The Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants (MAHT) is the only resident-run, membership coalition providing organizing and technical assistance to HUD tenants in Eastern and Central Massachusetts. Our mission is to preserve and improve at-risk HUD buildings as permanently affordable housing with a maximum of resident participation, ownership, and control.
A FULL HOUSE AT THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON HOUSING HEARING TO SAVE OUR HOMES!
The Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants, with support from the Fenway CDC and other housing advocates, packed the hearing room for the Joint Committee on Housing Hearing of the Home Rule Petitions to Save our Homes. (H3635 and S1983).
Tenants came from New Bedford to support this preservation legislation and lobby their State Reps.
After testimony by tenants, housing authorities and local politicians in favor of this legislation, tenant groups lobbied their elected officials to support these NO COST bills.
MAHT would like to extend a special thank you to Ayanna Pressley, At Large City Councilor, and Senator Brownsberger for their testimony and support.
CALL YOUR legislators to support the Boston (H3635) and Lawrence (S1983) Home Rule Petitions to Save Our Homes!
Since the passage of Chapter 40T in 2009, Massachusetts has lost over 770 units of affordable housing—including Burbank Apartments in the Fenway. More legislation is needed to save buildings that are at immediate risk— like Warren Hall in Brighton, Rutland Housing in the South End, and Brandywyne in East Boston!
The Joint Committee heard testimony on the Home Rule Petitions from Boston and Lawrence on January 24. But we still need people to lobby key legislators to support both the Home Rule Petitions and Statewide Enabling Act.
Passage of any of these bills will help tenants Save Our Homes. And they will allow cities to restore affordable rents at Stonybrook Commons in Roslindale, Sycamore Village in Lawrence, Rockdale West in New Bedford and more than 7,100 apartments statewide!
To Read More About this Legislation Click Here for a FACT SHEET
Here List of Representative on the Joint Committee for Housing and Sponsers of these Bills.
PROTEST Boston's 1%-Bill Kargman. We subsidized his profits, now he is pricing Tenants OUT! 99% of the affortable housing lost in Boston was owned by Bill Kargman.
MAHT MEMBERS AND FENWAY TENANTS ARE FIGHTING BACK-WITH A LAWSUIT AND IN THE STREETS!
Images from Holiday Protest in Front of Bill Kargman's office at 151 Tremont Street.
“Merkley-Brown” amendment to permanently save Warren Hall and 50,000 similarly at-risk apartments nationwide.A Warren Hall tenant leader, Dave Horan, had never met a government official, let alone travelled to Washington DC. But Dave secured a commitment from HUD officials to provide subsidy protections for 28 of his elderly neighbors in Brighton when HUD contracts expired December 1.
BNN News Interview with Warren Hall Tenants:
As Washington continues to be divided about cutting the budget without building revenue tenants are organizing around four major points:
No cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other vital programs
Tax the wealthy
Create Jobs
Cut unneeded military spending
BNN News Interviews NAHT Board Memeber, Susan Mills and MAHT Executive Director, Michael Kane:
No More Cuts! Tax the 1% Rally On November 15th over 4000 letters, collected on election day, were delievered to Senator John Kerry and Scott Brown (see a copy of the letter) calling for NO CUTS to vital social programs, TAXING the wealthy, CREATING jobs, and cutting unneeded MILITARY spending. Press release.
Watch a video of this rally:
Save Our Homes Campaign wins support from Massachusetts Congressional delegation, moves US Senator Scott Brown... Read more here
MAHT in the News:
Shelter Forcenational magazine, Winter 2010 This article highlights the expiring mortgage crisis and successful organizing by the Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants in response.View the article here
Shelterforce is the nation’s oldest continually published housing and community development magazine. It is published by the National Housing Institute, an independent nonprofit organization that examines the issues causing the crisis in housing and community in America.
Global Tenant - The International Union of Tenants' Quarterly Magazine, Septermber 2009: View the publication here
Images from Holiday Protest in Front of Bill Kargman's office at 151 Tremont Street.
No More Cuts! Tax the 1% Rally 