<div dir="ltr">Hi Katrina,<div>I would recommend that you start with CHAPA (Citizen's Housing and Planning Association) and Mass Housing Partnership. Both offer a lot of direct technical assistance but you may need to apply for grants from them to receive it. <div><ul><li><a href="https://www.chapa.org/" target="_blank">https://www.chapa.org/</a> or email Lily Linke <a href="mailto:llinke@chapa.org" target="_blank">llinke@chapa.org</a><br clear="all"></li><li><a href="https://www.mhp.net/" target="_blank">https://www.mhp.net/</a> or email Shelly Goehring <a href="mailto:sgoehring@mhp.net" target="_blank">sgoehring@mhp.net</a><br></li><ul><li>MHP also put out some guide books a few years ago: </li><li><a href="https://www.mhp.net/writable/resources/documents/MAHTGuidebook_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.mhp.net/writable/resources/documents/MAHTGuidebook_2018.pdf</a><br></li><li><a href="https://www.mhp.net/writable/resources/documents/MAHT-Ops-Manual_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.mhp.net/writable/resources/documents/MAHT-Ops-Manual_final.pdf</a><br></li></ul></ul><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jamie Webb<br></div>Assistant Planner<br>City of Easthampton - Planning Department<br>50 Payson Avenue, Easthampton, MA 01027<br>413.529.1405 / <a href="https://easthamptonma.gov/176/Planning" target="_blank">Website</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Easthampton-Planning-Department-380076865424358" target="_blank">Facebook</a><br><i><font size="1">Please be aware that the Massachusetts Secretary of State considers e-mail to be a public record subject to the provisions of the MA Public Records Law, MGL ch. 66.
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<p>Does anyone know of any technical assistance programs for Affordable Housing Trusts? Specifically, we need someone to help our newly created AHT with their first meetings while they create a mission statement and, generally, get their feet off the ground.</p>
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