Bill of Rights for People Experiencing Homelessness: Organizational Endorsement Form 2023-2024
Join with the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless in endorsing An Act Providing a Bill of Rights for People Experiencing Homelessness. The bill was re-filed for the 2023-2024 legislative session by Representative Smitty Pignatelli and Representative Frank Moran as House Docket 107: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/HD107 and Senator Becca Rausch as Senate Docket 1332: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/SD1332

This bill would recognize and affirm various rights of people experiencing homelessness, such as the right to move freely in public spaces, the right to confidentiality of records, the right to privacy of property, and the right to register to vote and to vote, etc., and would provide additional civil rights protections for people experiencing homelessness.

The bill also would affirm the right to rest, eat, pray, and be in public spaces by amending the Commonwealth's public spaces laws (Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 45), amend the Commonwealth's voting laws to affirm the right to vote and register to vote without a permanent address (Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 50, Section 1), amend the Commonwealth's anti-discrimination laws to include housing status (Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 151B), and repeal archaic sections of Massachusetts General Laws regarding so-called "tramps","vagrants", and "vagabonds" (Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 272, Sections 63-69). The bill would give the Superior Court jurisdiction to enforce the rights included in the legislation.

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

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