Posted on November 18, 2016
WORCESTER --- Following up a successful training in September, the Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) and the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC) will jointly host a training focused on Municipal Affordable Housing Trusts (MAHT) on Friday, Dec. 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Worcester.
The training will be held at Union Station, 2 Washington Square, 2nd Floor, Worcester, MA 01604. Garage parking is available at 217 Franklin Street. The cost to attend is $25 and includes coffee/tea and lunch. Registration begins at 9 a.m.
Geared toward new trust staff, new trustees and communities interested in learning about trusts, this daylong training will focus specifically on MAHTs and cover:
- Forming a housing trust and getting it off the ground.
- Establishing credibility for your trust.
- Eligible activities for trusts.
- Legal and operational considerations.
- Strategies for building support for affordable housing.
- Changes to how housing trust function with Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding, per the Modernizing Municipal Finance and Government Act (H. 4565).
For more information about this training or MAHTs in general, contact MHP's Shelly Goehring at sgoehring@mhp.net or 857-317-8525.