Hogue Pogue
MUPHT
Housing Acryomns
Mel King Institute
DHCD
NAHRO
Who's Who
100
Name two of the six core values of MACDC
Community Leadership: MACDC believes in building the power and leadership of communities in Massachusetts by fostering connections and supporting civic participation by all residents, in particular those who have traditionally had less power such as people of modest income, people of color, immigrants, tenants, youth, and the disabled. MACDC believes community residents should have a decisive voice in shaping the future of their communities and their own lives and the ability to create local organizations through which they can work together to achieve common goals.
Economic Opportunity: MACDC believes everyone deserves a fair and genuine opportunity to participate in the economic mainstream and achieve economic security. MACDC provides the access and the tools that enable people to succeed and address structural obstacles that prevent many of us from fully benefiting from the economic opportunities available in our communities.
Inclusion: MACDC seeks to create inclusive communities where all people are welcomed regardless of their ethnicity, race, income, age, or abilities. MACDC seeks to create a community development field that is reflective of the people we serve.
Innovation: MACDC value inventiveness, ambition, creativity, and the ability to take risks as distinguishing characteristics of the community development field. MACDC is committed to finding new and innovative ways to achieve its goals in response to the changing context of its work.
Performance and Accountability: MACDC field is defined by its ability to achieve tangible, sustainable results -- new homes, jobs, businesses, and investment -- while upholding a participatory and transparent process that ensures accountability to the local community, public agencies, private investors, and other stakeholders.
Collaboration: MACDC believes collaboration is essential to building stronger communities and achieving our vision for greater economic opportunity. MACDC builds and sustains local, statewide and national collaborations and networks that enable our members and others to make more efficient use of limited resources while achieving greater impact and addressing regional and national challenges.
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True or False
The Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants is an organization whose members are the local public housing tenant organizations. We are governed by a board of 6 public housing tenants who are elected at the convention. The board oversees all aspects of the Union’s work, from policy to training and advocacy to the initiation of appropriate legislation. The day-to-day functioning of the Union is supervised by an executive director, hired by the board, who is assisted by a competent staff and field coordinator.
False
'Governed by a board of 12 public housing tenants
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MACDC
Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations
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What is the mission of Mel King Institute?
The Mel King Institute for Community Building fosters vibrant and thriving Massachusetts communities by advancing the skills, knowledge and leadership ability of professional practitioners and volunteer leaders in the community development field. We leverage collaborative educational partnerships that increase access, encourage innovation, and promote and institutionalize systemic success. Through the ongoing dialogue, the Institute facilitates, organizations align their work toward the field’s common vision, and adapt to the changing world.
100
True or False
DHCD provides funding and resources to help people in Massachusetts live affordably and safely.
True
100
What does NAHRO mean?
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
100
Name five people in the photo:
Tiana Lawrence - Mel King Institute
Judy O. - Belchertown Housing Authority
Jo Ella 'Jada' Tarbutton - Northampton Housing Authority
Sarah Byrnes - Mel King Institute
Jessica - Springfield Housing Authority
200
Commissioners Fundamentals
Interactive Zoom Meeting
Public Virtual Classroom
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - Thursday, February 02, 2023Eastern Standard Time
Faculty:
Renee Smith
What is a NAHRO training
200
True or False
Public housing residents have the intelligence and commitment to be active partners in the management of their developments, and active tenant involvement is essential for creating positive public housing communities. We believe that while maintaining independence, tenant organizations and management can build relationships of mutual respect and cooperation, and that working together they can eliminate the unfair stigma under which public housing and suffers.
What is TRUE
200
What is the MAACD organization?
MACDC is a membership organization that seeks to build and sustain a high-performing and adaptive community development sector that is supported by private and public investment and sound public policies. We advance racial and economic equity by creating healthy communities where everyone lives in housing they can afford, benefits from economic opportunities and can fully participate in the civic life of their community.
200
This state-run program provides health insurance for low-income individuals
What is Medicaid?
200
Which agency has this address?
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 300,
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 573-1100
DHCD
200
“The purpose of the organization is to improve the standards and practices of all phases of administration…and to develop and improve the professional standards involved in the administration” of housing and community development programs.
The NAHRO Constitution
200
Who is this man, position, and employer?
Benjamin "Ben" Stone - Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)
300
THE FIVE STEPS OF THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE - according to MUPHT:
THE FIVE STEPS OF THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
Step 1: FILE the grievance
Write down which rule the LHA is breaking, and what action you want to be taken, and request a grievance hearing. Give this paper to the LHA office, and get a dated receipt.
Step 2: Attend a FORMAL MEETING with LHA management
The housing authority must give you an answer in writing within 10 working days. At this time, the LHA may also request you meet formally with management to discuss the issue. You may say yes or no. This is not the grievance panel. If you are not satisfied with the LHA’s response, ask for a hearing.
Step 3: Bring your complaint to the GRIEVANCE HEARING PANEL
Your problem gets heard by a ‘grievance panel’ made up of 1 (or 2) people selected by the tenant organization, 1(or 2) selected by the LHA, and 1 outside person (i. e. priest, teacher...) selected jointly.
Step 4: The panel orders ACTION on the complaint.
The panel must send you its decision in writing. If the grievance panel rules in your favor, the LHA must comply with their orders. If it rules in the LHA’s favor, then you must comply.
Step 5: You can APPEAL the decision.
If the hearing panel rules against you, an appeal to the full LHA board can be made within 10 working days. A further appeal to DHCD can be made if the LHA Board rules against you. You can always go to court, where the case will be heard fresh from the start.
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Born from a sense of frustration, and hopelessness, fed by a need for justice, basic human rights, and decent living conditions, the Union now grows in the knowledge that information perseverance and community strength can create a decent future, pride in one’s community and the understanding that individuals united together for a just cause can affect and change any situation.
What is the Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants
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What is MLRI?
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI)
This regulatory agency provides statewide advocacy and leadership in advancing laws, policies, and practices that secure economic, racial, and social justice for low-income people and communities.
40 Court Street, Suite 800
Boston, MA 02108
617-357-0700
300
This federally run program provides health insurance for people over the age of 65
What is Medicare?
300
What does the acronym DHCD mean?
Department of Housing and Community Development
300
List two ways a NAHRO membership benefits an LHA.
NAHRO membership can greatly benefit your LHA because they provide Professional Support You Need to Excel
- Stay up-to-date on federal and legislative issues with the NAHRO Monitor and Direct News emails.
- Receive expert analysis and insight with NAHRO’s policy publications and in the Journal of Housing and Community Development.
- Take part in a prestigious awards program that recognizes and inspires excellence and innovation in the affordable housing and community development industry.
- Meet and build relationships with other leaders in your field at national and regional conferences.
- Take advantage of discounts on in-depth seminars, professional development training, and publications specifically designed to meet your needs.
- Tap into the collective wisdom and experience of your colleagues nationwide with the members-only Best Practices Database – a compendium of innovative projects and best practices in the housing and community development field.
- Build your staff’s knowledge and skills through the Benefit Recipients/Associates program. Agency and organization members can now designate staff to receive NAHRO emails, discounts, and benefits at no charge. NAHRO Benefit Recipients/Associates can also vote in NAHRO elections and serve on committees.
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Who is this woman and where does she work?
Rosalind Cresswell, Director of Community Mediation Program, Massachusetts Office of Public of Public Collaboration
400
The Mel King Institute mourns the passing of Thomas Ruffen, who worked as a trainer at our Resident Leadership Academy. Thomas was an incredibly gifted organizer and community leader. His death is a senseless tragedy for the Mildred C. Hailey community and beyond. He will be missed by our staff, trainers, and the public housing residents he trained throughout Massachusetts.
In March the Mel King Institute recorded Thomas telling the story of how he, other residents, and GBIO secured $50 million in badly needed funding for Mildred C. Hailey.
400
According to MUPHT, tenants' have rights...Name three of these rights...
❖The right to form a local tenant organization (LTO).
❖The right, through your tenant organization, to
have a say in all housing authority decisions which
affect your life.
❖The right to a peaceful and safe place to live,
including an apartment kept in good repair.
❖The right to courteous treatment by all housing
authority employees.
❖The right to formally question any decision or bill
against you – without fear of eviction.
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What does the acronym DHCD mean?
Department of Housing and Community Development
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How can a tenant organization join the Mass Union of Public Housing Tenants (MUPHT)?
Public housing tenant organizations (LTO) can join the Mass Union if the organization has democratically-elected officers and the organization is composed of public housing tenants.
400
True or False
The Department of Housing and Community Development oversees the following commissions: Indian Affairs, Housing Appeals, Manufactured Homes, and the Rural Policy Advisory Commission
True
400
Does NAHRO have a convention - True or False
Every year the Mass Union holds a statewide convention in the fall and the spring. Come meet tenant organization members from around the state!
Supposedly - Your housing authority pays the registration fee.
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Who is this man what is his position and where does he work?
Jack Cooper, Executive Director of Massachuetts Union of Public Housing Tenants
He is now Retired after 37 Years
500
Why should a tenant organization study the lease regulation? per MUPHT
Firstly, your lease will show whether your housing authority’s lease follows the law.
Secondly, it states clearly the responsibilities of both tenants and management. This includes maintenance of the apartment, inspections, rent payments and rent determination, the right to a peaceful place to live, and more. The only reasons a tenant can be evicted or spelled out in your lease — so read both the lease regulation and your own LHA’s lease.
500
True or False
MUPHT was founded by public housing tenants in 1997 and incorporated in 2011.1
False....MUPHT was founded in 1967 and incorporated in 1971. Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants is the first statewide public housing tenants' organization in the nation.
500
What is the definition and purpose of HUD?
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
This regulatory agency oversees all Public Housing Authorities.
Thomas P. O’Neil Jr. Building
10 Causeway Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02222-1092
617-573-1100
https://www.hud.gov/massachusetts
500
True or False...
Each year the Mel King Institute has an annual Lunch celebration.
False. For the last 13 years, the Mel King Institute has sponsored an Annual Breakfast celebration....
500
Name at least three agencies that partner with DHCD for homeownership options
DHCD partners with the following:
1. Citizens Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) is the non-profit umbrella organization for affordable housing and community development activities throughout Massachusetts.
2) Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) is a public-private, community development finance institution that provides technical assistance, pre-development lending, and consulting services.
3) Department of Public Health - Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program provides general and technical information about the Massachusetts Lead Law and information on obtaining services for families or children affected by lead-based paint exposure.
4) Fannie Mae is America's largest source of home mortgage funds. They offer a wide array of innovative mortgage products, available to homebuyers through a nationwide network of Fannie Mae-approved lenders.
5) Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLB) is cooperatively owned by more than 460 New England financial institutions. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston offers its members four options for funding affordable housing and economic development projects.
6) Freddie Mac works with lenders to deliver affordable mortgage products to consumers, including low down payment products, lease-to-purchase loans, and reduced mortgage insurance mortgages.
6) Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund (MHP Fund) - a quasi-public agency that promotes more stable and diverse neighborhoods in cities and towns across Massachusetts through the development and preservation of affordable housing.
7) Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC). The Home Modifications Loan Program for Individuals with Disabilities provides loans for modifications to the primary residence of elders, adults with disabilities, and families who have children with disabilities.
8) Mass Development is a quasi-public agency that promotes community growth through economic and housing development.
9) MassHousing is a quasi-public agency that lends money at rates below the conventional market to support rental and homeownership opportunities for low and moderate-income families of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Programs include:
US Department of Agriculture Rural Development
The USDA Rural Development's Rural Housing Service provides a number of homeownership opportunities to rural Americans, as well as programs for home renovation and repair. RHS also makes financing available to elderly, disabled, or low-income rural residents of multi-unit housing buildings to ensure they are able to make rent payments.
10) US Department of Housing and Urban Development is the federal agency charged with striving to assure decent, safe, and sanitary homes and suitable living environments for every American through the creation of homeownership opportunities, providing housing assistance for low-income persons, working to create, rehabilitate and maintain the nation's affordable housing, enforcing the nation's fair housing laws, helping the homeless, spurring economic growth in distressed neighborhoods, and helping local communities meet their development needs.
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Why join NAHRO
For more than 85 years, the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials has represented the needs and interests of individuals and organizations working in the housing and community development field. NAHRO fights to secure needed housing and community development resources, represents its members at HUD and on the Hill, and provides its members with the information, analysis and training they need to provide affordable housing in sustainable communities.
NAHRO membership unites you with more than 19,000 members—the largest and most effective network of housing and community development professionals.
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Who is the founder of the Mel King Institute?
Melvin 'Mel' Herbert King (DOB: 10-20-1928) - He is an American politician, community organizer, and educator. Also, a (former) Senior Lecturer Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in their Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
