Advocates for low-income workers in the Commonwealth said today is a reminder of the need to continue to advance Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. s dream of economic justice for all, including an increase to the minimum wage and more affordable housing. The Poor People s Campaign was mobilized by Dr. .
Community service agencies say many low- and moderate-income homes in the Commonwealth are unprepared for the winter cold and could benefit from a number of free weatherization and heating services, including window sealing, attic insulation, new appliances and repairing or replacing home heating systems. Eva Haynes, who lives in Brockton, said she is grateful for the help she received two years ago, when her furnace stopped working, and she spent nine days at home alone in the cold. "I had googled, How to keep your house warm when you have no heat, " Haynes recounted. " .