1 week until we rally! Help us fight for affordable housing that Cape Cod and the Islands need. Be sure to sign up if you haven't already. ccmvhb.org

Thursday is the day! Last chance to sign up and join us on at the Statehouse! We will be rallying from 10 AM to 1:30 PM.

Tomorrow is the day we've been waiting for! Come join us at the state house as we rally for affordable housing. Be sure to come prepared for possible inclement weather.

Today is the day! Head over to the statehouse, our advocates are arriving at 10AM! The rally will begin shortly after.

We have arrived! The Boston Globe WBUR State House News WCVB-TV Boston

Scenes from the chamber!

We have made our way to the statehouse steps! Come support!

Thank you for your support! Julian Cyr

Thank you as well for your support Dylan Fernandes !!!

Thank you Julian Cyr for all you and Dylan Fernandes have done to help us advance this measure. We are grateful for your support!!!

GBIO is in full support of the local option for the Real Estate Transfer Fee. GBIO leader Linda Hill and GBIO ED/Lead Organizer Kathleen Patrón offered strong support at the Local Option for Housing Affordability Coalition lobby day. We look forward to getting it done this legislative session! #mapoli

(1/) Proud to file this w/ Mike Connolly to invest in affordable housing dev. + access Bill allows cities/towns a LOCAL option to levy a fee on transfer of luxury real estate, w/ the 💵 generated put into affordable housing trust funds H/t to Local Option for Housing Affordability Coalition for its advocacy

When Somerville first passed our Transfer Fee home rule petition to fund affordable housing back in 2018, there were just 2 or 3 communities doing so. Testifying today on Beacon Hill, we’re one of nearly 20 municipalities (Local Option for Housing Affordability Coalition). The time is now! realestatetransferfee.org

The Transfer Fee is a critical tool in solving our housing crisis. We thank Governor Maura Healey Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll for recognizing this and we look forward to working with them to make the transfer fee a reality. Full statement here:

A small but mighty cohort of the statewide coalition in support of a local option transfer fee here to testify and show support at the Affordable homes Act hearing in front of the Joint Committee on Housing

✍️Proud to write in strong support several urgent housing priorities that were included in Governor Maura Healey's "Affordable Homes Act" bond bill: transfer fee for affordable housing (Local Option for Housing Affordability Coalition), Social Housing Pilot Program, ADUs legalized statewide & more.

The need for the real estate transfer fee is undeniable if we are going to tackle the housing crisis. Happy to see Speaker Mariano is open to this crucial tool and we look forward to working with him and the rest of the legislature to make this tool a reality #mapoli

Many thanks to the Local Option for Housing Affordability Coalition for their work on this effort and for coordinating a regional and statewide response to the housing crisis!

Our statement after the legislature’s failure to include the Local Option Real Estate Transfer fee in the Affordable Homes Act. We are profoundly disappointed that this common sense tool was not included to allow cities and towns that wanted it to tackle the housing crisis.

Its impossible for us to bond our way out of this crisis. The failure of the legislature to include the transfer fee, a continuous source of REAL dollars for affordable housing, shows the legislature has no desire to meet this crisis head on. Disappointed is an understatement.