TAKE THE PLEDGE to help ensure that every person has a place to call home both now and for generations to come. 🏠⚖

Vital Village Networks' Community Data Workgroup Series highlighted the urgent need for a comprehensive housing crisis assessment in Greater Boston. In 2024, residents, housing justice advocates, and community leaders collaboratively designed and distributed a survey that revealed persistent challenges: rising housing costs, a shortage of affordable units, income inequality, ongoing discrimination and displacement. Respondents shared personal experiences, like doubling up with family to avoid homelessness, and voiced concerns that new developments often exclude legacy residents and overlook real community needs. See Reference: Community Housing Survey (2024) - Qualitative & Quantitative Data Analysis Memo - Google Docs

HELP OUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE, NOW & IN THE FUTURE!

Here’s why your support matters, and why taking action now is crucial:

• To STRENGTHEN tenant protections against eviction and excessive rent increases.

• To IMPROVE communication and inclusivity in housing development and redevelopment processes to prevent legacy resident displacements.

• To EXPAND affordable housing options to increase accessibility for low- and middle-income households.

• To CHAMPION statewide housing justice initiatives in Massachusetts.

Your ACTIONS will create lasting housing stability and help to:

• Stabilize neighborhoods

• Prevent homelessness by increasing funding for financial assistance programs

• Protect families from unaffordable rent increases

• Promote community engagement and guarantee fair re-entry after renovations to prevent legacy resident displacements

• Ensure public housing improvements won’t displace existing tenants

• Support transitioning youth and young adults, seniors, low-wage workers, immigrants, people with disabilities, re-entry, etc.

Intentional collaboration among policymakers, advocates, legacy residents, and housing authorities is crucial for achieving stable and equitable housing.

Join the movement for housing justice in Massachusetts, sign the pledge to support and collaborate with communities statewide in 2026 and beyond. Together, we can create a more equitable, just, and sustainable future where everyone has access to safe, stable housing.