April
6
2017
BOSTON --- The state’s affordable housing organizations have released a new, updated Ch. 40B handbook that is designed to help municipal zoning board of appeals understand and manage the comprehensive permit process.
March
21
2017
BOSTON --- Registration has officially opened for the 11th annual Housing Institute, Wednesday and Thursday, June 7 & 8 at the Devens Common Center.
March
2
2017
BOSTON --- MHP Deputy Director and General Counsel Judith S. Jacobson was honored with a Leaders in the Law Award at the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly annual awards dinner on Thursday, March 2 at Boston’s Park Plaza Hotel.
February
17
2017
BOSTON --- Join MHP, Metropolitan Area Planning Council and MetroWest Regional Collaborative for a half-day training geared towards trustees of existing Affordable Housing Trusts. The training will be held on Saturday, May 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Courtyard Marriott in Marlborough. Registration begins at 8 a.m.
February
10
2017
WILLIAMSTOWN --- As part of an ongoing effort to support the town's efforts to gauge public support for zoning bylaw changes, MHP hosted a community open house earlier this month to talk with residents about the town’s housing needs, especially in the downtown area around Williams College.
February
2
2017
BOSTON, Feb. 2, 2017 --- MHP's Center for Housing Data has commissioned a study that will identify and evaluate practical policy options for developing a funding mechanism that would redirect some revenues generated from new development back to communities to defray muncipal costs of allowing new housing.