CHAPA's 2021 Virtual Housing Day

Join us Tuesday, April 6th for CHAPA’s Virtual Housing Day!

Zoom Link to Join the Speaking Portion

Link to Materials for Housing Day

We're excited to come together virtually with housing advocates to support the policies and resources needed for everyone in Massachusetts to have a safe, healthy, and affordable home.

From 10:00–11:00 AM on Housing Day, we'll hear from elected officials and affordable housing advocates and present CHAPA’s Housing Hero Awards to Senator Brendan Crighton and Representative Andy Vargas for their leadership on affordable housing by helping pass the most significant zoning reforms in a generation, including multifamily zoning requirements for MBTA communities, abutter appeals reforms, and Housing Choice.

Immediately following, we'll have an Hour of Action during which we'll encourage you to use our virtual toolkit to show your support for CHAPA's policy priorities on social media and connect with your legislators through email and phone or by setting up a meeting.

Join us on Housing Day in supporting legislation that:

• Provides more funding for affordable housing programs that help residents with the lowest incomes find and stay in stable homes, like the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, Alternative Housing Voucher Program, and Public Housing
• Creates more of the different kinds of affordable and available homes that people need across the state
• Promotes fair housing and combats intentionally and unintentionally discriminatory policies in all of our communities
• Preserves the state's public housing that many families with children and our elderly and disabled neighbors rely on 

Please see our website for a full list of CHAPA's legislative priorities and budget priorities.

Speaking Agenda:

• 10:00–10:05 a.m. – Welcome & Opening Remarks
  Amy Schectman, President & CEO, 2Life Communities & CHAPA Board President
   
• 10:05–10:15 a.m. – Remarks from Chairs of Joint Committee on Housing
  Representative Jim Arciero & Senator John Keenan
   
• 10:15–10:35 a.m. – CHAPA’s Affordable Housing Agenda
  Rachel Heller, CEO, CHAPA
  Leslie Reid, CEO, Madison Park Development Corporation
  Whitney Demetrius, Director of Fair Housing Engagement, CHAPA
  Abhidnya Kurve, Policy Associate, CHAPA
   
• 10:35–10:50 a.m. – Presentation of CHAPA’s Housing Hero Award
  Recipients Representative Andy Vargas & Senator Brendan Crighton
   
• 10:50–11:00 a.m. – Call to Action!
  Eric Shupin, Director of Public Policy, CHAPA

Note: As of April 5, 2021, we are no longer accepting requests to assist with setting up meetings with your legislators. However, you can still join the speaking portion hosted on Zoom by clicking the registration link!