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• Fact Sheet (prepared by CHAPA)
Updated October 2007

• Link to Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development 40B Web Site

• Link to Massachusetts Housing Partnership Web Site

• DHCD's Chapter 40B Subsidized Housing Inventory
(PDF file) - Updated Monthly

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• Summary of New 40B Guidelines (PDF File)
April 15, 2008

• DHCD Powerpoint Presentation on New Regulations (PDF File)
April 15, 2008

• Housing Appeals Committee Mediation Program (PDF File)
March 31, 2008

• New 40B Guidelines
March 20, 2008

• HUD's 2008 Area Median Income Limits for Massachusetts (PDF File) - February 20, 2008

• New Chapter 40B Regulations:
Regulations (PDF File)
CHAPA's Summary (PDF File) - February 22, 2008

• CHAPA’s Response to the Inspector General’s Review of Salisbury Hill Estates (Billerica) (PDF file)
January 2, 2008

• Supreme Judicial Court Decision Regarding Commercial Uses in 40B Developments (Jepson vs. ZBA of Ipswich) (PDF file)
November 20, 2007

• SJC Issues Decision on the New England Fund Program and Chapter 40B
July 20, 2007
CHAPA's Statement (PDF file)
SJC Decision (PDF file)

• MIT Center for Real Estate, Housing Conference Materials (Ch. 40B, affordability index, land density)
June 11, 2007

• CHAPA Report: Update on 40B Housing Production (PDF file)
April 4, 2007

• CHAPA's Response to the Inspector General's Review of Millbrook Estates (Wakefield)
March 12, 2007

• Updated Eligibility Summary for the Subsidized Housing Inventory
Updated Form for Requesting New Units to the SHI
Department of Housing and Community Development
January 2007

• CHAPA's Response to the Inspector General's Review of Padelford Woods (Berkley) (PDF file)
February 13, 2007

• CHAPA's Response to the Inspector General's Review of Sumner Cheney (Reading) (PDF file)
January 17, 2007

• CHAPA's Response to the Inspector General's Letter
of December 6, 2006 (PDF file)
December 18, 2006

• CHAPA's Response to the Inspector General's Review of Lancaster Estates (Leominster) (PDF file)
November 27, 2006

• CHAPA's Response to the Inspector General's Review of Cedar Farm Estates (Wareham) (PDF file)
November 20, 2006

• Thomas Gleason's Response to the Inspector General's Letter Dated September 13, 2006 (PDF file)
October 6, 2006

• New State Deed Rider for Affordable Housing Units with Restrictions Surviving Foreclosure (MassHousing) (PDF file) - June 8, 2006

• Local 40B Review and Decision Guidelines (PDF file)
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
November 7, 2005

• CHAPA Recommendations on 40B and Age-Restricted Housing (PDF file) - September 1, 2005

• Guidance on Holding Lotteries for NEF (PDF file)
Updated October 2005

• CHAPA’s Recommendations for Smart Growth Criteria in
Chapter 40B (PDF file)
May 2, 2005

• 40B Production and Pipeline Report (PDF file)
March 2005

• CHAPA's Analysis of the 2005 Subsidized Housing Inventory (40B) (PDF file)
January 18, 2005

• Q& A Document on Post-Permit NEF Implementation (MassHousing) (PDF file)
January 2005

• Recommendations on Changes to the State Housing Appeals Committee (C.40B) (PDF file)
December 16, 2003

• CHAPA Report: The Record on 40B: The Effectiveness of the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Zoning Law
June 13, 2003

• Governor's Task Force Report on 40B (PDF file)
Go to DHCD's website to read the appendices.
June 12, 2003

• CHAPA Report: The Faces of 40B: Profiles of Families Living in Affordable Housing (PDF file)
June 9, 2003

• Use of the Comprehensive Permit in Massachusetts PowerPoint Presentation (PDF file)
March 13, 2003