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Coalition seeks bill of rights for people experiencing homelessness
Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities · October 21, 2025
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Summary
The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless urged committee members to support H.274, a bill of rights that would add anti-discrimination protections and affirm civil rights for people experiencing homelessness.
Advocates for people experiencing homelessness asked the committee to advance H.274, which would establish a bill of rights for unhoused individuals, add housing status as a protected class in state anti-discrimination law, and affirm rights such as access to public spaces, privacy of personal…
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