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Letter to Congressman Barney Frank addresses future Capital Funding of Public Housing and more
It is clear that you and other Members of the Financial Services Committee share many of our concerns about PETRA. We thank you highlighting at last week’s hearing one of our biggest worries which is the risk of public housing becoming privately controlled and the diminution of tenants rights. We also appreciate that you and Congressman Waters recognize that the conversion of public housing being proposed is monumental and that much more thought needs to be given to developing a solid preservation strategy to keep public housing in the public domain.
MUPHT Speaks to "TRA" in Letter to HUD Secretary Donovan
Dear Secretary Donovan:
The Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants wants to thank you for the opportunity for
our resident leaders to provide you and your senior staff with input on HUD's new proposal,
Transforming Rental Assistance (TRA). On April 1 3a~nd 14~H,U D held an historic convening
of public housing, multifamily housing, and voucher residents. The Mass. Union leaders who
attended this convening have reported back to our board and membership and we wish to convey
the following. more ...
PETRA: Does Public Housing Have a Future?
By Peter Dreier - June 8, 2010, 5:14PM
Everybody hates public housing, except the low-income people who live there and the people on the long waiting lists to get in.
Now, after years of neglect, the Obama Administration wants to save public housing for future generations. It has a plan to inject billions of dollars into the developments to make long-deferred repairs. more ...
Former Senator Edward Brooke recieves Congressional Medal of Honor
A legendary Massachusetts senator -- backed by another legendary Bay State senator -- today received the highest honor Congress can bestow. Edward W. Brooke was given the Congressional Gold Medal.
The father of the Federal Housing Rent program called "The Brooke Amendment", Sen. Edward Brooke stated: "America's greatness lies in its wondrous diversity. Our magnificent pluralism has made our country great. Our ever-widening diversity will keep us great." more ...