Currently holds the office of Massachusetts House of Representatives - 29th Middlesex District until January 3, 2025.
Candidate for Massachusetts House of Representatives - 29th Middlesex District in 2024 Massachusetts General Election.
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Get StartedRepresentative Owens is also a strong supporter of reproductive health care, and of protecting the right to abortion services. Learn more
Seek a Green New Deal for Massachusetts that includes a transition away from fossil fuels and towards 100% clean and renewable energy. Learn more
Replace the current mixture of public and private health insurance plans with a uniform and comprehensive health care plan available to every Massachusetts resident. Eliminate co-insurance, co-payments, deductibles, and any other form of patient cost sharing. Learn more
Reduce administrative cost and inefficiencies and use savings to expand covered health care services, contain health care cost increases, promote innovation, and expand primary and preventative health care. Learn more
Ensure that all residents have access to dental care, behavioral health, eyeglasses, hearing aids, home health care, nursing home care, and other important needs. Learn more
Promote the construction of affordable housing. Learn more
Continue the eviction and foreclosure moratorium, as well as offer financial assistance to individuals who missed payments due to the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis. Learn more
Seal eviction records after three years so tenants can escape the stigma of eviction. Learn more
Work to undo decades of racist, exclusionary zoning policies that have created segregated neighborhoods and substandard public housing. Learn more
Representative Owens is also a supporter of the Work and Family Mobility Act, which ensures equal access to driver’s licenses, regardless of immigration status, so families can travel to school and doctor’s appointments without fear of arrest or separation. By ensuring that these drivers meet Massachusetts’s driving standards, the Act will make roads safer for everyone. Learn more
Electrify bus and commuter rail lines. These capital projects will create good, green jobs while also reducing pollution and helping combat climate change. Learn more
Increase service frequency. This will make the service more accessible and improve social distancing during the pandemic. Make buses free. Buses account for only 15% of the MBTA’s fare revenue. Eliminating bus fares will speed up service, benefit high-poverty communities, and relieve drivers of their responsibility for fare enforcement. Learn more
Increase municipal bus and bicycle lanes. Buses run faster when they don’t need to compete with cars for the road. Learn more
Deliver a public transit system that reduces traffic congestion, improves the state's carbon footprint, and benefits marginalized communities. Learn more
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