Fair Housing Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, January 3 at 8:00AM. The agenda includes the following:
- Fair Housing for Real Estate Professionals Training
- Exclusion By Design Report with Amy Dain
- Newton Lottery Process Follow-up
- Discussion of 2024 Committee Priorities
- Subcommittee Updates
- Lottery Results & Lease-ups Sub-Committee
- Membership & Nominating Sub-Committee
- Fair Housing Award Sub-Committee
- Fair Housing Committee Priorities Discussion
FH Protected Groups - Promote housing choice for diverse populations to advance Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH), with focus on race/ethnicity, public subsidy, and disability
- Promote Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in Newton
- Promote effective processes/practices for new affordable homeownership and resales
- Promote improved practices for real estate professionals to achieve more housing choice for diverse populations
- Identify and work to overcome barriers to successful tenancies and to improve processes/practices for tenant selection in lottery and market rate multifamily rental housing
Learning/Teaching - Enhance FH literature and website information and access for the public
- Promote FH training for real estate professionals, landlords, tenants, the public and committee members
Data and Analysis - Promote data collection on multi-family rental and new homeownership occupancy
- Enhance Project Review of Housing Developments to advance AFFH
- Support AI/Consortium Fair Housing Testing and FH testing in Newton Collaboration
- Collaborate with Related Newton Commissions and Committees to increase affordable housing for households of various sizes and lower incomes and to encourage increased funding for affordable housing
- Promote affordable housing production in coordination with other City commissions and committees
- Support federal, state and city initiatives that promote AFFH
- Collaborate with Human Rights Commission on Fair Housing Complaint Process
- Contribute to Newton’s FH-related plans
- Address committee membership appointments with representation from Human Rights Commission and legal counsel with FH specialty
See Packet.
Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council will meet in person (Brigham House, 20 Hartford Street) and virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, January 4 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Substantive topics
- Election of officers
- Notification of vacancies
- Village Day
- Lincoln Street speed study
- Goals and priorities
- Administrative items
- Review and approval of December meeting minutes
- Treasurer’s report
- New Business
