Upcoming Events
- February 19: Prospects for Affordable Housing & Financial Reform in 2010 with Congressman Barney Frank. Sponsored by Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association. 10-11am. Location: Suffolk University Law School, Boston. Register online at www.chapa.org/calendar or contact Odessa Walton at (617)742-0820.
- March 2: Monthly membership meeting of the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition. 12-2 p.m. Location: Avesta Housing, Portland. For more information contact Greg Payne at (207)553-7777.
- April 11-14: National Low Income Housing Coalition Annual Policy Conference and Lobby Day. L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, D.C. For more information or to register, please click here: https://www2398.ssldomain.com/nlihc/conference/index.cfm
In the News
- January 13, 2010: City Need Grows Amid Talk Of Shriveling Funds – Portland Press-Herald: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=308682&ac=PHnws
- January 11, 2010: Portland Officials Blast Proposed Cuts in General Assistance – MPBN (90.1 FM): http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNews/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/10537/Default.aspx
- January 11, 2010: Forecaster Forum: Strong Communities, Economic Growth Depend On Affordable Housing, by Rep. Terry K. Morrison: http://www.theforecaster.net/content/s-forummorrison-010810
- December 30, 2009: Struggling Oxford Hills Home Manufacturers Could Get Jump Start In 2010 – WCSH (Channel 6, Portland): http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=112841&catid=2
- December 10, 2009: Homeless Tired of Waiting for Help – WCSH (Channel 6, Portland): http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=112084&catid=2
- August 16, 2009: President Shifts Focus To Renting, Not Owning – Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/08/16/president_shifts_focus_to_renting_not_owning/
- March 22, 2009: Rethinking Rent – Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/03/22/rethinking_rent/