Above: A conceptual sketch of a tenant room in MHSA's new micro-unit construction. As a graduate student in New York City in the 1980s, I remember reading something for which I wish I had saved the citation. An urban sociologist was writing about the wholesale destruction of single room occupancy units (SROs) in the city.…
On May 17, more than 200 supporters and friends gathered at the Hyatt Regency Boston to celebrate MHSA’s 15th Annual Home for Good: Solutions Start Here. Over $130,000 was raised at the event, which will support MHSA’s program development and help further its mission of ending homelessness in Massachusetts through advocacy, collaboration, education and innovation.…
The public is invited to a hearing on May 15 to comment on a proposed project for the long-term lease of a portion of the land comprising the Lemuel L. Shattuck Hospital campus, located at 170 Morton Street in the City of Boston. The Preliminary Project Proposal is available online. Written comments may also be submitted online, via…
In a letter to the editor in The Boston Globe, MHSA Director of Public Policy Caitlin Golden writes about Middlesex County and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation’s initiative to develop targeted, data-driven interventions to meet the needs of frequent utilizers. Click here to read “Improving the network of care for mental health.”
The public is invited to a hearing on May 15 to comment on a proposed project for the long-term lease of a portion of the land comprising the Lemuel L. Shattuck Hospital campus, located at 170 Morton Street in the City of Boston. The Preliminary Project Proposal is available online. Written comments may also be…