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17 Oct, 12 tweets, 7 min read
Goodbye, nation’s strongest Eviction and Foreclosure Moratorium Law...

We fought to like hell win you, we fought like hell to defend you, and we fought like hell extend you.

We will keep fighting for our most vulnerable residents and for a future of Guaranteed Housing For All.
Right now, the most important thing for renters at risk of eviction to understand is that a "Notice To Quit" is NOT an eviction. wgbh.org/news/local-new…
And remember: a landlord cannot evict you, only a Judge can. If you receive a Notice To Quit, any kind of summons or complaint, or even a demanding phone call — please reach out to local, regional, and grassroots resources for help — and don't hesitate to contact me or my office.
Right now, the City of @CambMA has a local moratorium that blocks constables or sheriffs from forcibly removing a tenant for any reason. This recent #CambMA City Solicitor memo offers lots of details on the city moratorium as well as the @CDCgov moratorium order.
Likewise, @SomervilleCity also has a local moratorium. A lot more information is available for Somerville residents via the Office of Housing Stability, see: somervillema.gov/departments/of…
Folks in the Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston area can reach out to @MetroHousingBos to apply for rental assistance programs. metrohousingboston.org
Tenants in need of support should connect with @CityLife_Clvu via clvu.org
And activists who want to do something about all this should get involved with @BDSA_Housing's tenant organizing efforts via docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
As we've enjoyed the eviction protections that expire today, folks in other parts of the country are already shutting down courthouses...
...and they are interrupting eviction proceedings that are happening on Zoom.
For my part, I shutdown an informal session of the Massachusetts House of Representatives on Thursday once it became clear we would be taking no action to stop this preventable tragedy. wgbh.org/news/politics/…
Now, we must continue organizing and fighting to pass the #COVID19 Guaranteed Housing Stability Act, which is currently in the Senate Ways and Means Committee and also in the Committee on Rules of the Two Branches.

Keep up with my work on this front via RentFreeze.org.

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16 Oct
Congresswoman @AyannaPressley, the Editorial Board of the @BostonGlobe, @MAPCMetroBoston, and 200,000 Massachusetts households at risk of eviction in the middle of a pandemic all agree: @MassGovernor should extend the eviction and foreclosure moratorium. baystatebanner.com/2020/10/15/act…
The official announcement of Gov. Baker’s so-called “Eviction Diversion Initiative” says there will be direct financial support for "up to 18,000 households." Meanwhile, a recent analysis by @MAPCMetroBoston says an estimated "60,000 renter households fear imminent eviction." ImageImage
This week the @BostonGlobe reported the Chief Justice of the Trial Court thinks there could be as many as 200,000 evictions. Last week @MassBudget cited a National Low Income Housing Coalition estimate that says up to 300,000 households in Massachusetts are at risk of eviction.
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15 Oct
Currently attending an informal session of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. I’ve just introduced an emergency petition in an attempt to extend the eviction and foreclosure moratorium, and I motioned for suspension of Rule 24(3) in an attempt to bring it to the floor...
We are currently in recess, subject to the call of the Chair. The session is available via webcast, here: malegislature.gov/Events/Session…
My motion to suspend Rule 24(3) was successful — and the emergency petition was sent to the Senate for concurrence. However, the Senate has already adjourned for the weekend, so I just doubted the presence of a quorum and shut down the House to protest 11 weeks of inaction.
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14 Oct
Governor Baker is hiring 15 retired judges to speed up the “eviction machine” once the eviction and foreclosure moratorium expires on Saturday.

@SpeakerDeLeo, please call the House back into remote formal session and pass a moratorium extension this week. bostonherald.com/2020/10/13/cha…
For months as we’ve advocated to legislative leaders and the Baker Administration, we’ve often been told words to the effect of “don’t worry, there’s a huge eviction backlog, it’ll take time to get through it all...”
Now, “a Trial Court spokeswoman said the judges are being recalled ‘primarily to address the critical backlog of eviction cases throughout the commonwealth … until the Trial Court is up to date on eviction cases.’”
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13 Oct
Health experts are worried about a second #COVID surge in Massachusetts, but @MassGovernor is actually spending some of our CARES Act money to hire retired judges to help with the eviction caseload after the state's eviction and foreclosure moratorium expires on Saturday... Image
Other concerns with the Gov's plan:

1. It relies on the CDC order, which Trump's DOJ is already undermining.
2. New legal support + education programs won't be ready for at least several weeks, but the eviction and foreclosure moratorium expires Saturday. washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
3. The rent relief goes to landlords — who can chose not to accept it and evict anyways. There is no "right to cure."
4. It was drafted behind closed doors, marginalizing organizers and communities most impacted with no opportunity for public comment. wgbh.org/news/local-new…
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