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 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!
  • Featured Speaker: Whitney Demetrius, Director of Fair Housing, Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC)
  • 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 Oorthuys, 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]).

Thank you to our co-sponsors: