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HD 3032

An Act to promote access to housing and improve educational outcomes

194th Legislature (2025-2026) Introduced by Chynah Tyler

Creates a five-year pilot to house homeless students via coordinated housing and education services, aiming for functional zero and better outcomes.

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Bill Summary · HD 3032

Summary: An Act to promote access to housing and improve educational outcomes (House Docket No. 3032)

Overview

  • Purpose: Establish a Massachusetts pilot program to reduce student homelessness and improve educational outcomes through coordinated housing and education services.
  • Authority: Creates a new Chapter XXX within the General Laws for the Access to Housing and Improve Educational Outcomes program.
  • Sponsorship: Introduced by Representative Chynah Tyler (Boston), filed as House No. 1570. Bill number listed as HD 3032.

Key Goals

  • Achieve “functional zero” in student homelessness within 5 years and substantially reduce student homelessness within 10 years.
  • Build and scale cross-agency, community-based collaboration to support homeless students and their families.
  • Prioritize Gateway Cities and other high-need communities based on homelessness data and student outcomes.

Pilot Design and Scope

  • Administration: Pilot program to be established within the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC).
  • Communities: Five Massachusetts communities will be selected to participate.
  • Duration: Up to five years of program funding and activities per community, aligned with the five-year pilot period.

Resources and Funding

  • Housing Vouchers: Provide MRVP-equivalent housing vouchers sufficient to house up to 10% of the currently homeless students and their families each year; vouchers administered by the local housing authority or Metro Housing but dedicated to the pilot.
  • Infrastructure Funding: Annual $500,000 allocated to develop and maintain the program’s infrastructure.
  • Funding Governance: Annual commitments and resources to be adjusted each year based on progress and outcomes.
  • Special Fund: Establishment of the Access to Coordinated Housing and Education Fund to support the initiative for the initial five-year period.

Participation Requirements

  • Local Government/School Support: Each participating community must have the backing of the Mayor, School Superintendent, and Housing Department, with commitment to coordinate services.
  • Housing Goals: Communities must set and pursue annual goals to house currently homeless students and their families.
  • Data and Collaboration: Communities must share data, meet regularly, and disseminate lessons learned; families and students must be residents of the participating community from 2025 onward for the five-year pilot.
  • Service Delivery: Programs to be delivered through contracts with qualified community-based organizations acting as backbone entities for public-private-community collaboratives.

Programs and Activities

  • Core Components: Research on replication, coordinated service delivery to avoid duplication, resource mapping, service identification, alignment with existing initiatives, enhanced management information systems (common intake/referral), micro-grants to agencies, and development of needed services.
  • Implementation: Emphasis on preventing duplication, sharing best practices, and leveraging data to improve outcomes.

Administrative and Timeline Aspects

  • Governance: Managed through contracts with community organizations; coordination across housing and education sectors is central.
  • Timeline: Five-year pilot with explicit milestones tied to achieving functional zero and measurable reductions in homelessness.

Potential Impact

  • Directly supports homeless students and families with stable housing linked to improved educational outcomes.
  • Encourages cross-agency collaboration and data-driven practices across communities.
  • Establishes a dedicated fund to sustain coordinated housing and education efforts for the pilot period.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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