Healey-Driscoll Administration Promotes Efforts to Ensure Fair Housing
The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) last week hosted “Beyond Fair Housing Month: The Future of Fair Housing in Massachusetts” to close out the month with a proclamation from Governor Maura Healey declaring April as “Fair Housing Month” and announced a series of regional listening sessions launching later this spring that will be led by the state’s first-ever Office of Fair Housing.
Healey-Driscoll Administration Launches Climate Science Advisory Panel
The Healey-Driscoll Administration today launched a Climate Science Advisory Panel through the new Massachusetts Office of Climate Science (OCS) to provide expertise on statewide climate science and future projections used to inform state and local climate adaptation planning and projects. The Panel is comprised of experts within Massachusetts and across the region who will advise OCS on the latest advances and applications in climate science related to hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, sea level rise, and health impacts to inform the state’s climate adaptation and resilience strategy.