Moving Massachusetts Forward
A Policy Briefing on Smart Growth and Transportation
This policy brief provides recommendations for what the next administration can do to support communities across the state that are already building and preserving great neighborhoods. The policies and proposals in this brief encourage the next Governor to set and meet ambitious goals by providing better housing, transportation, and job opportunities to residents.
Housing News
This fall, we completed 13 regional meetings in communities across the Commonwealth. Thank you to all of our members, partners, and housing advocates who shared input about what our policy priorities should be for the upcoming year. In case you couldn't make it, click here to view the 2014 CHAPA Regional Meeting Presentation.
Boston Public Health Commission aims to bring issues of health into the discussion.
BOSTON -- For years research has shown a link between low income and health problems, yet economic and labor policy decisions rarely take health considerations into account. That may soon change thanks to a new project launching in Boston.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition mourns the death of our dear friend, Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston. Mayor Menino was a champion of affordable housing and an early supporter of the National Housing Trust Fund Campaign.
Click here to read the full statement.
Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) is saddened by the loss of former Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who touched the lives of thousands through his work on affordable housing and neighborhood development.
Homeless shelter to be redeveloped, adding new units for veterans
Wednesday—October 29, 2014—Today the Patrick Administration announced $6.23 million in funding to support the redevelopment of the New England Center for Homeless Veterans on Court Street in Boston. The announcement furthers the state’s Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness among Veterans released in March 2013.
The Boston Foundation (TBF) is holding a grant competition, Health Starts at Home, to bring housing and health organizations together to address the negative impact that a lack of stable, affordable housing has on children’s health outcomes. Winners of the competition will receive nine month planning grants from TBF to formulate and hone their partnership and proposed program to address health outcomes and housing instability in children.
Application Deadline: December 12, 2014 at 3:00PM
Significant reductions noted among veterans and those living on the streets