[Answered ]-I am attempting to add two models from separate local apps into one template

It seems that your urls.py has no access to DashboardTemplateView because you have not imported it. To solve this:

1. Import this module into your urls.py, by typing:

   from posts import views as posts_views

2. When you are building your url, reference it as posts_views.DashboardTemplateView instead of just DashboardTemplateView

   url(r’^’, posts_view.DashboardTemplateView.as_view(template_name=(‘base.html’)), name=’name’),

Hope this helps.