Board member Liz Costley, who has been the point person working with Berkshire Housing Development, shared the Williamstown Emergency Rental Assistance Program developed this summer was able recently to help a family stay in their home. One renter is going to utilize $10,000 in a grant from WERAP, Costley said. She owes $12,500, but the landlord, once [BHDC s] Jane Pixley got people talking, decided that $10,000 is better than nothing. So the landlord was willing to drop the $2,500 in return for getting $10,000 in back rent. That s the kind of thing Berkshire Housing is so versed in, and the kind of thing we were hoping to hear. The renter is free and clear going forward. The landlord is fairly happy. And this is how our money is being utilized.