Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Housing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-1

Event Description

Informational Hearing II

The Joint Committee on Housing will host an Informational Hearing on May 29, 2025 in which agencies, government offices, and organizations within the committee’s purview will introduce themselves and be given 5 minutes to provide a general overview of housing within Massachusetts as well as provide committee members housing resources. There will not be any bills heard during this Informational Hearing.

-Diana Horan – Chief Justice – Massachusetts Housing Court
-Adam Chapdelaine – Executive Director & CEO – Massachusetts Municipal Association
-Mark Draisen – Executive Director – Metropolitan Area Planning Council
-Gina Govoni – Executive Director – Rural Housing Inc.
-Carolyn Chou – Executive Director – Homes For All
-Sarah Byrnes – Executive Director – Mass Union of Public Housing Tenants
-Annette Duke – Senior Housing Staff Attorney – Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
-Andrea Park – Director of Community Driven Advocacy – Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
-Hillary Pizer – Director of Organizing and Policy – Massachusetts Affordable Homeownership Alliance
-Paul Niedzwiecki – Chief Executive Officer – Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce
-Laura Silber – Island Housing Planner – Martha’s Vineyard Commission
-Brian Sullivan – Chair – Nantucket Affordable Housing Trust
-Tamara Small – Chief Executive Officer – NAIOP (Commercial Real Estate Development Association)
-Theresa Hatton – Chief Executive Officer / Executive Vice President – Massachusetts Association of Realtors
-Justin Davidson – General Counsel & Director of Government Affairs – Massachusetts Association of Realtors
-Meaghan Callahan – Research Director – Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation
-Cari Medina – Vice President – SEIU 1199
-Frank Callahan – President – Massachusetts Building Trades
-Chrissy Lynch – President – AFL‑CIO

This hearing will be chaired by Senate Chair Julian Cyr. The public is welcome to attend in-person or watch the livestream broadcast on https://malegislature.gov/Events.

Any written testimony provided to the committee will be made publicly available. If you have any questions, please contact Colin Hennessy of Senator Cyr's office at colin.hennessy@masenate.gov.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee On Housing	5/29/2025 1:00 PM	02:46:07

Present (8)

Richard M. Haggerty (HOU)

James C. Arena-DeRosa (HOU)

Michelle L. Badger (HOU)

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. (HOU)

Hannah Bowen (HOU)

David F. DeCoste (HOU)

Kip A. Diggs (HOU)

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (HOU)

Absent (3)

Rob Consalvo (HOU) *

Christopher M. Markey (HOU) *

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos (HOU) *

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Housing

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