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BOSTON --- MHP and our co-sponsors are pleased to bring back the much requested Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing (AFHM) and lottery training this spring. The two-part series will be held on Tuesday, March 21 and Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Both sessions will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at MassHousing, One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02110.

Training for local officials, volunteers and employees in suburban & rural communities

BOSTON --- MHP will host it's 11th annual Housing Institute on June 7 & 8, 2017 at the SpringHill Suites at Devens Common Center, 27 Andrews Parkway, Devens, MA 01434.

Watch national economic development consultant Matt Tarleton's presentation on what powers economic growth, delivered at the 2016 MHP Housing Institute.

Sign up for Dec. 9 trust training in Worcester

BOSTON --- This past summer, the Commonwealth took a big step in resolving discrepancies between the Community Preservation Act (CPA) and the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust (MAHT) statutes when Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law An Act Modernizing Municipal Finance and Government (H. 4565). Included in the bill were changes to the MAHT statute, MGL Chapter 44, Section 55c.

Go to the 5-minute mark of this video to hear Needham's Devra Bailin explain why housing is economic development.

Remember to sign up for fall trust training

BOSTON --- Given the limited mission of Municipal Affordable Housing Trusts (MAHT) as defined in MGL Ch. 44, Sec 55c, MAHTs that use Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds for all allowable CPA community housing uses have been in a quandary. Some may not even realize it.