We were thrilled to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the fully-occupied 150 River Street Village - 30 units of affordable senior housing in Mattapan - earlier this week! POUA was joined by our development partner Caribbean Integration Community Development, Inc.; Monsignor Bryan Hehir; Secretary Matias (Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities); Sheila Dillon (City of Boston); U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; City Councilor Brian Worrell; Rep. Brandy Fluker-Reid; Rep. Russell Holmes; MassDevelopment; and so many residents!
Hearing from resident Lynette Holmes about how much she loves living at River Street Village provided purpose and meaning, reminding us all why we work (in this case for 10 years!) to complete as much affordable housing as we can, to better serve the needs of our community.
Our Director of Real Estate, Shaina Korman-Houston, spoke in March at Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA)’s panel on the proposed Yes in God’s Backyard (YIGBY) legislation, which would allow for as-of-right zoning for housing on faith-based and owned parcels. She joined JALSA, The Lynch Foundation, and Father Bill's & MainSpring to discuss the importance of passing this legislation. Click on the link here to email your legislators!
This December, we got the chance to welcome residents into their new, stable, affordable homes in Mattapan, with the New England Patriots Foundation! Thanks to the Foundation's generous support through their Community Captains program, we were able to welcome residents into their new homes with gift boxes and fleece blankets.
Paul Burton and CBS spoke with POUA President Bill Grogan, and highlighted our affordable housing development work to convert vacant Archdiocesan properties into stable and affordable homes. Read more here.
We are incredibly grateful to be included in this year's Community Captains cohort, through the support of The New England Patriots Foundation and Bank of America! The program provides $50,000 to POUA, as well as two years of trainings, networking, in-kind donations, volunteer opportunities, and site visits from the Foundation and the Bank. We're eternally grateful for our relationship with Bank of America, and for all of Erin Sutherland and Brittney Macomber's support and advocacy of our work and our mission. Thank you for having us out to Gillette Stadium to kick off the program amongst our peer organizations! Read more about the program here.