January 6, 2009 – Patrick-Murray Administration To File Long-Term Homeless Shelter Reform Initiative
Measure will focus on more permanent housing and reducing the need for shelters to serve the homeless…
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November 3, 2008 - Tough Test for Homeless Policy
Moving to a housing first policy over the next few years means some of the money that the state now spends on shelters should be shifted to programs that help people develop the skills to support themselves in permanent housing...Click here to read the full article.
November 17, 2007 - Patrick proposes $1.1 b for affordable housing
Seeking to answer employers and residents concerned about high housing costs, Governor Deval Patrick unveiled yesterday a $1.1 billion bond bill aimed at making housing more affordable in Massachusetts...Click here to read the full article.
October 12, 2006 - A Race for Homes
The old apartment building at the corner of Shawmut Avenue and Ruggles Street was a neighborhood nightmare for years...Click here to read the full article.
Maxwell Award Goes to Women’s Institute Acushnet Commons Housing ProjectClick here to read the entire Press Release.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 - HARWICH 40B HOUSINHG UNITS TO INCLUDE DAY-CARE CENTER
Prospective tenants of a planned affordable housing project on Sisson Road will be the first on Cape Cod who will also have access to day-care services in the same place, according to regional housing experts...Click here to read the full article.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 - HECH GETS FUNDS FOR SISSON ROAD DEVELOPMENTThe Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless got some good news this week. The Massachusetts Housing Partnership earmarked $1.67 million in financing for Sisson Road, the 13-unit affordable rental housing effort that the council is developing…
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August 10, 2004 - BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL: leaving more homeless
If President Bush wants to end homelessness, he should protect federal rent subsidies. There are no magic carpets that whisk people out of homelessness, but subsidies work. Poor people pay 30 percent of their income in rent...Click here to read the full article.
June 28, 2004 - Historic New Bedford School Building Donated to Provide Affordable Housing
Home Funders, a public-private partnership dedicated to addressing the crisis in family homelessness through increasing the supply of extremely affordable housing units in Massachusetts, announces the donation of an historic New Bedford school building, by a Home Funders partner, to establish “Acushnet Commons.”Click here to read the entire Press Release.
June 28, 2004 - Tour of Kinyon-Campbell is last chance before transformation into housing
A former parochial school and business school in the Acushnet Heights neighborhood will be converted into low-income housing for families by a collection of Boston-area nonprofits...Click here to read the full article.
June 18, 2004 - Donations advance low-income aid fund
State Street Corp., Fidelity Investments and others are donating $5 million to build homes for extremely low-income Bay State families.State Street is providing $1 million to Home Funders…
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june 15, 2004 - New Partners Join Home Funders in Ending Family Homelessness - Unique Philanthropic Collaborative Approaches Milestone
Three philanthropic entities have announced they are partnering with Home Funders to build homes for extremely low-income families.Click here to read the entire Press Release.
May 14, 2004 - Home Funders is part of an innovative financing initiative
Massachusetts Housing Partnership, Bank of America reach $406 million multi-year loan agreement for affordable housing.
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March 18, 2004 - Butler Family Fund publication awarded a Wilmer Shields Rich Award for excellence
Butler Family Fund publication "Ending Homelessness: The Philanthropic Role" was awarded a Wilmer Shields Rich Award for excellence in communications by the Council on Foundations in the category of Public Information Campaigns. This publication is based on the belief that foundations large and small can play a significant role in helping to end homelessness. This guide is the third in a series of papers published by the Neighborhood Funders Group to help grantmakers better understand housing public policy issues and to encourage sustained, strategic public and private investments in housing and homelessness.
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november 20, 2003 - Report to suggest radical changes on use of shelter funds
A long-awaited report on mending the state's fractured emergency shelter system will recommend no new funding, but will suggest a "bold" restructuring of the $250 million per year Massachusetts spends to house its homeless. Click here to read the full article.
november 20, 2003 - State shifts on homelessness -Urges a push for housing
After years of pumping millions into the emergency shelter system, a safety net for thousands of homeless residents, Massachusetts should shift its efforts to produce more low-income housing and provide programs to prevent evictions, according to a state report set for release today.
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november 17, 2003 - MORE FAMILIES SHARE QUARTERS AS COST OF HOUSING SOARS
Just three years ago, Najwa and Faisal Beydown were living comfortably in a sprawling, four-bedroom, Spanish-style ranch in St. Petersburg, Fla., with two spacious living rooms, a huge family room, and a veranda overlooking a lush garden.But after two family businesses failed, the West African-born couple lost the house to foreclosure and moved in with their daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren in Jamaica Plain…..
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October 21, 2003 - Group Vows $26M for Affordable Housing
Reebok Chief Executive Paul Fireman and other members of Boston's elite will unveil plans today for a $26 million fund to finance housing for the state's poorest of the poor.....Click here to read the full article.
October 21, 2003 - Homes for the Poorest
Much of the news about affordable housing is bad: There isn't enough supply. Rents and sale prices are high. Affordable units are scarce. The government helps, but there's never enough money to cover the need...Click here to read the full article.
Home Funders Partners Present $5 Million Challenge
Home Funders Partners present $5 million challenge of an immediate-use, matching pledge to their colleagues in business and philanthropy.Click here to read the Press Release in PDF format.
Home Funders Breaks Ground To Raise The Roof For Families.
On October 21st at Boston City Hall, Home Funders officially launched itspartnership and fundraising commitment.
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Home Funders Partners Present $5 Million Challenge
Home Funders Partners present $5 million challenge of an immediate-use, matching pledge to their colleagues in business and philanthropy.
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Home Funders Breaks Ground To Raise The Roof For Families.
On October 21st at Boston City Hall, Home Funders officially launched itspartnership and fundraising commitment.
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Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2002
An objective assessment of the progress Greater Boston is making toward providing housing opportunities for all its citizens. Presented by The Boston Foundation.
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