Public Housing Redevelopment Residents' Bill of Rights

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Mass Law Reform

The Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants (Mass Union) has worked with its members and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute has worked with legal services advocates, primarily at Greater Boston Legal Services, to create this Public Housing Redevelopment Residents' Bill of Rights to articulate principles about how public housing should be protected, preserved and expanded in Massachusetts and to urge policy makers and other stakeholders to adopt these principles as new programs, guidelines, and projects emerge. This document includes references to laws and existing programs, as well as specific development documents into which residents, with their partners, have had input. This is a living document and Mass Union and Mass Law Reform shall continue to incorporate feedback from residents and supporters. Documents referred in the Bill of Rights are available below.

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2023 Massachusetts Public Housing Redevelopment Residents' Bill of Rights_2.pdf (295.5 KB) 295.5 KB
Addendum 11 to Public Housing Innovations (PHI) Notice of Funding Availability, DHCD (2020.03.02).pdf (265.36 KB) 265.36 KB
Boston Housing Authority - Request for Proposals for Resident Relocation Services, (2021.10.29).pdf (1.66 MB) 1.66 MB
Bunker Hill Development in Charlestown - Bunker Hill Public Housing Redevelopment Relocation and Reoccupancy Plan (2020.02.27).pdf (13.61 MB) 13.61 MB
Bunker Hill Development in Charlestown - Construction and Ground Lease Agreement (2023.06.30).pdf (5.96 MB) 5.96 MB
Bunker Hill Development in Charlestown - General Information Notice Residential Tenant to be Displaced (2019.09.03).docx (29.23 KB) 29.23 KB
Bunker Hill Development in Charlestown - Request for Proposals Relocation and Rehousing Services BHA Job. No. 1193-06 (2019.08).pdf (1.09 MB) 1.09 MB
Bunker Hill Development in Charlestown, Relocation and Rehousing Rights Letter of Assurance (2021.04.28).pdf (5.44 MB) 5.44 MB
Capen Court in Cambridge - Disposition and Regulatory Agreement (December 1, 2008).pdf (560.05 KB) 560.05 KB
Clarendon Hill in Somerville - Clarendon Hill Relocation Plan And Agreement (2022.04.05).pdf (7.55 MB) 7.55 MB
Creating a Memorandum of Understanding_ A Know Your Rights Guide for Public Housing Tenants in Massachusetts, MLRI (2005.09.12).pdf (366.66 KB) 366.66 KB
Innes Apartments in Chelsea, Letter of Assurance (2019.02.12).PDF (2.28 MB) 2.28 MB
Mass LEAP Final Report, DHCD (2020.05.31).pdf (181.28 KB) 181.28 KB
McPherson Park Tenant Association in Gloucester - Memorandum of Understanding (2019.02.13).pdf (1.12 MB) 1.12 MB
Mildred C. Hailey Apartments in Jamaica Plain - Relocation and Rehousing Letter of Assurance (2021.09.13).pdf (1.21 MB) 1.21 MB
Moving to Work Annual Plan 2019, Cambridge Housing Authority (HUD approved 2018.10.12).pdf (6.83 MB) 6.83 MB
Newtowne Court in Cambridge - Resident Relocation and Unit Assignment Policies and Procedures Agreement (Approved Plan April 8, 2015).pdf (63.93 KB) 63.93 KB
Old Colony in Boston - Amended and Restated Memorandum of Agreement for Resident Participation in Boston Housing Authority-Affiliated Mixed Finance Developments (2022.11.29).PDF (1.53 MB) 1.53 MB
Public Housing Innovations (PHI) Notice of Funding Availability, DHCD (2019.05.17).pdf (394.3 KB) 394.3 KB
Public Housing Notice Regarding Technical Assistance for Vacant Land Development, DHCD (updated 2023.03.30).pdf (237.28 KB) 237.28 KB
Public Housing_ Where Do We Stand_ _ National Low Income Housing Coalition.pdf (4.48 MB) 4.48 MB
Putnam School Apartments in Cambridge - Affordable Housing Use Agreement (2021.11.02).pdf (411.98 KB) 411.98 KB
Rental Assistance Demonstration Use Agreement, HUD (2025.07.31).docx (48.4 KB) 48.4 KB
Resident Participation Policy, Boston Housing Authority (Revised 2023.05.31).docx (252.76 KB) 252.76 KB
Sample By-Laws for State Developments, Mass Union (2018.12.11).pdf (548.83 KB) 548.83 KB
Tax Credit Regulatory Agreement and Declaration of Restrictive Covenants, DHCD and Briston Arms Preservation Associates (2015.07.06).pdf (937.42 KB) 937.42 KB