HOMES ACT and
​the Housing Bond Bill

There are two bills with eviction record sealing protections currently pending at the State House for the 2022-23 legislative session:

  1. H.4356 (HOMES Act), lead sponsors Senator Lydia Edwards & Rep. Michael Moran. In May 2023, the Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the bill. Many submitted testimony, including Attorney General Andrea Campbell. On February 12, 2024, the Judiciary Committee reported the HOMES Act, with favorably report and a new bill number H.4356. On March 11, the HOMES Act was ordered to a Third Reading where it has awaited action by the House for months.
 
  1. H.4138 (Governor’s Housing Bond Bill, Outside Section 47) included eviction record sealing provisions. In January 2024, the Housing Committee held a hearing on the Housing Bond Bill. Many organizations submitted testimony urging that tenants with cases that are dismissed, cases that they win, and no-fault evictions be sealed automatically. On April, the Bonding Committee held another hearing. The HOMES Advisory Committee sent similar testimony urging that Section 47 be substitute with H.4356/HOMES Act with automatic for eviction cases that are dismissed, decided in a tenant’s favor or are no-fault cases. The House eliminated eviction record sealing provisions in its version and now the Senate will take up the Housing Bond bill.
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Chelsea's La Colaborativa Youth Leaders meet about the HOMES Act with Lydia Edwards, who at the time was Boston City Councilor and has since been elected as a State Senator.
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