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Despite long odds, a housing advocate finds an affordable apartment
Brookline News
Lotteries like this one have the potential to change lives, said David Gasser, program director for the Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association. “They are those miracles that a lot of homebuyers and renters are looking for, in such a challenging housing market. They need these opportunities in order to improve their housing conditions.”
7 must-knows about Massachusetts’ big new housing law
WBUR
Matt Noyes, the director of public policy for the Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association, says it will fund new and existing programs that help get mixed-income housing projects across the finish line. “We need 200,000 homes over the next 10 years just to stabilize the market,” Noyes told WBUR’s Amy Sokolow.
Healey launches political advocacy group to dive into local housing fights
The Boston Globe
“We all know we need to change the conversation … at the local level and make the case for housing,” Heller said. “We’re at a point where this is ‘all hands on deck.’ ”
‘Incredibly powerful tool’: Phase-in of new state law to expand housing supply starts this month
Boston25 News
“It’s an incredibly powerful tool to meet our goals for housing, transportation, sustainability, diversity, and inclusion,” said Lily Linke, MBTA Communities Engagement Manager for CHAPA, a Boston-based non-profit that advocates for affordable housing.
Judge allows Mass. to implement emergency shelter ‘cap’ amid influx of migrants
NBC Boston
“Nobody wants to see families on the street. We need to make sure that people are safe. It’s getting colder every day, and this is not a situation that can continue.” [Matt Noyes, CHAPA’s Director of Public Policy]
Healey: Housing bond bill will ‘meet the moment’ of Mass. housing crisis
MassLive
“Stabilizing prices and rents that are too high for too many means that we need to be intentional about affordability … The housing bond bill filed today provides the funding and policies for that intentionality, so that we can be intentional about affordability, about equity and about choice.”