community support through government benefits and subsidies, including for housing and food.

We know from hard-won experience that no one is coming to help us and that we must advocate for and help ourselves.

Thus we are prepared for this challenge.

We announce a survey opportunity for people with multiple chemical sensitivity and the housing challenges they face. This survey and the research that will be based on it can help lead to safer housing.

Please note that the survey ended on August 8, 2025.