Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez Appointed New Chair of House Committee on Ways & Means - July 17, 2017

On July 17th, Representative Jeffrey Sánchez was appointed the new Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, which oversees the state budget process. Rep. Sánchez replaces Chairman Brian Dempsey who resigned from the House of Representatives after representing Haverhill on Beacon Hill for nearly 27 years. Rep. Dempsey announced that he was leaving to take a job at the lobbying firm ML Strategies.

Rep. Sánchez, a Democrat elected to the House in 2002 to represent Jamaica Plain and Brookline, most recently chaired the Health Care Finance Committee where he worked to address health disparities. As a Representative, Chairman Sánchez has supported affordable housing and homelessness prevention resources, including public housing and HomeBASE.

CHAPA thanks Rep. Dempsey for his long-standing support for affordable housing, homelessness prevention, and community development programs in the state budget. We look forward to working with Chairman Sánchez to continue Massachusetts’ commitment to these critical housing resources.