MACoalition/Homeless
@mahomeless
The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless works to prevent and end homelessness, through advocacy, direct service, and education.
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http://www.mahomeless.org 17-06-2010 20:05:37
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TOMORROW: Grab your lunch and join the digital action hour on Zoom @ 12pm 🥪! Hear updates from MACoalition/Homeless Homes for All Massachusetts & keep pressure on Maura Healey to restore right to shelter 🫶🏾🏠. Register at tinyurl.com/ea-event-rsvp #MaPoli
Against this background, Maura Healey should reverse the shelter policy. Here's why: -These policies never serve as a deterrent. We have proof of this from other states that have tried this strategy. Why? Because when people are being forced to come through points of entry- a
Somerville grapples with a rise in unsheltered homelessness wgbh.org/news/local/202… GBH News Tori Bedford City of Somerville End Homelessness MACoalition/Homeless
“We’ve got to stop treating people like criminals. People who are homeless could be looking for a job or for a landlord to rent to them, but instead they’re moving their tents around every day. It’s just not a very smart way to go about solving the problem.” - Steve Berg
Maura Healey’s new policy makes families pick between 5 days of short-term shelter and then being w/o shelter for 6 months, or staying homeless with the hope that they’ll get a spot in the long-term shelter. That’s a cruel choice to force on people and why they’re declining.
ALSO it’s absurd for Maura Healey to say families should choose respite centers and be kept out of shelter for 6 months, suggesting that 5 days is enough for families to be connected to housing or adequate services If that were true WE WOULDNT HAVE A SHELTER CRISIS RIGHT NOW
NEW: A key program the state uses to find housing for homeless families (+ relieve pressure on shelter system) is so backed up that some applicants are missing out on apartments because some landlords have gotten fed up with waiting.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/03/met… w/ Mike Damiano #mapoli
But wait Maura Healey I thought 5 days was long enough to get connected to services and alternative housing? That's why you want families to forfeit access to shelter for 6 months by using a 5 day stay in respite centers, right?
"The governor’s actions will mean families with children sleeping in the streets." The Governer of Massachussets has halted the state's 40-year #RightToShelter: bit.ly/4dZCxse IsaiahThompson MACoalition/Homeless #housingjustice
Join the housing justice movement #today at 12:30pm outside Gov Healey's office (in the state house on the 3rd floor) to demand Mass.gov Healey to restore the right to emergency assistance shelter! #MaPoli MACoalition/Homeless Homes for All Massachusetts Massachusetts Law Reform Institute UU Mass Action Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network