Legislature considers landmark tenant protective services ombuds
At Beacon Hill, on April 30, 2019, the Joint Commitee on Housing meets to consider comprehensive groundbreaking legislation to protect elderly persons and people with disability in subsidized and public housing from bullying. Complementary bills filed by Senator Lovely and Representative Honan will create an ombuds office to protect tenants and assure their rights by holding landlords to account, and improve the administration of housing programs.
Public-Private Partnerships: Good for Public Housing Tenants?

Redevelopment of failing public housing must engage tenants, and their rights need to be protected by oversight and accountability.
Friends and Partners at CHAPA Housing Day on Beacon Hill

How to be an effective advocate: Susan Bonner is the model advocate, she is the friend and partner of the tenants she represents, a friend and partner of leaders of other advocacy organizations, and the friend and partner of legislators. See Susan in action at the State House.
Wanted: Landlords and Managers Who Stop the Bullying
Bullying can become a plague in multifamily developments, but some landlords, developers, and managers lead in the effort to create safe and inclusive community.
An open letter to our legislators on Beacon Hill
Dear Legislator,
Have your constituents appealed to you for help to protect them from bullying in public or subsidized housing?
Now you have a way to protect them. Please join now with your colleagues to remedy injustice and create a better life for tenants.
Legislators to Protect Tenants from Bullying

At Beacon Hill, on January 18, 2019, legislators sponsored bills to prevent bullying of the elderly and people with disability who live in subsidized or public housing.
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Two Americas
Today, the selfish, other America is bullying everyone. The
shutdown of the government is hurting the country,
eliminating essential services, putting hard working and
dedicated federal workers into financial distress.
We who live in public and subsidized housing are
also facing threats to our homes and our food.
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To Our Legislators on Beacon Hill
Our Attorney General has proclaimed that "All Tenants Have a Right to Be Free From Harassment and Intimidation." We of the Stop Bullying Coalition, on behalf of the more than 92,000 tenants of multifamily public and subsidized housing for elderly and people with disability, seek to assure that freedom. And to that end, we ask you to join your colleagues, Senator Joan B. Lovely and Representative Bradford Hill, and to sponsor our bill prior to filing.
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For Peaceful Community, We Can Prevent Bullying

Do you want to stop bullying in public and subsidized housing? The Stop Bullying Coalition has submitted a petition to create an agency to take complaints, investigate, protect victims of bullying; and where needed, propose legal action to hold the landlord to account.
You can help! Your elected legislators on Beacon Hill are waiting to hear from you. (see below for how to contact them). Ask them to sponsor the bill.
The danger of silence, the power of our voices
Two experts on hate, Anna Ornstein and Deborah Lipstadt, challenge all of us to work together to prevent and combat hate.
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