MIKE BARRETT









                           GOVERNOR '94






                P.O. Box 2193, Cambridge, MA 02238
               (617) 623-9494, (617) 628-0940 (FAX)



                  SEN. MICHAEL BARRETT ON HOUSING

     Sen. Michael Barrett is a Democratic candidate for governor.  
He served three terms in the House of Representatives (1979-1985) 
and is currently completing his fourth term in the state Senate.

     Mike has made housing a priority in his campaign for 
governor.  He has called for a state housing program that would 
take advantage of the current low interest rates.

     In addition, as a legislator Mike has been active on housing 
issues:

ù Mike was the lead Senate sponsor of a comprehensive lead 
poisoning prevention bill, which passed in 1987.  The 
legislation, which created a program of loans and grants to 
enable homeowners and landlords to delead, represented the first 
update of the original 1971 lead poisoning prevention act.  Mike 
also worked extensively on the 1993 revision of the lead 
poisoning law.

ù In 1987, Mike successfully added an amendment to the affordable 
housing bill to fund a deleading program for owners of subsidized 
apartments.

ù Mike was a sponsor of the Housing Bill of Rights for the 
Disabled.

ù Mike has been endorsed in past elections by the Mass. Tenants 
Organization's Political Action Committee.