Dowell v. Gallant

INTRODUCTION

In this action, plaintiffs Audrey Dowell (Dowell) and Margaret Ratliff (Ratliff) were evicted from their state subsidized housing for nonpayment of rent. Also named in the suit as a plaintiff is the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless (MCH), a homeless advocacy organization. They have brought suit against the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) seeking lo enjoin the DTA’s enforcement of 106 C.M.R. §309.040 (A)(1)(c), a regulation that bars the provision of Emergency Assistance (EA) benefits, specifically in this case, temporary housing, to any party “[who] has…