Codifying and Strengthening the RAFT Homelessness Prevention Program: Organizational Endorsement Form 2023-2024
Join with the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless in endorsing An Act providing upstream homelessness prevention assistance to families, youth, and adults.

This bill was filed for the 2023-2024 legislative session by Representative Marjorie Decker as House Bill 1312: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H1312 and Senator Brendan Crighton as Senate Bill 856: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S856.

This bill would put the Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) homelessness prevention program into state statute, and ensure that benefits are available to households earlier in a housing or utility crisis. The bill also seeks to streamline access, improve cross-agency collaboration, and allow households to access up to twelve months of assistance, without arbitrary caps. In addition, the bill would require the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (HLC, formerly the Department of Housing and Community Development) to publicly post reports on RAFT to provide increased transparency on how the program is operating and greater understanding of who the program is serving and not serving.

The bill previously was filed for the 2021-2022 legislative session by Representative Marjorie Decker and Representative (now Senator) Liz Miranda as House Bill 1385: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1385

Take action with us to promote housing stability, access to housing supports, and equity! Please contact Kelly at the Coalition for more details: kelly@mahomeless.org.

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