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Senate Passes FY26 Budget: Progress on Housing Priorities, Key Gaps for Conference Committee to Resolve
The Massachusetts Senate passed its $57.9 billion FY2026 budget last week, adding $43.5 million through more than 300...
Support Key Housing Amendments in the FY26 Senate Budget
Last week, the Senate Ways and Means Committee released...
MA House Passes FY26 Budget, Select Housing Adds Approved, Advocacy Turns to Senate for Additional Support
On Wednesday, the Massachusetts House of Representatives...
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Senate Passes FY26 Budget: Progress on Housing Priorities, Key Gaps for Conference Committee to Resolve
The Massachusetts Senate passed its $57.9 billion FY2026 budget last week, adding $43.5 million through more than 300 adopted amendments. The budget includes important progress on housing priorities, with investments in emergency rental assistance, first-generation...
New Report Highlights the Value of the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program and How It Can Be Strengthened
Earlier this month, The Boston Foundation and the MassINC Polling Group released Voices of Experience: What Works, What Frustrates, and What to Do to Strengthen the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program. The report draws on surveys, interviews, and focus groups with...
FY2026 Senate Budget – Anti-3A Amendments
Next week, the Massachusetts Senate will debate the FY2026 state budget. Among the 1058 amendments filed to the Senate Ways and Means proposal last week were several proposals that would roll back, weaken, or delay Chapter 3A - the MBTA Communities Act. ...
Support Key Housing Amendments in the FY26 Senate Budget
Last week, the Senate Ways and Means Committee released its budget proposal for the upcoming state fiscal year. At a time of fiscal challenges and federal government uncertainty, we are grateful that housing programs were largely protected, and in some cases received...
Senate Ways and Means Committee Releases FY2026 Budget Proposal
Today, the Senate Ways and Means Committee released its Fiscal Year 2026 (FY2026) budget proposal. Amid ongoing uncertainty around federal funding, the budget includes funding increases for some housing programs, while others remain level-funded at FY25 levels or...
CHAPA Submits Comments to HUD on Termination of AFFH Rule
CHAPA Submits Comments to HUD on Termination of AFFH Rule On Friday, May 2, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) closed the public comment period on the termination of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. AFFH is intended to...
MA House Passes FY26 Budget, Select Housing Adds Approved, Advocacy Turns to Senate for Additional Support
On Wednesday, the Massachusetts House of Representatives voted to approve a $61.5 billion state budget for fiscal year 2026, capping off two and a half days of debate and the adoption of seven consolidated amendment packages. The final vote was 151 to 6, with the...
FY2026 House Budget – Oppose These Housing Amendments
Massachusetts needs 222,000 new homes by 2035 and we need every tool available to reach that goal. Unfortunately, there are several proposed amendments to the FY2026 House budget that would hold us back if adopted. Please call your state representative and urge them...
Co-Sponsor Amendment #1263: Strengthen the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP)
Amendment #1263, filed by Representative Vanna Howard, would significantly increase funding for the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) in the FY26 state budget. The amendment would raise MRVP funding to $270 million — enough to maintain current rental...
Support Key Housing Amendments in the FY26 House Budget
Next week, the House is scheduled to begin debate on the FY26 state budget. Lawmakers filed more than 1,600 amendments to the House Ways and Means proposal — the highest number in over a decade — reflecting the widespread need for support across the Commonwealth. With...