Posted on April 17, 2020
BOSTON --- MHP and the Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) will hold a virtual training on using local funds for emergency rental assistance on Wednesday, April 22 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The event will include:
- Executive Director Stuart Saginor of the Community Preservation Coalition
- CHAPA Director of Public Policy Eric Shupin
- Executive Director Jennifer Van Campen of the Metro West Collaborative
- MHP Senior Program Manager Shelly Goehring.
Goehring was lead author of MHP guidelines and checklist on using local funds for emergency rental assistance. Published on April 1, MHP has fielded over 20 inquiries from communities exploring how to set up a program. One of those communities, Waltham, OK'd the use of $1 million in CPA funds for housing assistance on April 13.
Go to the CHAPA events page to register and for instructions on downloading the Zoom video conferencing application. Contact MHP's Katie Bosse at kbosse@mhp.net or 857-317-8517 or CHAPA's Dana LeWinter at dlewinter@chapa.org for more information.