Check out CHAPA's March 2019 Housing Briefs for state and federal housing updates as well as recent research and reports.
Housing News
March 5, 2019
In the first week of March, CHAPA signed on to three nationwide letters urging Congress to increase funding for affordable housing and community development programs.
March 5, 2019
CHAPA serves as a monitoring agent for numerous mixed-income housing developments in Massachusetts. We are seeking a Program Manager to assist low and moderate income individuals and families with the resale or refinance of their affordable homes. This includes working with the current owners to understand and carry out the resale/refinance process and certifying income-eligible applicants who want to purchase an affordable home.
February 28, 2019
On February 28, The Baker-Polito Administration announced affordable housing awards to support the creation of 643 new rental housing units, including 397 units of affordable housing, at nine different projects.
February 28, 2019
Klein Hornig LLP has released the 2018/19 edition of their LIHTC outline:
February 27, 2019
On February 27, 2019, Governor Baker refiled Housing Choice legislation. The bill is to further the administration’s Housing Choice Initiative, a plan to support the production of 135,000 new housing units by 2025. This bill builds on efforts undertaken last legislative session to deliver necessary, targeted zoning reform to benefit communities pursuing new housing production.
February 26, 2019
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD’s) Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) has announced $1.5 million in new funding to create and relaunch a specialized training academy dedicated to preparing civil rights professionals to combat housing discrimination. Named for the Nation’s first African-American woman to hold a cabinet-level position, the Patricia R.
February 26, 2019
On February 26, the Department of Housing and Community Development and MassHousing released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the third Community Scale Housing Initiative (CSHI) competition.
The Initiative provides up to $10 million in funding for projects that include 5-20 rental units, with at least 25% set aside as affordable. The funding consists of $5 million from DHCD’s Housing Stabilization Fund and a $5 million investment from MassHousing’s Opportunity Fund.
February 25, 2019
The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) opened the Housing Choice Designation Application for 2019. Applications from communities are due by 3:00 p.m. March 14, 2019.
For more information or to access the online application, please click here.
February 21, 2019
On February 20, Mayor Walsh announced more than $26 million in awards for affordable housing developments in Boston from the Community Preservation Fund, the Department of Neighborhood Development, and the Neighborhood Housing Trust. The awards will create and preserve 515 units of housing in 10 developments in Brighton, East Boston, Dorchester, Mattapan, Mission Hill, the North End, and Roxbury.