Housing Resources
Massachusetts Legal Resource Findercan help you locate the legal aid programs that serve your community. The LRF will also link you to available on-line applications for legal services and the telephone numbers to apply by phone.
MassLegalHelp/Housing Get information, sample letters, and forms to help with a wide range of housing problems.
MADE is a guided interview helping tenants complete their own Answer and Demand of Discovery in an eviction case.
Housing Consumer Education Center (HCEC) Find the HCEC near you.
Learn how and where to apply for RAFT RAFT stands for Residential Assistance for Families in Transition and is a state program providing short-term emergency funding to help with eviction, foreclosure, loss of utilities, and other housing emergencies.
Mass211 Housing Specific Information
Local Contacts:
TPP (Tenancy Preservation Program), Pioneer Valley: TPP works with individuals and families with disabilities that are facing eviction because of behaviors related to a disability (e.g. mental illness, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, aging-related impairments). Contact Bekki Craig, Director (413) 376-4959- Bekki's cell, talk or text
Community Legal Aid: Franklin, Hampshire, & Hampden Counties (855) 252- 5342
HCEC (Housing Consumer Education Center) & RAFT (Residential Assistance for Families in Transition) /ERMA (Emergency Rental and Mortgage Assistance)
Franklin County: Franklin County Regional Housing & Redevelopment Authority. For RAFT assistance, contact (413) 863-9781, ext 151
Hampshire & Hampden Counties: Wayfinders, 413-233-1600