Housing Partnership

Housing Partnership defers detailed review of trust fund materials pending fuller attendance. Vice-Chair Hannah Shaffer, joined by members Richard Abuza, Christine Bryson, Ben Wood, and Gordon Shaw, advanced discussion of alternative governance structures to reduce delays tied to city

Housing Partnership charts dual rent control strategy, eyes August formal position. Vice-Chair Hannah Shaffer and members discussed a statewide ballot initiative seeking to lift Massachusetts' ban on rent control, with 88,000 certified signatures from 124,000 gathered statewide in the first round,

Housing Partnership grapples with direction as longtime member exits. Vice-Chair Hannah Shaffer took temporary leadership after Bev Bates resigned, citing lack of clear mission; members debated whether to pursue reinvigorated work on a dormant Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund, mandated under

Housing Partnership approves prior minutes and formally seats new member. The Vice-Chair Hannah Shaffer led the April 6 meeting of the five-member committee in the absence of Chair Bev Bates, welcoming newly appointed Yakov Kronrod, a Northampton resident and advocate for affordable housing and

Housing Partnership reviews frozen housing market and regulatory tools. Vice-Chair Hannah Shaffer led a meeting during which Planning and Sustainability Director Carolyn Misch detailed 266 approved market-rate units frozen by economic pressures and 189 affordable units in progress, including 60 on