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Real Estate Bar Association Appoints Kurt James as a Member of the Department of Housing and Community Development(DHCD) Preservation Regulations Advisory Committee.
We are proud to announce that Kurt James, Chair of the firm’s Affordable Housing and Community Development Practice Group, was recently appointed by REBA as a member of DHCD’s Preservation Regulations Advisory Committee. The thirteen member Advisory Committee is established to provide advice and recommendations to DHCD regarding regulations to implement the Commonwealth’s new Affordable Housing Preservation Law, Ch. 159 of the Acts of 2009, more commonly known as M.G.L. c 40T, which was signed into law on November 23, 2009. The law provides DHCD with 150 days to promulgate implementation regulations, which will be due on April 22, 2010.
Other members of the Committee include representatives from the Department of Housing and Community Development; Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation; the Massachusetts Mayors Association; the Massachusetts Municipal Association; CHAPA; the Greater Boston Real Estate Board; Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations; the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation; the Affordable Housing Preservation Initiative of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation; and the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials.