Voices of Experience: Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program

With the Healey-Driscoll administration’s housing plan calling for expanding rental vouchers, the time is right to take stock of the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP). For a comprehensive analysis that looked beyond the numbers, we needed to hear how the program works on the ground. Several organizations came together to do just that: Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, the Boston Foundation, Metro Housing|Boston, United Way of Massachusetts Bay, CHAPA, Regional Housing Network, BAMSI and La Colaborativa.

Using a mix of surveys, focus groups and interviews, MassINC Polling Group heard directly from tenants and landlords. The resulting report is a rich portrait of a system’s successes and challenges.

Be among the first to explore the vivid findings at this forum, where we’ll present and discuss the status of MRVP. Nonprofit leaders and legislators will offer comments and keynotes and researchers will present top takeaways. Tenant and landlord voices will speak from the heart, and a panel discussion among experts in the field will be followed by audience questions.

If you need physical, visual, hearing, etc. accommodations, or help registering, please reach out to rsvp@tbf.org for assistance.