Housing Toolbox for Massachusetts Communities

19th Housing Institute

The 19th Housing Institute will be in-person on Thursday, June 25 and Friday, June 26 at the DCU Convention Center, 50 Foster Street, Worcester, MA 01608.

Designed for municipal staff, officials, housing advocates, planners and practitioners in the housing ecosystem, MHP’s intensive, two-day training and conference engages participants in discussion and problem solving activities related to the development of affordable homes across Massachusetts in three topic areas:

  • Policy & Planning
  • Affordable Housing Development
  • Outreach & Advocacy

New to the Housing Institute? Want to review what we did in 2025? Housing Institute 2025 details.

Conference Agenda

The Housing Institute agenda is now available, featuring session descriptions and speaker details. Click here to view the agenda.

Interested in learning more about our session speakers? Click here to read their biographies. Headshots and biographies will be added as they are received.

Please note that the agenda and session speakers are subject to change.

AICP Certification Maintenance

We are offering CM credits for AICP members. CM credits are approved for AICP members. Click here to log your CM credits.

More information on AICP's CM program can be found at www.planning.org/cm.

Sessions eligible for CM credits:

Thursday, June 25th, 2026

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

  • Keynote Session: Dr. Tiffany Manuel (CM | 1.0)

10:45 a.m. - noon

  • Who Leads on Housing? Cultivating Intentional Diversity & Engagement for Boards, Commissions, & Staff (CM | 1.25)
  • Conflict Resolution & Deescalation in Public Meetings: Understanding Conflict & Our Role in it (CM | 1.25)

12:15 - 1:30 p.m.

  • Plenary: Supporting Supportive Housing & Other Compassionate, Effective, & Lawful Local Responses to Homelessness (CM | 1.25)

1:45 - 3 p.m.

  • Affordable Housing Finance 101 (CM | 1.25)
  • Unleashing Untapped Potential: How Different Jurisdictions are Transforming Surplus Public Property for Housing & Economic Growth (CM | 1.25)

3:15 - 4:30 p.m.

  • Building the Plane while Flying It: Real-Time Creation and Implementation of a Regional Housing Strategy for Northern Middlesex (CM | 1.25)
  • Unlocking Municipal & Local Housing Authority Surplus Public Real Estate for Affordable Housing Production (CM | 1.25)

Friday, June 26th, 2026

9:15 - 10:30 a.m.

  • Strengthening Communities Through Co-location of Childcare & Affordable Housing (CM | 1.25)
  • Does Your Zoning Spark Joy? Clean Up Your Zoning! (CM | 1.25)

10:45 a.m. - noon

  • Inclusionary Zoning: Getting it Right (CM | 1.25)
  • Beyond the Bricks and Mortar: The Many Layers of Affordable Housing Compliance & Monitoring (CM | 1.25)

1:45 - 3 p.m.

  • Lessons in Rural Organizing (CM | 1.25)
  • Take Your HPP Off the Shelf: Success Stories on Implementation (CM | 1.25)