rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/ma-needs-to-address-the-growing-housing-crisis?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-ma-needs-to-address-the-growing-housing-crisis' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Progressive Mass https://actionnetwork.org/groups/progressive-mass https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Wednesday, February 2, 2022, is the deadline for Joint Committees to take action on bills in the 2021-2022 Legislative Session. Please email the members of the Joint Committee on Housing in support of these important bills: Real Estate Transfer Fee (S.868 / H.1377): An Act empowering cities and towns to support affordable housing with a fee on certain real estate transactions (Comerford - Connolly), which would enables cities and towns to assess a fee of 0.5-2% on residential and commercial real estate transactions, with the funds allocated to affordable housing trust funds. Tenant Protection Act (S.886 / H.1378): An Act enabling local options for tenant protections (Gomez - Connolly/Elugardo), which would enable cities and towns to pass tenant protections such as rent stabilization laws, just cause eviction, limitations on condo conversions, etc. Tenant Opportunity to Purchase (S.890 / H.1426): An Act to guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal (Jehlen - Livingstone/Consalvo), which would provide tenants of small, medium, and large multifamily properties with right of first refusal when the owner plans to put a building on the market. Right to Counsel (S.874 / H.1436): An Act promoting housing stability and homelessness prevention in Massachusetts (DiDomenico - Day / Rogers), which would provide legal representation for low-income tenants and owner-occupants in eviction proceedings. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ma-needs-to-address-the-growing-housing-crisis