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Town of Reading
Meeting Minutes
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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Affordable Housing Trust Fund
Date: 2026-1-21 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Town Hall Location: Berger Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session
Purpose: Hybrid Meeting Version: Draft
Attendees: Members In person: Karen Rose Gillis, Select Board Liason;
Members Present on Zoom: Jayna Stafford; Margaret Moran
Shelly Goehring, MHP;
Members Not Present: Patrick Egan; Sherilla Lestrade
Others Present in person: Andrew MacNichol, Community Development
Director; Olivia Knightly, Senior Planner
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Olivia Knightly
Topics of Discussion:
MEETING HELD IN THE BERGER ROOM
Mr. MacNichol called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. He presented a snapshot of housing
data for the Town of Reading.
Shelly Goehring from the Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) spoke with the Trust
about potential sources of funding and programming opportunities that the Trust could
implement.
The Trust has a brief discussion about how they can establish priorities and actions, as well
as additional funding sources that can support the Trust.
Adiournment
The meeting adjourned at 8:12 PM and it was approved 3-0-0 (Rose -Gillis; Stafford;
Moran).