CHAPA 2024 Annual Regional Meeting Recap | Citizens' Housing And Planning Association

Post date

November 7, 2024

Whitney Demetrius

Director of Fair Housing and Municipal Engagement

Over 400 advocates, neighbors, municipal employees, organizational representatives, and legislators working on affordable housing in their communities registered to join us virtually on October 23rd for our Annual Regional Meeting which this year was hybrid. As Rachel Heller our CEO mentioned in her opening remarks, each year we convene these sessions to thank all of you for the work we have accomplished together and provide a listening space to inform our vital collective work that "plants the seeds for the policies and programs we advocate for".

During the meeting, CHAPA's Municipal Engagement and Policy teams shared information on our legislative and budget priorities, Fair Housing agenda, Municipal Engagement Initiative, and updates on the Multi-family Zoning for MBTA Communities engagement. Participants broke out into regional sub-groups to share their unique challenges and opportunities across the following regions; Greater Boston (virtually and in-person at Metro Housing Boston), MetroWest, Cape & Islands, South Shore (including all of southeastern Mass, including all of the towns and cities in Bristol and Plymouth county and the South Coast), North Shore/Merrimack Valley, Central Mass/Worcester, Franklin/Hampden/Hampshire Counties (virtually and in-person at Way Finders), and Berkshires/Western Mass. Participants also provided feedback to CHAPA staff through an interactive polling activity which additionally will help to shape future priorities and activities.

Please take time to review the Key-Takeaways and where helpful we have made the Video Recording, and the Event Slide Deck available. These conversations have a profound impact on our Legislative Priorities and our advocacy efforts at the state and local level.

We appreciate Bank of America for sponsoring these sessions and to all of our regional co-sponsors for not only sharing their experiences and expertise, but also helping with the outreach to make the event such a success! A special thank you to our co-sponsors Way Finders and Metro Housing|Boston for hosting regional sessions in-person.

Regional Co-Sponsors:
Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority
Berkshire Housing
Cape Cod Community Development Partnership
Harborlight Homes
Housing Assistance Corporation
Housing Nantucket
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Regional Housing Services Office
Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP)
Lawrence Community Works
Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC)
Metro Housing|Boston
Metro West Collaborative Development
NeighborWorks Housing Solutions
NewVue Communities
Northern Middlesex Council of Governments
North Shore Community Development Corporation
Way Finders

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Thank you to those who were able to join us. Please continue to support CHAPA's efforts to keep making a difference in our communities. Be sure to contact Whitney Demetrius, Director of Fair Housing and Municipal Engagement, at wdemetrius@chapa.org with any questions.