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Via Lisa Brukilacchio's April 2019 Somerville Health Happenings newsletter:

April 24th 2019, 5:30-7pm

Property Owner Workshop: Reaching out, with a Helping Hand

Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Ave

The City’s Office of Housing Stability & the Fair Housing Commission in collaboration with CAAS, present an evening for all residential property owners to learn about resources, programs and assistance the City of Somerville provides, including: 0% loans for home rehab and heating system replacement, MassSave, Fair Housing Law and Exemptions, working with the new Office of Housing Stability. Questions? Call 617-625-6600 x2578 or email bgaspard@somervillema.gov

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Via Ben Ewen-Campen on twitter: https://twitter.com/BenForWard3/status/1087725630362476544

An article about displacement in Somerville, and the possibility of a Tenant's Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA).

More housing alone won’t solve housing crisis

Legal rights for tenants must be part of the solution

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/more-housing-alone-wont-solve-housing-crisis/

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Via the city: https://www.somervillema.gov/news/somerville-seeking-applicants-newly-established-office-housing-stability-advisory-board

The City of Somerville is currently seeking applications for the newly created Office of Housing Stability (OHS) Advisory Board. The Advisory Board will work with the OHS Director to identify policy and programmatic priorities for the OHS to further its mission of preventing the displacement of Somerville residents. The Advisory Board will:

Identify gaps in existing homelessness prevention and rehousing services and potential strategies for addressing identified service gaps
Identify and evaluate potential policy solutions to help prevent displacement, increase the supply of affordable housing and enhance tenants’ rights
Provide guidance for housing policy
Review available data relating to housing and homelessness in Somerville, and
Identify additional data needs and strategies for obtaining such data

And more--go to the link to see the full details.

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I got Stephanie Hirsch's newsletter (it's loaded with info--I am not sure how you can sign up but check out her site and ask via email perhaps? http://www.somervilletogether.com/about Her email is posted there.)

Anyway, one of the things that caught my eye was this planning meeting for assessing housing info here. You can see more details on Facebook, but here's the tidbit from the newsletter. Sounds like a data nerd + neighborhood housing nerd dream event.

https://www.facebook.com/events/153096858789095/

Planning for Housing Hackathon: To better understand our community’s housing inventory and ownership patterns, my incoming BOA colleague Will Mbah and I, along with researchers from MIT and local data experts, will analyze housing data. Join in on a “Housing Hackathon” planning meeting on January 8th. We will turn what we learn into policy proposals that promote neighborhood stability.

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Entries tagged with housing affordability

Property Owner Workshop: Reaching out, with a Helping Hand

Tenants Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) piece

Somerville Seeking Applicants for Newly Established Office of Housing Stability Advisory Board

Planning for Housing Hackathon: Jan 8 2018

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