Take Action for Rent Control! Email our State Legislature by Friday, Feb. 2nd

We need you to take action for housing justice! Email our State Legislature by Friday, February 2nd at 5:00 PM and tell them that our city needs rent control now.

In order for our city to have local rent control, we need approval from the State Legislature. CAAS learned Monday night that the Legislative Joint Committee on Housing is now reviewing our Somerville Rent Stabilization Home Rule Petition (HRP) – officially filed by Somerville State Senator Pat Jehlen as bill S.2545, “An Act authorizing the City of Somerville to Regulate Rent in Residential Dwelling Units.” 

The Committee is only accepting written testimony over email until Friday, February 2nd at 5:00 pm. We need to flood the inboxes of State Legislative leadership to tell them: Somerville needs rent control NOW! 

Our goal is to have at least 100 Somerville residents and non-Somerville allies email the Legislature with your support before Friday, Feb 2! Get the toolkit to send them your testimony at http://bit.ly/rentcontroltoolkit-2024, or click below to use our email template.