Fuel Assistance:

• East Boston APAC – Fuel Assistance

We want to ensure that you know what to do if you or someone you know, is behind on their rent or receives an eviction notice:

1. If you are behind on your rent:
   1. Apply to RAFT immediately.
   2. If you can pay a portion of your monthly rent, no matter how small, you should do so. Set up a payment plan with your landlord, and you can sometimes avoid an eviction notice.
2. If you receive an eviction notice, or a Notice to Quit:
   1. You should not leave your home or make plans to move until you have spoken with a housing advocate.
   2. Immediately call:
      1. City Life/Vida Urbana
         1. English: 617-934-5006
         2. Spanish: 617-397-3773
      2. Greater Boston Legal Services: 617-603-1807 (call and leave a message)
      3. Nicole Summers – Harvard Legal Aid Bureau: 617-384-5594
      4. Joseph Michalakes – Greater Boston Legal Services: 857-540-5543

We have compiled a list of additional resources for you below, and we are here for you to help as much as we can within our ability.

Resources | Recursos

Article | Articulo

“10 Steps to Take to Try to Prevent Your Own Eviction”

Support Contacts | Contactos de Ayuda

Mayor’s Office of Housing Stability
Email: HOUSINGSTABILITY@BOSTON.GOV
Phone: 617-635-4200

Gloria Devine, East Boston Family Engagement Network | East Boston Social Center
Email: devine@ebsoc.org

Roberto Gomez, Office of Neighborhood Services | East Boston Liaison
Phone: 617-635-3485
Email: roberto.gomez@boston.gov

The McKenney-Vento Act is a federal law that ensures immediate enrollment and educational stability for children and youth experiencing homelessness. It provides rights and protections for homeless students, such as:

• Immediate Enrollment: Homeless children must be immediately enrolled in school, even if they lack the required documentation (e.g., proof of residency, immunization records).
• School of Origin: Homeless students have the right to remain in their “school of origin” (the school they attended before becoming homeless or the last school they attended) if it is in their best interest.
• Transportation: Schools are required to provide transportation to the school of origin upon request.
• Support Services: Schools must provide homeless students with access to the same programs and services available to other students, including special education, free school meals, and other support.

Who is covered by McKenney-Vento?

• Children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are abandoned in hospitals.
• Children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
• Children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
• Migratory children (as defined in section 1309 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended) who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above

Rights provided under the McKinney-Vento Act:

• Immediate Enrollment: Homeless children must be immediately enrolled in school, even if they lack the required documentation (e.g., proof of residency, immunization records).
• School of Origin: Homeless students have the right to remain in their “school of origin” (the school they attended before becoming homeless or the last school they attended) if it is in their best interest.
• Transportation: Schools are required to provide transportation to the school of origin upon request.
• Support Services: Schools must provide homeless students with access to the same programs and services available to other students, including special education, free school meals, and other support.