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Town of Reading - - <br /> i Meeting Minutes <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - Council: all OCT -9 PM 6: 39 <br /> Metro North Regional Housing Services <br /> Committee <br /> Date: 2017-06-22 Time: 9:00 AM <br /> Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room <br /> Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: <br /> Purpose: Bi-Monthly Meeting Version: <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Julie Mercier, Laurie Stanton, Danielle McKnight, Valerie Gingrich, Krista <br /> Leahy <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Others Present: <br /> Liz Rust <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Laurie Stanton <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> The Committee called to order at 9:00 AM. <br /> Minutes <br /> The minutes for January 19,2017 were amended and accepted,and the minutes for March 23,2017 <br /> were approved as is. <br /> Status Update <br /> Children and families are protected under Fair Housing Law. It is against the law to say you don't want <br /> school age children in yourtown.There is a need to educate both Zoning and Planning Boards.There is <br /> case law on this. Liz has a nice presentation on Fair Housing Compliance on the RHSO website.The <br /> towns could sponsor a session on this topic for about$1500. <br /> North Reading: <br /> CHAPA monitoring reports—Danielle had questions about the CHAPA monitoring.Some projects went <br /> bankrupt,and there was no profit. Laurie will reach out to CHAPA(Carol Marine)to make sure that no <br /> units are at risk,and ask if there is anything North Reading needs to do. <br /> Page 1 1 <br />