Author: Mass Union
April 16: Public Housing Day 2026

April 16, 2026, 9:30am – 3:00pm
At the Massachusetts State House
Breakfast, Lunch, T-Shirts, and Spanish Interpretation Provided
Please join us for our third annual Public Housing Day at the State House – a day of legislator meetings, civic engagement, and celebration! Make your voice heard to support fair funding for public housing, additional Resident Services Coordinators for our communities, Access to Counsel for tenants facing eviction, and protection for tenants undergoing redevelopment. Click here to read more about our State Budget requests (PDF). Registration is FREE for public housing tenants! If you are not a tenant and would like to attend, please email info@massunion.org.
Unsure about speaking with your legislators? Have questions about Public Housing Day? Join us on April 14 for our free online Storytelling and Public Speaking Webinar! Click here to learn more and sign up.
Featured Speakers

and Danielle Bastarache, Undersecretary for Public Housing
and Rental Assistance
Registration is closed
How do I get to the State House?

Thank You to our Sponsors!
Platinum Sponsor


Gold Sponsor

Silver Sponsors
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Bronze Sponsors

Acton Housing Authority




Haverhill Housing Authority


Topsfield Housing Authority

Mass Union 2026 Sponsorship Tiers (For non-LHAs)
For a limited time, sponsors can support Public Housing Day and our Fall Convention at a discounted rate and receive all associated benefits. Read more here: Full Sponsor Packet (PDF).

DUAL PRESENTING SPONSOR – $15,000.00
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- Keynote speaking invitation at both events
- Mass Union representative presents a Lunch & Learn at your location
- Deliver your message in a dedicated email to 700+ residents statewide
- Convention vendor table
- Four tickets to both events, including lunches
- Full-page Convention Program Book ad (back cover or inside front cover)
- Prominent logo on Mass Union T-shirts at Public Housing Day
- Prominent logo on event signage and swag, and on the Mass Union website, event emails and social media for both events
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DUAL PLATINUM SPONSOR – $7,500.00
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- Luncheon speaking invitation at both events
- Convention vendor table
- Three tickets to both events, including lunches
- Full-page Convention Program Book ad
- Prominent logo on Mass Union T-shirts at Public Housing Day
- Prominent logo on event signage and swag, and on the Mass Union website, event emails and social media for both events
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DUAL GOLD SPONSOR – $3,750.00
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- Convention vendor table
- Two tickets to both events, including lunches
- Full-page Convention Program Book ad
- Prominent logo on buses that transport tenants to the events
- Logo on Mass Union T-shirts at Public Housing Day
- Logo on event signage and swag, and on the Mass Union website, event emails and social media for both events
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DUAL SILVER SPONSOR – $1,500.00
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- Convention vendor table
- Two tickets to both events, including lunches
- Half-page Convention Program Book ad
- Logo on Mass Union T-shirts at Public Housing Day
- Logo on event signage and swag, and on the Mass Union website, event emails and social media for both events
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Mass Union 2026 Sponsorship Tiers – Local Housing Authorities
For a limited time, sponsors can support Public Housing Day and our Fall Convention at a discounted rate and receive all associated benefits. Read more here: Full Sponsor Packet for LHAs (PDF).
Click here to make your Dual Sponsorship Donation
Click here to make your Public Housing Day Sponsorship Donation

DUAL PRESENTING SPONSOR – $15,000.00
-
-
- Keynote speaking invitation at both events
- Mass Union representative presents a Lunch & Learn at your location
- Deliver your message in a dedicated email to 700+ residents statewide
- Full-page Convention Program Book ad (back cover or inside front cover)
- Prominent logo on Mass Union T-shirts at Public Housing Day
- Prominent logo on event signage and swag, and on the Mass Union website, event emails and social media for both events
- For Local Housing Authorities: Twenty-five tenant attendees at the Convention, including two nights of shared hotel rooms
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DUAL PLATINUM SPONSOR – $7,500.00
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- Luncheon speaking invitation at both events
- Convention vendor table
- Three tickets to both events, including lunches
- Full-page Convention Program Book ad
- Prominent logo on Mass Union T-shirts at Public Housing Day
- Prominent logo on event signage and swag, and on the Mass Union website, event emails and social media for both events
- For Local Housing Authorities: Thirteen tenant attendees at the Convention, including two nights of shared hotel rooms
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DUAL GOLD SPONSOR – $3,750.00
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- Full-page Convention Program Book ad
- Prominent logo on buses that transport tenants to the events
- Logo on Mass Union T-shirts at Public Housing Day
- Logo on event signage and swag, and on the Mass Union website, event emails and social media for both events
- For Local Housing Authorities: Seven tenant attendees at the Convention, including two nights of shared hotel rooms
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DUAL SILVER SPONSOR – $1,500.00
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- Half-page Convention Program Book ad
- Logo on Mass Union T-shirts at Public Housing Day
- Logo on event signage and swag, and on the Mass Union website, event emails and social media for both events
- For Local Housing Authorities: Three attendees at the Convention, including two nights of shared hotel rooms
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SPECIAL DUAL LHA BRONZE SPONSORSHIP LEVEL – $750
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- Convention Program Book listing
- Logo on Mass Union T-shirts at Public Housing Day
- Logo on event signage and swag, and on the Mass Union website, event emails and social media for both events
- For Local Housing Authorities: One attendee at the Convention, including two nights of shared hotel rooms
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SPECIAL LHA BRONZE SPONSORSHIP LEVEL – PUBLIC HOUSING DAY ONLY – $500
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- Logo on Mass Union T-shirts at Public Housing Day
- Logo on event signage and swag, and on the Mass Union website, event emails and social media for Public Housing Day
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Click here to make your Dual Sponsorship Donation
Click here to make your Public Housing Day Sponsorship Donation
An Appeal from Public Housing Tenant Leaders
Massachusetts and our nation are facing an extreme housing crisis. Low-income people, like us, the leaders of the Mass Union of Public Housing Tenants, are the most impacted by this crisis. Mass Union’s leaders are fortunate to live in public housing, which provides truly affordable rents to those who need it most. However, public housing is in disrepair and needs to be fixed – and expanded. Thousands of people are on the waiting list for public housing. Each one of them deserves a roof over their head and a dignified life for themselves and their children.
Less than 10% of tenants in public housing are represented by a local union and conditions in public housing suffer as a result. Tenants in public housing want to organize, and we can help. The demand for Mass Union’s support is bottomless! To keep up, this fall Mass Union hired two new full-time bilingual staff and expanded our team of part-time organizers in the field. We are building a team with the commitment and skill to truly build the power and voice of multiracial, low-income residents of public housing.
Public housing provides an oasis of affordability for low-income people and must be preserved and even expanded. Mass Union is led by and for tenants – we are the best people to lead this fight. Below please see some of our 2025 accomplishments. We hope you will consider a donation to us as part of your year-end giving. Thank you!
Mass Union 2025 Highlights


Our Communities
Mass Union worked with over 75 Local Tenant Organizations in 2025 from all across the Commonwealth. We helped groups run their Board Elections, strengthen their internal operations, and win changes that improve quality of life. For example, we helped residents in Gloucester fight a rat infestation in their building, tenants in Topsfield win funding for building infrastructure, and tenants in Western Mass fight corruption at their Housing Authority. We help tenants have a voice in redevelopment projects and hiring decisions; we help them fight for correct rent calculations in order to prevent evictions, and we help them push for better overall management. Tenants deserve to be treated well, and we are here to help make that happen. As tenant leader Sue Cruz from Fall River reminds us, “Low-income does not mean low life.”

Systemic Change
Public Housing needs to be fixed. Through our union, tenants are building “Spaghetti Power” to work with policymakers to do just that. As our tenant leaders like to say, “One strand of spaghetti can be broken with one finger. But bring a whole bunch together, and it’s impossible to break!” Together, we are fighting for more funding for public housing at the state and federal levels, including a plan to address the huge backlog of capital needs that tenants live with every day. In 2025 we held our second annual Public Housing Day at the Massachusetts statehouse, raising our voices for change. Mass Union also sits on the Massachusetts Commission to preserve and expand Extremely Low-Income Housing and we were honored to be featured at the launch of the Congressional Public Housing Caucus in Brockton in June, which included Congress Members Ayanna Pressley and Stephen Lynch.

Leadership Development
Leadership development is the heart of Mass Union’s work. We pride ourselves on offering transformative trainings and networking opportunities that help tenants grow as people, as leaders, and as advocates. In 2025 we offered our best-ever Convention, with a record 2.5 days of programming and 125 tenant attendees. We offer frequent online “Roundtables” for tenants to connect, including the “Mesa Redonda,” a networking opportunity for Spanish speakers. In 2025 we also offered six webinars and two multi-part online training series, as well as a day of in-person training focused on banking, budgeting and fundraising practices for Local Tenant Organizations. Through our partnerships with Legal Aid and the Access to Counsel program, we also held “Know Your Rights” trainings in communities across the state.
Mass Union 2025 Highlights


Our Communities
Mass Union worked with over 75 Local Tenant Organizations in 2025 from all across the Commonwealth. We helped groups run their Board Elections, strengthen their internal operations, and win changes that improve quality of life. For example, we helped residents in Gloucester fight a rat infestation in their building, tenants in Topsfield win funding for building infrastructure, and tenants in Western Mass fight corruption at their Housing Authority. We help tenants have a voice in redevelopment projects and hiring decisions; we help them fight for correct rent calculations in order to prevent evictions, and we help them push for better overall management. Tenants deserve to be treated well, and we are here to help make that happen. As tenant leader Sue Cruz from Fall River reminds us, “Low-income does not mean low life.”

Systemic Change
Public Housing needs to be fixed. Through our union, tenants are building “Spaghetti Power” to work with policymakers to do just that. As our tenant leaders like to say, “One strand of spaghetti can be broken with one finger. But bring a whole bunch together, and it’s impossible to break!” Together, we are fighting for more funding for public housing at the state and federal levels, including a plan to address the huge backlog of capital needs that tenants live with every day. In 2025 we held our second annual Public Housing Day at the Massachusetts statehouse, raising our voices for change. Mass Union also sits on the Massachusetts Commission to preserve and expand Extremely Low-Income Housing and we were honored to be featured at the launch of the Congressional Public Housing Caucus in Brockton in June, which included Congress Members Ayanna Pressley and Stephen Lynch.

Leadership Development
Leadership development is the heart of Mass Union’s work. We pride ourselves on offering transformative trainings and networking opportunities that help tenants grow as people, as leaders, and as advocates. In 2025 we offered our best-ever Convention, with a record 2.5 days of programming and 125 tenant attendees. We offer frequent online “Roundtables” for tenants to connect, including the “Mesa Redonda,” a networking opportunity for Spanish speakers. In 2025 we also offered six webinars and two multi-part online training series, as well as a day of in-person training focused on banking, budgeting and fundraising practices for Local Tenant Organizations. Through our partnerships with Legal Aid and the Access to Counsel program, we also held “Know Your Rights” trainings in communities across the state.
9 de enero: Seminario virtual: Participación de los inquilinos en la contratación de la LHA
9 de enero: Seminario virtual: Participación de los inquilinos en la contratación de la Autoridad de Vivienda (LHA)
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
Regístrese a continuación
De acuerdo con las regulaciones estatales, los inquilinos tienen sólidos derechos para participar en la contratación de aquel personal de la Autoridad de Vivienda que tendra trato directo con los residentes. Las regulaciones federales también establecen que los inquilinos pueden “participar activamente a través de una asociación de trabajo con la Autoridad de Vivienda para asesorar y ayudar en todos los aspectos de las operaciones de vivienda pública.”* Únase a este seminario web para obtener una descripción general de estas regulaciones, así como historias de inquilinos que han participado en procesos de contratación en su LHA. Escucharemos cómo puede funcionar el proceso, cuáles son los resultados y por qué la voz de los inquilinos es crucial para estas importantes decisiones. ¡Acompáñenos!
* Ver 760 CMR 6.09(3)(n) y 24 CFR 964.100
En–Feb 2026: Serie de Capacitación para Juntas Directivas de LTO
Serie de Capacitación para Juntas Directivas de LTO
Martes, de 10:00 a.m. a 11:30 a.m.
13, 20 y 27 de enero, y 3 y 10 de febrero
Via Zoom
Esta capacitación revisará el Manual de la Junta Directiva de LTO de Mass Union, el cual cubrirá todo lo que las juntas directivas de las LTO necesitan saber para organizarse y ¡COMENZAR A TRABAJAR! Abordaremos el propósito de formar una LTO; los roles y responsabilidades de la junta; la toma de actas; los requisitos de reconocimiento; los estatutos; los presupuestos; la apertura de una cuenta bancaria; los informes financieros; cómo rendir cuentas a la comunidad; la inclusión lingüística; cómo llevarse bien; cómo dirigir reuniones comunitarias y mucho más.
Jan 9: Webinar: Tenant Participation in LHA Hiring
11am – 12pm
Online on Zoom
Register below
According to state regulations, tenants have strong rights to participate in the hiring of Housing Authority staff who have direct dealings with residents. Federal regulations also state that tenants may “actively participate through a working partnership with the HA to advise and assist in all aspects of public housing operations.”* Join this webinar for an overview of these regulations, as well as stories from tenants who have been involved in hiring at their LHA. We’ll hear how the process can work, what the outcomes are, and why tenant voice is crucial for these important decisions. Join us then!
* See 760 CMR 6.09(3)(n) and 24 CFR 964.100
Jan-Feb 2026: LTO Board Training Series
LTO Board Training Series
Tuesdays, 10am-11:30am
January 13, 20, 27, and February 3 and 10
Online on Zoom
REGISTration closed
This training will review Mass Union’s LTO Board Handbook, which covers everything LTO boards need to know to get set up and get active! We’ll cover the purpose of forming an LTO, board roles and responsibilities, taking minutes, recognition requirements, bylaws, budgets, opening a bank account, financial reports, staying accountable to the community, language inclusion, how to get along, running community meetings, and much more.

