Congratulations to Worcester Housing Authority on opening A Place to Live. As a proud partner, we are so pleased to see this project built. Thanks to the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC), City of Worcester, Massachusetts, the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and…
MHSA’s Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report has been released. Thank you to everyone who supported our work and partnered with us to further address homelessness in Massachusetts. To download a copy, click the image above. If you are interested in receiving a hard copy of the Annual Report, please contact us at development@mhsa.net.
As MHSA member agencies from across the Commonwealth gather at our upcoming retreat to discuss trends, challenges, and solutions to lay the groundwork for MHSA’s advocacy, we are grateful to Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance (CMHA) for helping to make this event possible. Many thanks to CMHA for their generous contribution as Lead Sponsor. We are…
Many thanks to Eliot Community Human Services for helping to make MHSA’s annual member retreat possible. Each year this event provides the opportunity for MHSA member agencies from across Massachusetts to gather and discuss trends, challenges, and solutions to lay the groundwork for MHSA’s advocacy in the upcoming year. We are grateful to Eliot for…
MHSA has released the latest edition of The Cornerstone! Inside this edition: A Message from Joyce Tavon, MHSA’s CEO Expansions in Permanent Supportive Housing Across the Commonwealth by Massachusetts Alliance for Supportive Housing (MASH) Ways that you can help end homelessness in Massachusetts by supporting MHSA’s work MHSA Honors Three Allies in the Effort to…
MASSterList’s Erin Tiernan spoke last week with Joyce Tavon, MHSA CEO, about Governor Maura Healey’s veto of $2.5 million that the Legislature had appropriated in the FY24 Budget for the Home & Healthy for Good line item (7004-0104). Read more at MASSterList.
Today Governor Healey vetoed $2.5 million that the Legislature had appropriated in the FY24 Budget for the Home & Healthy for Good line item (7004-0104). The impact: Cuts significant funding for new permanent supportive housing opportunities for people experiencing chronic or long-term homelessness. Home & Healthy for Good (HHG) provides critical flexible, “gap-filler” funding that…
MHSA recently released the July 2023 Home & Healthy for Good Progress Report. Home & Healthy for Good (HHG) provides low-threshold permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic or long-term homelessness who have complex medical and behavioral health challenges. HHG funds are flexible, which means they can be used for housing operations, supportive services, and…
Caitlin Golden, Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance’s Director of Public Policy, recently appeared on GBH News’ Talking Politics on alongside State Senator Lydia Edwards to discuss the housing crisis in Massachusetts with host Adam Reilly. Watch the full episode here!
Many thanks to Jenny Johnson at Comcast Newsmakers for meeting with Joyce Tavon, CEO of Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance (MHSA) to discuss the homelessness crisis in the state, and the work MHSA is doing right now to find solutions. Watch the interview here: Or visit this link: https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2023/6/21/What-This-Massachusetts-Statewide-Alliance-Is-Doing-To-Solve-Homelessness
