May 20, 2020
@10:00am
May 20, 2020
@11:30am
Virtual Meeting on Zoom
Boston, MA 02108
United States
CLICK HERE for a link to a recording of the webinar.
COVID-19 has threatened the housing stability of thousands of residents across Massachusetts. While enacting a strong statewide eviction and foreclosure moratorium was a necessary step to immediately prevent residents from losing their homes, the moratorium does not cancel any missed rent or mortgage payments.
Residents who have been impacted by the virus will need help making these housing payments when the moratorium is lifted. Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) is a critical resource that is available to help low-income residents catch up on their rent and mortgage or cover other related expenses.
Join CHAPA and the Regional Housing Network of Massachusetts for a virtual session on RAFT. We will hear from experts on how to apply, who is eligible for assistance, what expenses RAFT can cover, changes to the program in response to COVID-19, and how RAFT can work with other local emergency rental assistance programs. We'll also discuss advocacy efforts to expand and increase RAFT.
Materials:
Speakers:
- Representative Kevin Honan & Senator Brendan Crighton, Co-Chairs, Joint Committee on Housing
- Undersecretary Jennifer Maddox, Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)
- Rafael Mares, The Neighborhood Developers
- Amy Mullen, DHCD
- Amanda Watson, Franklin County Regional Housing & Redevelopment Authority
- Shelly Goehring, Massachusetts Housing Partnership
- Stefanie Coxe, Regional Housing Network of Massachusetts
The webinar will have a question and answer session with the speakers facilitated via the zoom chat feature. If you have specific questions regarding RAFT, we urge you to share them with us beforehand so we can try and cover them in the speaker presentations. Please email the questions to akurve@chapa.org.
- Please Download the Zoom app before the meeting time
- You may need to download the Zoom application to your computer or phone in order to join. To download Zoom, go to the registration confirmation or register for the Zoom meeting at the button below and click on "download & run zoom."
- You may need to download the Zoom application to your computer or phone in order to join. To download Zoom, go to the registration confirmation or register for the Zoom meeting at the button below and click on "download & run zoom."
- Want to Call-in only? Cannot access Zoom? Dialing info below:
- Enter the dialing number followed by meeting ID
- Dial-in: +1 929 205 6099
- Meeting ID: 965-8237-6902
Please contact Abhi Kurve with any questions about this meeting.
Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) will be video recording this virtual meeting, so that we can share vital information learned from this meeting with a wider audience. CHAPA reserves the right to use the video recording taken at this event without the expressed written permission of those included within the video. CHAPA may use the video in publications or other media material produced, used, or contracted by CHAPA.