Municipal Engagement
Initiative

CHAPA’s award-winning Municipal Engagement Initiative (MEI) works with cities and towns across Massachusetts to ensure everyone — from the Berkshires to the Cape & Islands — has the tools to say yes to more affordable housing in their communities.

Through local coalition building, MEI works with residents on the ground to change the conversation and create healthy, equitable, affordable, and vibrant communities.

45 communities

engaged in local coalition building

2,000+ people

activated in 2025

3 awards

since inception in 2018

Where We Work

Learn more about the 45 coalitions we’ve supported and their housing wins.

Acton

Agawam

Andover

Amherst

Arlington

Bedford

Berkshires

Braintree

Brewster

Brookline

Chatham

Chelsea

Dennis

Easthampton

Erving

Essex

Foxborough

Greenfield

Hull

Littleton

Lowell

Lynn

Medford

Milton

Montague

Needham

New Bedford

Newburyport

Newton

Northampton

Norwell

Orleans

Pittsfield

Revere

Roxbury

Salem

Swampscott

Truro

Waltham

Wellesley

Weston

Westport

Winchester

Worcester

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