At our 50th Anniversary Fundraiser September 21st, we were grateful to honor Lisa Alberghini for 18 years at the Planning Office, and for all of her work in the affordable and mixed-income housing world. We're incredibly thankful to everyone who supported us this year, and every year, as we raised $400,000 this year!
Click here to see more photos from the event and watch the video from the event thanking Lisa and celebrating the office's 50th anniversary here.
It is an honor for us to have the opportunity to work with amazing teammates, elected officials, community groups, funders, board members, and project team members, and it was wonderful getting to celebrate with everyone in person this year! (Photos by Andy Ryan).
We are thrilled to announce that our Mattapan development in partnership with Caribbean Integration Community Development, Cote Village, has been chosen as the family category winner in Affordable Housing Finance Magazine's 2022 National Readers’ Choice Awards! Thank you so much to everyone who voted!
Our own Amarillys Rodriguez, who serves on the board of Builders of Color Coalition, was on hand as the Boston Planning & Development Agency held a press conference to announce the introduction of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) disclosures as part of the Article 80 process. The BPDA votes on the policy this afternoon.
"As the Builders of Color Coalition, we are pleased to see the City moving forward in increasing access and diversity in Boston's commercial real estate sector," said Colleen Fonseca, the President of BCC. "This proposed policy can empower the development community to highlight and promote innovative solutions to transform commercial real estate into a sector of opportunity and diversity."
We are so grateful that Cote Village is nominated for a national Affordable Housing Finance award for Best Family Housing!
You can vote for Cote (under Best Family Housing) BY CLICKING HERE, if you already receive AHF's emails (making sure to type in your email address that their emails come to).
POUA and our partner Caribbean Integration Community Development were thrilled to celebrate the ribbon cutting of Cote Village in Mattapan, 76 units of affordable and workforce housing, commercial space, and community-oriented activity space. We were joined by Cardinal Seán O'Malley, the Mayor’s Office of Housing, State Representative Russell Holmes, the Department of Housing & Community Development, MassHousing, Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation, Bank of America, team members, community members, and residents to celebrate the grand opening on June 28th. (Photo by Andy Ryan)