Action Alert! Contact Governor Baker about Affordable Housing, Homelessness Prevention, & Community Development Programs in the FY2018 Budget - July 13, 2017

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July 13, 2017

Advocate for Affordable Housing, Homelessness Prevention, & Community Development Programs in the FY2018 State Budget!

Last week, the Legislature passed its conference budget proposal and sent it to the Governor. Governor Baker has until Monday, July 17th, to take action on the budget to either veto funding or language for the budget programs. We will then work with the Legislature to try and override any vetoes to our priorities. 

Please contact Governor Baker today and urge him to support the funding and policy priorities on affordable housing, homelessness prevention, and community development programs that were included in the Conference Committee budget.

The Governor's office can be reached by phone at (617) 725-4005. An email can be sent to the Governor on his website by clicking here. Please feel free to copy and paste the text below on our priorities into your email to the Governor.

For CHAPA's full letter sent to the Governor on these programs, please click here.

As always, thank you for your advocacy!

I am contacting you to ask that you approve the FY2018 Conference Committee budget investments in the following on affordable housing, homelessness prevention, and community development programs. These resources will also help achieve your Administration’s priority of preventing and reducing homelessness.
 
• Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) (7004-9024):  $92,734,677
 
• Alternative Housing Voucher Program (AHVP) (7004-9030):  $5,000,000
 
• Public Housing Operating Subsidy (7004-9005):  $64,500,000
 
• Public Housing Reform (7004-9007): $950,000
 
• Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (7004-9316):  $15,000,000
 
• HomeBASE (7004-0108):  $30,147,305
 
• Foreclosure Prevention & Housing Counseling (7006-0011): $2,350,000

• Housing Consumer Education Centers (HCECs) (7004-3036): $2,221,992

• Housing Court Expansion (0336-0003):   $1,000 000

• Tenancy Preservation Program (TPP) (7004-3045):  $625,000

• Home and Healthy for Good (7004-0104):  $2,040,000

• Mass. Accessible Housing Registry (4120-4001):  $80,000

• Unaccompanied Homeless Youth (4000-0007):  $675,000

• New Lease for Homeless Families (7004-0106):  $125,000

• Community Preservation Trust Fund Surplus Transfer: $10,000,000