Chapter 40B Conference: Shaping the 40B Process in Your Community

The Chapter 40B Conference: Shaping the 40B Process in Your Community is a training on the most up-to-date information regarding Chapter 40B and how your community can work to expand affordable housing opportunities.

Planning and zoning board members, public officials, municipal staff, affordable housing developers, and housing advocates interested in this important issue are encouraged to attend.

Click here to download the conference brochure.

Cost: $100 by the early bird deadline of Friday, April 20th; $115 after April 20th

Co-Sponsors

Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association
Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
MassHousing

Conference Materials

Click on the presenters' names for their presentations.

Pre-Conference Session: Chapter 40B Basics

Edward H. Marchant, Principal, EHM/Real Estate Advisor

Conference Welcome & Plenary Speaker 

INTRODUCTION: Rachel Heller, Chief Executive Officer, CHAPA 

SPEAKER: Chris Kluchman, FAICP, Housing Choice Program Director, Department of Housing and Community Development 

Panel 1: Safe Harbor Through Production

MODERATOR: Gregory P. Watson, AICP, MassHousing Manager, Planning and Programs

SPEAKERS:

Phillip DeMartino, Senior Technical Assistance Program Coordinator, Department of Housing & Community Development 

• DHCD - 1.5% Land Area Minimum Calculation Guidance

Jean J. Delios, Assistant Town Manager, Town of Reading

Connie Kruger, AICP, Select Board, Town of Amherst

Panel 2: Make Local Action Count

MODERATOR: Paul J. Haverty, Esq., Partner, Blatman, Bobrowski & Haverty, LLC

SPEAKERS:

Rieko Hayashi, LIP/HOP Coordinator, Department of Housing and Community Development

Steve Magoon, Director, Community Development and Planning/Assistant Town Manager, Town of Watertown

Evan Belansky, Director of Community Development, Town of Chelmsford

Panel 3: Successful Community Engagement

MODERATOR: Laura F. Shufelt, Assistant Director, Community Assistance, Massachusetts Housing Partnership

SPEAKERS: 

Angela J. Cleveland, AICP, Senior Economic Development Planner, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission

• Presentation Part I
• Presentation Part II
• Presentation Part III

Andrew Groff, AICP, Community Development Director, Town of Williamstown

• Presentation Part I
• Presentation Part II

Jennifer Raitt, Director, Planning and Community Development, Town of Arlington 

Lunch and Guest Speakers

INTRODUCTION: Clark Ziegler, Executive Director, Massachusetts Housing Partnership

SPEAKERS: Callie Clark and Tom Hopper, Co-Directors, Center for Housing Data, Massachusetts Housing Partnership

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