2024 State House Eighth Essex District
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is comprised of 160 members, each representing a district of approximately 40,000 people and each elected for a two-year term. As required by the Massachusetts Constitution, the House meets year-round in either formal or informal sessions to consider legislation. The Massachusetts House is led by the Speaker of the House who is elected by the members of the body at the beginning of each two-year legislative session. Base salary for each representative is approximately $66,256.
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Jennifer WB Armini
(Dem)
Do you support election day voter registration? Why or why not?
What actions should the legislature take to address the climate emergency?
What should the legislature do to increase the supply of affordable and middle-market housing in Massachusetts?
What measures would you support to deal with the needs of the large number of immigrants coming to Massachusetts?
What are your priorities for dealing with transportation statewide and in your district?
Campaign Phone
6176450166
Yes. Same-day registration provides citizens with one more opportunity to exercise their right to vote.
- Incentivize geothermal heating and electric appliances.
- Make it easier to build clean energy projects through siting and permitting reform.
- Expand the production of clean energy. Promote solar in places like parking lots and blighted lands (without clearing valuable open space and trees) and wind power.
- Transition whole communities off gas by directing utilities to repair - rather than replace - gas pipes, and make networked geothermal part of utility companies' business models.
- Fund job retraining for gas pipe workers.
- Electrify public transportation (rail & bus) and school buses.
- Offer generous rebates for electric vehicles and expand the number of EV charging sites around the Commonwealth.
- Plant trees.
- Support the building of public housing and senior housing through public-private partnerships.
- Fund programs like HousingWorks, which provide grants for housing-related infrastructure. This is especially important for Section 3A MBTA communities.
- Allow inclusionary zoning bylaws or ordinances to be passed by a simple majority.
- Invest in the rehabilitation of current public housing stock.
- Promote the conversion of commercial buildings into housing.
- Continue funding the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
- Make it easier to clean up and build on brownfields. Fund the repair of distressed properties.
- Seal no-fault eviction files.
- Build high speed rail between western and eastern Massachusetts. This will open up housing markets.
This is an infuriating problem. State government has no control over how many people enter the country or where they travel once they get here. Yet, we are left to deal with the impact of Washington's (in)actions. The Governor and the Legislature will continue to lobby the President and the White House to 1) provide funding for us to help those immigrants who enter the state with no support; and 2) work on comprehensive immigration reform. I will continue to vote for state funds for housing and social services. Immigrants can be a huge help to our economy, especially for industries struggling to find workers. But facilitating this type of success for new arrivals takes time and money, and we are fast running low on the latter.
Statewide -
- Regional Rail: This means statewide electrification and high platforms to facilitate faster boarding.
- High speed rail between western and eastern Massachusetts.
- Continued investment in the MBTA (after years of underfunding).
- Connect RTAs for better mobility outside of the MBTA service area.
District -
- The Newburyport/Rockport line is next (after Fairmount in '27) for electrification b/c Lynn is an EJ community. This will bring rapid transit-like service to Swampscott and Lynn. Lynn is especially well-positioned to be a gateway mobility hub, with commuter rail (a new station is in progress), buses, and the ferry. Creating the infrastructure to make these options work for all three of my communities is a priority.
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