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CHAPA Releases HUD Response Resource Guide
Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") has issued a series of proposed rules that...
CHAPA’s Housing Policy Action Center Releases First Report on Housing Choice Vouchers
CHAPA's Housing Policy Action Center released its first...
CHAPA’s CEO Rachel Heller to transition to Executive Director of Massachusetts Housing Partnership
After 13 years of dedicated service to CHAPA, including nine years as our Chief Executive Officer, Rachel Heller will be stepping down from her role to become the next Executive Director of Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP).
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CHAPA Releases HUD Response Resource Guide
Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") has issued a series of proposed rules that would be harmful to families in federal rental assistance programs. CHAPA has created a Resource Guide designed to help members of the public weigh in on...
CHAPA Submits Comment Letter on HUD Proposal to Withdraw Disparate Impact Regulations
On Friday February 13th, in partnership with Klein Hornig LLP, CHAPA submitted a comment letter opposing a proposal from the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") to rescind the agency's regulations related to disparate impact liability under the federal...
18 Organizations Sign Amicus Brief Championing MBTA Communities Law in Supreme Judicial Court
Today, a host of organizations joined forces as signatories on an amicus brief defending the MBTA Communities Act. Attorneys from Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), and Nixon Peabody LLP submitted the brief to the...
CHAPA’s Housing Policy Action Center Releases First Report on Housing Choice Vouchers
CHAPA's Housing Policy Action Center released its first research report, Shaping Action: Findings on Use of Housing Choice Vouchers, today. The report is the first statewide and regional analysis in Massachusetts or elsewhere, using analyses provided by NYU’s Furman...
Governor Healey Files FY27 Budget: Housing Highlights and What’s Next
Governor Healey has released her FY2027 (FY27) budget proposal, known as House 2 (H2). The proposal totals $60.114 billion in line-item spending excluding Fair Share surtax spending and the Medical Assistance Trust Fund, an increase of $2.015B (3.5%) over the FY26...
CHAPA’s Statement on Attorney General Campbell’s Suit Against Non-Compliant MBTA Communities
Today, Attorney General Andrea Campbell filed suit against the towns of Dracut, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Holden, Marblehead, Middleton, Tewksbury, Wilmington, and Winthrop, seeking to achieve full municipal compliance with the MBTA Communities Act. While the vast...
HLC Releases January 2026 Amendments to the 2025–2026 QAP
The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) released a January 2026 memo that makes targeted changes to the current 2025–2026 QAP, which sets the state’s guidelines for awarding Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). The memo extends the...
Three Special Commission Reports Released on Extremely Low-Income, Accessible, and Senior Housing
Recently, three special commissions established through the Affordable Homes Act released final reports with recommendations on extremely low-income housing, accessible housing, and senior housing. CHAPA was among the several organizations that participated in the...
CHAPA’s Leadership Academy and Housing Summit named as 2026 Housing Choice Community Best Practices
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) released 2026 guidelines for its Housing Choice Designation, an initiative that rewards pro-housing municipalities with exclusive grant opportunities. The initiative includes two designation...
Key housing legislation, MBTA Communities Act, to persevere as ballot measures fail to reach signature threshold
This week, Secretary of State Bill Galvin announced that all four proposed ballot measures seeking to weaken or repeal the MBTA Communities Act did not receive enough signatures to advance.