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Advocates urge more supportive housing and easier access to prevention funds as evictions rise
Summary
Supportive‑housing advocates, shelter providers and legal services told the Joint Committee on Housing the state should increase funding for supportive housing, expand RAFT and MRVP access, and make eviction‑prevention assistance more accessible to avert homelessness.
Supportive‑housing providers, homelessness‑service advocates and legal aid described increases in visible homelessness and urged the Joint Committee on Housing to expand operating and service dollars alongside capital investments.
Joyce Tavon, chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (testimony used the organization name Mahasa), said chronic homelessness and the number of adults living on the streets have grown and that the state should “add and preserve supportive housing” and double the current inventory of supportive units from an…
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