Several of our senior properties have created vaccination clinics on-site to vaccinate residents and staff. Maloney Properties has organized COVID-19 vaccine clinics at senior housing communities across Massachusetts and Vermont to vaccinate elderly residents, including at our Rose Hill Manor (Billerica) and Riley House (Hyde Park) developments. Over a course of three weekends, Peabody Properties staff were able to offer vaccines to all residents and staff. 64 residents and all staff members at Barstow Village in Hanover have been fully vaccinated. We're so grateful for everyone who made it possible to vaccinate our senior residents!
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For the past 50 years, the Planning Office for Urban Affairs has provided underserved populations around Massachusetts with stable and affordable places they can call home. We have faced challenges and persevered, with the help of our partners, funders, architects, contractors, property managers and other team members, to give our residents homes that provide a sense of dignity, respect and safety. We are excited to present a summary of our work over the past 50 years – check out this 10-minute video to hear our story, and help us celebrate our success.
The Planning Office for Urban Affairs and EA Fish Development recently completed The Ledges, a 64-unit affordable housing development in Ashland, MA. With a timeline starting in 2005, the team has been resilient and dedicated to increasing affordable housing options for residents in the Ashland area and nearby communities; this development is the culmination of a 15-year public-private partnership between the Town of Ashland, EA Fish Development, and POUA. Eight residents who are lined up and ready to move into these new homes will be from the Ashland community.
The Ledges will provide a fitness center; a lounge area with shuffleboard, a fireplace, and a crafting area; laundry facilities; on-site parking; on-site management; resident services and activities; and nearby parks and walking trails. The Ledges consists of 15 units at 30% Area Median Income (AMI), 25 units at 50% AMI, and 24 units at 60% AMI.
“I’m looking forward to starting the new year in a new and secure home. I’m also looking forward to meeting new people in a community environment that The Ledges provides,” said Jean Delouchry, resident of The Ledges.
The Ledges is still accepting applications! Find more information here.
We are thrilled to welcome Shaina Korman-Houston to the Planning Office, who will be joining us on January 4th as our new Real Estate Director. Shaina has more than 15 years of experience in the development, financing, and asset management of housing for low-income families and senior citizens. In her capacity as Real Estate Director, Shaina will be responsible for actively developing the project pipeline and coordinating projects through all stages of development, including feasibility analyses, financial modeling, assembling tax credit and other financing, managing project development teams, and assembling permitting and regulatory review applications. Prior to joining the Planning Office, Shaina served as Deputy Director at Metro West Collaborative Development, where she oversaw a period of growth in the organization’s real estate development. She has been involved in the development or preservation of nearly 325 units of affordable housing, representing nearly $130 million of investment throughout Eastern Massachusetts. Before moving to Boston, Shaina worked as an Asset Manager for Victory Housing, the nonprofit housing development arm of the Archdiocese of Washington, and as a grant writer for DC Habitat for Humanity. Shaina received her Bachelor of Arts in Government and Jewish Studies from American University and her master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill. Shaina will bring insight and years of experience to the office, and we are excited to have her fill this new role.