MPHA Policy Priorities for 2019-2020

Access to Healthy Affordable Food

• Successful Implementation of the Massachusetts Food Trust Program
• Mass in Motion Funding
• Closing the SNAP Gap
• Funding and Sustainability for the Healthy Incentives Program

Transportation Equity

• Funding and Modernization of Regional Transit Authorities (RTAs)
• Equitable Implementation of the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI)

Public Health Infrastructure

• Passage of the State Action for Public Health Excellence Bill
• Bureau of Environmental Health Funding
• Passage of Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Response Policies

Community Health Integration

• Funding for the Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund (PWTF)
• Enhanced Impact of MassHealth ACOs on Health-Related Social Needs
• Alignment of Hospital Investments with Community Needs
• Engagement of Health Care Institutions to Support SDOH Policy

Access to Quality, Affordable Housing

MPHA will support policies that increase access to affordable, quality homes for all residents by:

• Increasing resources to build new affordable housing and improve the quality of existing housing throughout the state
• Supporting the stability of tenants and low-income homeowners to prevent displacement
• Reducing exclusionary land use practices that inhibit development of new affordable homes near transit and jobs
• Expanding access to supportive services that prevent homelessness and help people maintain housing

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