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Community Dispute Settlement Center offers free mediation services COURTESY OF COMMUNITY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT CENTER The Community Dispute Settlement Center announced the availability of free mediation services to landlords and tenants as part of the state’s Eviction Diversion Initiative. This free service is designed to resolve eviction or other housing-related conflicts in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Free mediation services are also available for separating parents to address issues about co-parenting time and other child related conflicts through the Center’s Parent Mediation Program. Services are available to any interested and eligible individuals from funding from the Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration. ....
Housing Stability The Census Household Pulse Survey asked renters in March how confident they were in being able to pay April rent. Twenty–seven percent of Massachusetts renters were not confident, the lowest percentage of any state except for Vermont. With all due respect to Vermont, where housing costs are not as high, our COVID-19 housing safety net in Massachusetts may be the best in the nation. The program Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) has, in less than a year, ramped up to be the preeminent (and movingly named) housing stabilization service of the pandemic. So far it has generously covered over $50 million in rent arrears and going forward stipends. Thanks to federal largess, it is expected to cover $1 billion over the next year, the entirety of pandemic housing, up to 15 months per impacted household. ....