Call your State Rep and Senator to stop 20,000 evictions!
A wave of 20,000 evictions in MA is predicted for late August. But we can stop it!
Please call your State Rep & State Senator TODAY. Urge them to support the Housing Stability bill.
- Look up the name and number for your State Rep and Senator. Call them both! (Or click here if you're in Lynn, Nahant, Salem, Swampscott, Peabody, or Saugus).
- Sample message (use your own words): “Hi, this is [your name]. I live at [street, city].
I have a message for [name of Rep/Senator]. I want them to please support the Housing Stability bill. The bill number is HD.5166. This is really important. If it doesn’t pass there could be 20,000 evictions in late October. The extension of the moratorium gives us a little more time but it does NOT solve the problem. Please help to protect us with this law. Thanks!”
- Then get your friends and family to call too!
For list of current co-sponsors check this page on the State Legislature site. You should still call those people and tell them thank you and KEEP FIGHTING!
What does the Housing Stability do?
The Housing Stability bill includes provisions to protect renters from eviction for non-payment related to COVID-19; to halt arbitrary "no fault" evictions and rent increases for 12 months; to prevent foreclosures and provide deferment options for homeowners; and to stabilize landlords with particular emphasis on owner-occupant and small-scale property owners.
For details on the proposed law, the predictions of 20,000 evictions, and to endorse as an organization, check out this sign on letter.
To sign a petition as an individual and connect with the movement: sign at www.HousingGuarantee.org
(But please make the two phone calls, those are most important right now!)
Who represents Lynn & neighboring towns in the state government?
LYNN & NAHANT
State Senator Brendan Crighton (all of Lynn & Nahant):
(617) 722-1350 , brendan.crighton@masenate.gov
State Representative Dan Cahill (some parts of Lynn):
[* thank Rep Cahill for co-sponsoring the bill]
(617) 722-2460 , Daniel.Cahill@mahouse.gov
State Representative Pete Capano (some parts of Lynn + all of Nahant):
[* thank Rep Capano for co-sponsoring the bill]
(617) 722-2460 , peter.capano@mahouse.gov
State Representative Lori Ehrlich (some parts of Lynn, near Goldfish Pond):
(617) 722-2877 , Lori.Ehrlich@mahouse.gov
State Representative Donald Wong (some parts of Lynn, near Saugus line):
(617) 722-2488 , Donald.Wong@mahouse.gov
SALEM
State Senator Joan Lovely, (617) 722-1410, Joan.Lovely@masenate.gov
State Representative Paul F. Tucker, (617) 722-2070, Paul.Tucker@mahouse.gov
PEABODY
State Senator Joan Lovely, (617) 722-1410, Joan.Lovely@masenate.gov
State Representative Thomas Walsh, (617) 722-2676, Thomas.Walsh@mahouse.gov
SWAMPSCOTT
State Senator Brendan Crighton, (617) 722-1350 , brendan.crighton@masenate.gov
State Representative Lori Ehrlich, (617) 722-2877 , Lori.Ehrlich@mahouse.gov
SAUGUS
State Senator Brendan Crighton, (617) 722-1350 , brendan.crighton@masenate.gov
State Representative Donald Wong, (617) 722-2488 , Donald.Wong@mahouse.gov
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