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CHAPA’s FY2023 State Budget Priorities
The following chart depicts CHAPA's current FY2023 state budget priorities for affordable housing, community development, and homelessness development programs. The chart also highlights funding levels in the current fiscal year (FY2022) and the proposed funding...
Governor Signs Supplemental Budget with $100 Million for Emergency Rental Assistance
On April 1, Governor Baker signed a supplemental state budget for FY2022 that $100 million in additional funding for emergency rental assistance through the RAFT program. The budget also extends renter protections through March 31, 2023, that pauses eviction cases for...
CHAPA Comments on Draft Guidelines for MBTA Communities
CHAPA's Comments on Draft Guidelines for MBTA Communities submitted to the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development on March 31, 2022. Dear Secretary Kennealy, On behalf of Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), I am writing to share CHAPA’s...
Supplemental Budget with $100 Million for Emergency Rental Assistance Advances in Legislature
On Thursday March 24th, the Massachusetts Senate will be debating the FY2022 Supplemental budget proposal (S.2776). The Senate Ways & Means proposal includes $100 million for rental assistance through the Rental Assistance for Families in Transition Program (RAFT)...
Sign-on Letter Supporting ARPA Proposal for Zero Carbon Renovation Fund
Please join CHAPA in signing a letter in support of a proposed Zero Carbon Renovation Fund to allocate $250 million of the state's ARPA funds to rapidly renovate the Commonwealth’s existing buildings to zero carbon. SIGN THE ZERO CARBON RENOVATION FUND LETTER This...
CHAPA’s Priority Bills on Affordable Housing Move Forward in the Legislature
On February 2nd, the Joint Committee on Housing, chaired by Senator Keenan and Representative Arciero, favorably reported out four of CHAPA priority bills. The following bills will likely move to the respective Senate and House Committees on Ways and Means chaired by...
Governor Baker Releases FY2023 State Budget Proposal
On January 26, 2022, Governor Baker released his $48.6 billion state budget for FY2023 (H.2), which begins on July 1, 2022. According to Governor Baker, the budget would promote growth and support the ongoing public health response to COVID-19 while increasing total...
CHAPA Statement on the Draft DHCD Guidelines for MBTA Communities
On December 15, 2021, the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) released draft guidelines on the new state law requiring MBTA communities to establish zoning for multifamily housing. We are pleased that the guidelines meet this historic moment by...
Summary of Draft Guidelines for MBTA Communities
Download pdf Version of Summary The zoning reforms Governor Baker enacted as a part of the Economic Development Bill in January 2021 year created a requirement that MBTA communities have at least one zoning district of reasonable size in which multi-family housing is...
DHCD Changes the Application Process for Emergency Rental Assistance
On January 1, the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) changed the application process for emergency rental assistance. Among the changes, applicants must now have at least one month of rent arrears to become eligible rather than receiving assistance...