POUA Celebrates Spring Fundraiser Honoring Cardinal Seán O’Malley

Photo by Andy Ryan

We are so grateful for everyone's support of our Spring Celebration and Fundraiser on March 19th, and for the chance to honor Cardinal Seán O'Malley, and his support of our work over the past 20 years. Thank you to our hardworking partners and colleagues on our fundraising committee - who helped us raise over $525,000; our board members; Maurice Coleman from Bank of America, who helped host our event; Fr. Oscar Pratt; our residents, Monsignor Bryan Hehir and Kelley Tuthill from Catholic Charities for their video messages to Cardinal Seán; and to all of our partners, colleagues and supporters who contributed to and attended our celebration! Watch our Affordable Housing as a Social Justice video that we aired at the fundraiser, by clicking the link here, or playing video above.

POUA Celebrates Spring Fundraiser Honoring Cardinal Seán O’Malley - FULL STORY

POUA & St. Francis House Break Ground at 41 LaGrange Street

Photo by Andy Ryan

Amid an ongoing affordable housing shortage in Boston, POUA and St. Francis House celebrated the groundbreaking of a new 19-story residential tower in downtown Boston. The new building will provide much-needed permanent supportive housing for households coming out of homelessness in an integrated, mixed-income development in downtown Boston. 70 units will be set-aside as permanent supportive housing for those experiencing homelessness; the residents of these units will benefit from case management and supportive services provided by St. Francis House. The balance of the 56 units will be targeted to workforce and middle-income households, thereby creating an integrated and diverse community. Speakers at the groundbreaking included Karen LaFrazia, President and CEO of St. Francis House; Msgr. Bryan Hehir; Bill Grogan, President of the Planning Office for Urban Affairs; The Honorable Kim Driscoll, Lieutenant Governor; Sheila Dillon, Chief of Housing and Director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing; Ed Augustus, Secretary of the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities; Maurice Coleman, CDB Market Executive for Boston at Bank of America; Mark Teden, Vice President of Multifamily Programs at MassHousing; State Representative Aaron Michlewitz; State Senator Lydia Edwards; and City Councilor Ed Flynn. We're grateful to our development team, our City and State leaders, and our lenders for their partnership, and for celebrating the groundbreaking of this transformative project with us!

POUA & St. Francis House Break Ground at 41 LaGrange Street - FULL STORY

Morton Station Village Wins Best Family Housing in the Nation!

Photo by Andy Ryan

We are so grateful to Affordable Housing Finance, and to everyone who voted for Morton Station Village for Best Family Housing in the Nation! We're thrilled to celebrate Morton's award with our partner Caribbean Integration Community Development, Inc. Read more about the award and the project by clicking here.

Morton Station Village Wins Best Family Housing in the Nation! - FULL STORY

Vote Until August 19th for Morton Station Village for AHF Award!

We are thrilled to share that our Morton Station Village development in Mattapan, in partnership with Caribbean Integration Community Development, has been selected as a nominee by Affordable Housing Finance (AHF) Magazine for its 2024 Reader’s Choice Awards!

Morton Station Village is nominated in the Family category; it is featured in the July/August issue of AHF - magazine and newsletter subscribers can now vote to select the winners. Voting will take place starting August 2nd, until August 19th. Only those who subscribe by this upcoming Monday, August 5th can vote - you can subscribe or check to see if you're registered by clicking HERE.

Once subscribed, you can then vote for Morton at this link - Morton is a finalist for the Family category, which is listed first, and is also a finalist for Best Overall, which is listed last.

Many thanks for your ongoing support of the Planning Office for Urban Affairs and the residents we are honored to serve!

Vote Until August 19th for Morton Station Village for AHF Award! - FULL STORY

POUA & CICD Celebrate 150 River Street Groundbreaking!

Photo by Andy Ryan

We were thrilled to celebrate the groundbreaking of 150 River Street Village, in partnership with Caribbean Integration Community Development, Inc., yesterday in Mattapan with so many of our State and City officials, lenders, development team members, and neighbors; it takes a village to develop projects like this, that will create 30 units of affordable and mixed-income housing for seniors in Mattapan.

Thank you to Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, Bishop Uglietto, Sheila Dillon (Mayor's Office of Housing), Sheila Galicki (Department of Housing & Urban Development), and Roger Herzog (Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation) for being part of our speaking program yesterday, and thank you to all of our team members, and to Eastern Bank; Secretary Ed Augustus; Red Stone Equity; and to Valerie Burton and the River Street Civic Association for their support of 150 River Street Village.

POUA & CICD Celebrate 150 River Street Groundbreaking! - FULL STORY