Members of the Stockbridge Affordable Housing Trust
Trust Chair Patrick White grew up in Stockbridge. When he graduated from Monument Mountain in 1980, there were over 300 students in K-12. Now there are about 100.
He ran for the Select Board in 2020 to reverse this trend and has advocated for policies to ease the affordability crisis ever since. His focus now is on the creation of middle class housing that is the key to reversing the decline in the long-term character of the Town.
Jan Ackerman is Vice-Chair of the Trust. "My husband and I have been part-time Stockbridge residents for many years. His family’s time in town goes back 70 years. We CARE deeply about Stockbridge.”
Lis Wheeler “Stockbridge is a wonderful place to call home. I am on the AHT to find a way to ensure families and working class citizens can continue to have the same opportunities and access to affordable homes as they had in the past. We need them to have a well rounded and thriving community.”
Bruce Auerbach is a retired emergency department physician and a former hospital system president and CEO. He is also a past president of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Bruce serves on the Stockbridge Fire Station Planning Committee.
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A retired broadcast journalist, Mark Mills has been a member of the Affordable Housing Trust since 2002. He is also a member of the Stockbridge Zoning Board of Appeals. “We have a great town. But we need more families and young people. Housing is a key to meeting that goal.”
Jamie Minacci is the Select Board’s representative to the Affordable Housing Trust.
The Stockbridge Affordable Housing Trust was approved by Town Meeting in June 2021. After preliminary work to establish rules and guidelines, the official DECLARATION OF TRUST was formally made in July of 2022.
The Trust has a Board of Trustees composed of seven members appointed by the Board of Selectmen. At least five of the Trustees must be residents of the Town of Stockbridge, one of whom must be a member of the Board of Selectmen.
As of February 2025 about 135 Massachusetts communities had Affordable Housing Trust Funds.
As in most localities, the principal source of funding for the Stockbridge Affordable Housing Trust comes from Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds, which are allocated annually by the local Community Preservation Committee (CPC).
Across the state, Affordable Housing Trust Funds also receive support from other sources including a municipality’s general fund, inclusionary zoning funds, negotiated developer fees, fees from cell towers and short-term home rentals, and private donations.
