Calling all planning and zoning board members, municipal staff, policymakers, affordable housing developers, builders and professionals, lenders, and housing advocates!

How can your community expand its housing opportunities and ensure affordability? Join CHAPA virtually on Thursday, September 17th, September 24th, and October 1st from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM for our Virtual Housing Summit: Tools for Increasing Housing Production in Your Community.

By attending the Summit, municipal officials can earn 1 Best Practice point as part of your city or town’s Housing Choice Community Designation!

• Session One (Sept. 17): Demystifying the Role of the Subsidizing Agencies in Housing Production
  • Featured Speaker: Secretary Juana Matias, Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC)
  • Overview of 40B Affordable Housing framework, role of Subsidizing Agencies, the Local Initiative Program, Local Action Units, the Subsidized Housing Inventory, and Housing Production Plans
  • Welcome: Eric Shupin, CEO, CHAPA
  • Panel:
    • Moderator: Lynne D. Sweet, Principal, LDS Consulting Group, LLC
    • Becca George, Regional Planner, Community Assistance Unit, EOHLC
    • Rieko Hayashi, Local Initiative Program (LIP) Special Assistant, EOHLC
    • Jessica Malcolm, Senior Manager, Planning and Programs, MassHousing
    • Alyxandra Sabatino, Local Initiative Program (LIP) Director, EOHLC

• Session Two (Sept. 24): Using Tools to Create the Housing Production Your Community Needs
  • Explore production strategies with Accessory Dwelling Units, 40R districts, density bonuses, recodification of dimensional requirements, inclusionary zoning, and more!
  • ADU Panel:
    • Talitha Abramsen, Program Manager, Pioneer Valley ADU Accelerator
    • Meredith Boericke, ADU Program Director, Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP)
    • Claire Morehouse, ADU Coordinator, EOHLC
  • Other Zoning Tools Panel:
    • Moderator: Chris Kluchman, Undersecretary, Livable Communities Division, EOHLC
    • Sarah Dixon, Director of Community Development, Town of Norwood
    • Will Downie, AICP, Senior Planner – Housing, City of Watertown
    • Jacob Love, General Counsel for Policy, CHAPA
    • Andrew MacNichol, Community Development Director, Town of Reading

• Session Three (Oct. 1): Strategizing and Messaging Your Production Tools
  • Local communities’ success stories, fair housing messaging strategies, and how local data can support your messaging!
  • Panel:
    • Moderator: Will Rhatigan, Housing Leadership Academy Manager, CHAPA
    • Elena Eimert, Senior Planner, Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development, City of Malden
    • Kiam Jamrog-McQuaid, MPPA, City Councilor At-Large, City of Easthampton
    • Valerie Oorthuy, Planning Director, Planning Department, Town of Stow
    • Sarah Raposa, Director of Planning and Development, Town of Mansfield

Tickets are $80 for non-CHAPA members and $60 for CHAPA members and cover all three sessions. If you are a current student or young professional, please reach out to Carol Marine ([email protected]) for pricing. No refunds will be provided to those who register but do not attend the conference.

A few of our partners will be hosting watch parties for the Summit! If you’re interested in hosting or attending a watch party, please contact Carol Marine ([email protected]).

Speakers will be announced soon!

Thank you to our co-sponsors: