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 | Our Homes, Our Communities: How Tenants Preserve, Protect and Steward Public Housing | 2/27/2006 |
 | A report prepared by the Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants and Massachusetts Law Reform Institute for Joint Committee on Housing's special hearing on preserving state public housing. The report calls for more capital and operating funds and, through the stories that people rarely hear, shows how tenants are working to protect public housing. | |
| | Pólizas Recomendadas por Mass. Union | 2/27/2006 |
| Mass. Union of Public Housing Tenants' recommendations from the report Our Homes, Our Communities translated into Spanish (2 pages). | |
| | Creating a Memorandum of Understanding | 9/12/2005 |
| Agreements called "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU) can be powerful tools for tenant groups to negotiate how to work with the housing authority on issues of concern. This booklet explains the law, what steps to take to create an MOU, and includes a sample MOU. | |
| | Leases in Public Housing | 5/21/2004 |
| A handbook for tenants in Mass. about leases, including information about guests, pet policies, and how to negotiate better leases. | |
| | Grievance Procedures in Public Housing | 4/16/2004 |
| A booklet for tenants in Mass. about the grievance process, including worksheets to help you prepare for a grievance hearing. | |
| | Transfers in Public Housing | 4/4/2004 |
| A booklet for tenants in Mass. about how to request a transfer to another apartment and what to do if a housing authority requires you transfer. | |
 | Tenant Participation Funding Materials | 5/30/2002 |
| Materials about how tenant organizations can apply for and use tenant participation funding | |
| | HUD training materials on Admissions and Occupancy | |
| | Yearly Housing Authority Plans: An Action Guide | |
| A guide for residents and their partners, by the Center for Community Change, about how to influence a housing authority's yearly plan. | |
| | Yearly Housing Authority Plans: An Action Guide-En Espanol | |
