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<font size="3"><b style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">April 15, 2009</b></font><br />
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span>On <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Tuesday, May 5, 2009</span> the Joint Committee on Housing will hold a hearing on the Expiring Use Bills before them - including the <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Home Rule Petitions and the Statewide Enabling Act to Preserve Affordable Housing</span> - endorsed by MAHT and its membership - which will limit rent increases and preserve 1000's of apartments at <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">NO COST TO THE STATE</span> and thereby protect low income tenants from predatory rip-off artists like First Realty and Beacon Properties.</span><br /></div><span>
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<div align="justify">(Other legislation before the committee includes the Tucker/Honan Bill, which was crafted by an owner-dominated task force and would only affect buildings offered for sale, not where owners are NOT selling such as Georgetowne, Tammybrook or Jonathan Realty. In fact, there is currently NO BUILDING in the state where the Tucker/Honan bill would apply. Even if a building <strong>WERE</strong> offered for sale, the state and cities <strong>DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS</strong> to pay out $160,000 per apartment to purchase these buildings - this would mean pay out of $150+ million for Georgetowne alone, if it WERE for sale. <strong>Only the Enabling Act or Home Rule Petitions will enable cities to save these buildings AT NO COST by limiting these owner windfall profits.)</strong></div>
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<div>For detailed information about the Statewide Enabling Act to Preserve Afflordable Housing and the Home Rule Petitions filed by Massachusetts cities and towns, go to MAHT's web site:</div>
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<div>NO LATER THAN 10:00 AM - TO ENSURE A SEAT.</div></span><br />We anticipate the Hearing will last a couple of hours - perhaps as long as 12:30 PM.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">SHOW YOUR SUPPORT</span> and/or <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">TESTIFY</span> as a tenant who has lost or is about to lose your home.<br /><br />Even if your home is not at risk, <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">COME TO THE STATE HOUSE ON MAY 5 TO SHOW YOUR SOLIDARITY WITH TENANTS WHO STAND TO LOSE THEIR HOMES</span> without the protections of the Statewide Enabling Act and/or the Home Rule Petitions.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">WHAT IF WE ARRIVE EARLY?</span><br />Breakfast will be provided for early arrivals in <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Room 437 (next to the 4th Floor Cafeteria at the State House) starting at 9:00 AM</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE HEARING?</span><br />MAHT Tenants will lobby their legislators. Following this, we will have lunch together at the Swedenborgian Church at 140 Bowdoin Street, across from the State House.<br /><span><br /></span>
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