An Act promoting housing stability and homelessness prevention in Massachusetts
By Messrs. Rogers of Cambridge and Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1436) of David M. Rogers, Michael S. Day and others for legislation to establish a statewide right to counsel program for evictions to promote housing stability and prevent homelessness. Housing.
Bill Information
Bill Information
- Presenters:
- David M. Rogers , Michael S. Day
- Status:
- Referred to Joint Committee on Housing
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to establish forthwith a statewide right to counsel program for evictions to promote housing stability and prevent homelessness and, in response to a housing emergency that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety and health.
Cosponsors
| Name | District/Address |
|---|---|
| David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex |
| Michael S. Day | 31st Middlesex |
| David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex |
| Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex |
| Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire |
| Paul J. Donato | 35th Middlesex |
| Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex |
| Tram T. Nguyen | 18th Essex |
| Rob Consalvo | 14th Suffolk |
| Adrian C. Madaro | 1st Suffolk |
| Dylan A. Fernandes | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket |
| Steven C. Owens | 29th Middlesex |
| James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester |
| William C. Galvin | 6th Norfolk |
| Tommy Vitolo | 15th Norfolk |
| Kate Lipper-Garabedian | 32nd Middlesex |
| Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire |
| James K. Hawkins | 2nd Bristol |
| Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk |
| Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester |
| Carlos González | 10th Hampden |
| Mindy Domb | 3rd Hampshire |
| Peter Capano | 11th Essex |
| Erika Uyterhoeven | 27th Middlesex |
| Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex |
| Richard M. Haggerty | 30th Middlesex |
| Michelle L. Ciccolo | 15th Middlesex |
| Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex |
| Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex |
| Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex |
| Jay D. Livingstone | 8th Suffolk |
| Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex |
| Danillo A. Sena | 37th Middlesex |
| Liz Miranda | 5th Suffolk |
| Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester |
| James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester |
| Walter F. Timilty | Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth |
| Michael P. Kushmerek | 3rd Worcester |
| Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden |
| Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk |
| Christina A. Minicucci | 14th Essex |
| Daniel R. Carey | 2nd Hampshire |
| Daniel J. Ryan | 2nd Suffolk |
| Jacob R. Oliveira | 7th Hampden |
| Patricia A. Duffy | 5th Hampden |
| Jessica Ann Giannino | 16th Suffolk |
| Brandy Fluker Oakley | 12th Suffolk |
| Patrick M. O'Connor | Plymouth and Norfolk |
| Orlando Ramos | 9th Hampden |
| Natalie M. Blais | 1st Franklin |
| Mathew J. Muratore | 1st Plymouth |
| Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex |
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