Category: In the News

Rep. Stanley cosponsored legislation to reduce CPA recording fees for affordable housing. This legislation would amend the CPA legislation to lessen the financial burden for affordable homebuyers. The bill would provide important relief for the very people that rely on affordable housing programs like CPA. Statewide housing advocates including CHAPA and MAHA, along with the Community Preservation Coalition, all support […]

Rep. Stanley recently met with constituents from Lincoln and Waltham as part of Mass Power Forward’s Legislative Advocacy Day to discuss their legislative priorities during the current legislative session.  The group’s priorities include environmental justice, access to justice, reforming the EFSB, air quality improvement, building justice with jobs, and 100 percent renewable energy. Mass Power Forward is a coalition of […]

The MA legislature is doubling its effort to obtain aid from the federal government which could prioritize funding for extended hours and weekend service at the 211 Call Center. Additionally, Rep. Stanley recently voted to ensure that the Legislature is actively engaged in a transparent process to allocate federal aid and ensure that the public has the ability to track it. The […]

The Baker Administration and the Department of Public Health developed a vaccine distribution timeline after extensive consultation with the Massachusetts Vaccine Advisory Group. The timeline reflects several priorities: protecting our most vulnerable, maintaining health care system capacity, and addressing inequities in health care access and COVID-19 burden. Please note that this page is updated frequently so please check back for updates! To view […]

Last week, Rep. Stanley submitted three resolutions on housing to the Waltham City Council. The resolutions request that the Waltham City Council create such a zoning district which will stream line the creation of affordable housing and avoid losing access to infrastructure and housing state grants; create a new ordinance called Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing and require developers of large […]

The COVID Eviction Legal Help Project (CELHP) gives free legal help to low-income tenants and to low-income owner-occupants of 2 or 3-family homes. CELHP was formed to expand the capacity of legal aid organizations in Massachusetts, as well as the pro bono bar, to provide urgently needed legal assistance in COVID-related eviction cases. CELHP will provide referrals, legal information, assistance […]

Waltham, MA – Rep. Tom Stanley, as chairman of the Waltham City Council’s Ad-Hoc Committee on Affordable Housing, submitted a 38-page comprehensive report to the Council on housing challenges in the City of Waltham. “Housing is an important part of what makes Waltham a strong community and is an essential part of Waltham’s future wellbeing. Supplying homes that are affordable […]