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Senate Passes FY26 Budget: Progress on Housing Priorities, Key Gaps for Conference Committee to Resolve
The Massachusetts Senate passed its $57.9 billion FY2026 budget last week, adding $43.5 million through more than 300...
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CHAPA Submits Amicus Brief in Support of Removing Barriers to Housing Production
On September 12, CHAPA, along with Department of Housing and Community Development and 21 industry, non-profit and state partners, submitted an Amicus Brief to the Supreme Judicial Court in the case of Terrence Marengi v. 6 Forest Road, LLC (“Marengi”) in support of...
PRESS RELEASE: MyMassHome joins Housing Navigator in next generation of accessible, affordable housing online search tools
After the success of affordable rental search website, Housing Navigator’s first year, MyMassHome launches today as the homeownership component in a suite of tools for hopeful affordable, accessible homebuyers. MyMassHome is a free website that serves as a one-stop...
DHCD Releases Winter 2023 NOFA
On September 6, the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) released a Winter 2023 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the affordable housing competition rental round. DHCD will make resources available from the state and federal low income...
HUD Publishes FY2023 Fair Market Rents
On September 1, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for FY2023. Published annually, FMRs are an estimate of the amount of money that would cover gross rents (rent and utilities) on 40% of the rental housing in...
CHAPA Statement on Final MBTA Community Guidelines
CHAPA is pleased to see that the final MBTA multi-family zoning guidelines issued by the Baker Administration put the Commonwealth on the path to achieving our state’s housing goals. This is the most significant change to zoning in more than 40 years and will make it...
Baker Administration Releases Final Guidelines for MBTA Communities
Slides with Overview of Final Guidelines for MBTA Communities On August 10, the Baker-Polito Administration issued final guidelines to determine compliance with the new requirement for every MBTA community to have at least one zoning district in which multifamily...
Governor Signs Climate Bill with Pilot to Ban Fossil Fuels
On August 10, Governor Baker signed a clean energy and climate bill (H.5060) which includes a pilot program to allow ten cities and towns to restrict or prohibit the use of fossil fuels in most construction or major renovation projects. Governor Baker expressed...
DHCD Issues Guidance for MRVP Payment Standards
On August 9, the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) issued new guidance for the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP), as required in the FY23 MRVP Budget Line Item passed in July. DHCD is implementing new calculation methods for both Mobile...
DHCD to Require a Notice to Quit to Apply for RAFT
On August 1, the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) made administrative changes to the emergency rental assistance program Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT). DHCD now requires a notice to quit or eviction notice/court...
Legislature Fails to Pass Economic Development Bill
The Legislature failed to pass an economic development bill by the close of the legislative session, which ended on July 31. A conference committee could not agree to a final bill as it negotiated differences between each chamber's respective versions. For housing,...