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Partnership to form subcommittee to draft response on broker-fee coverage
Summary
Members agreed to form a small subcommittee to draft a response to recent media coverage about a proposed broker-fee ban referenced in Governor Maura Healey’s FY26 budget and to coordinate a Partnership review.
Hannah Schafer said she saw a recent article on masslandlords.net that the Partnership might want to respond to and proposed drafting a public reply about the broker-fee ban included in Governor Maura Healey’s FY26 budget proposal.
Several members volunteered to work as a small subcommittee to draft an advisory response or op-ed. Gordon (an attorney with Community Legal Aid) cautioned that his federal funding restricts publicly lobbying on pending legislation and said he could advise in a personal capacity but could not be a named sponsor while working in his legal-aid role. Gwen and others volunteered to assist and Courtney offered to review drafts for accuracy.
Hannah said she would draft a first version and circulate it to the subcommittee; Partnership members agreed they would not take an official committee position until they had a product for the full Partnership to review and vote on, if desired. Keith reminded members that subcommittees are subject to open-meeting law and staff would coordinate dates.
No formal Partnership endorsement was adopted at the meeting; members agreed to work in a small group and bring a draft back to the full Partnership for review.
