NBC News Boston has broadcast a series in two parts on the rise in homeless encampments in Massachusetts and the need for more supportive housing. The second part of the series (linked below) features Joyce Tavon, CEO of MHSA, and mentions the work and recent funding to the Massachusetts Alliance for Supportive Housing (MASH). “The…
Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness Director, Pamela Schwartz with MHSA Senior Director of Policy & Programs, Joyce Tavon and MHSA President & Executive Director, Joe Finn. On Monday, May 16, High Profile, New England Facilities Development News, featured MHSA’s Spring Event: Home for Good at Home Plate. The event honored Worcester City Manager…
MHSA’s President & Executive Director Joe Finn shared his opinion on the necessary shift homeless services must take, in the latest article from Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative Social Impact Review: “The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the failure of Massachusetts, as well as states across the country, to address the unique needs of people with…
WBUR reports the Worcester Housing Authority has received approval and funding from DHCD to build the first modular micro-units in Massachusetts to house chronically homeless individuals. The building will consist of 24 units for inviduals and one unit for a residential director. MHSA, who will be partnering on the project for our Home & Healthy for Good program, has…
PFS Tenant, Peter, standing outside his new home Last week Spare Change News, the nation’s oldest street newspaper covering issues of inequality, homelessness, culture and resistance interviewed MHSA’s President and Executive Director, Joe Fin, on the significance on MHSA’s PFS program selected as one of ten finalists for the Drucker Prize. Click here to…
The Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law’s latest edition features an article by Joe Finn, MHSA President & Executive Director, Singumbe Muyeba, PhD, and Thomas Brigham, Director of Massachusetts Alliance for Supportive Housing. The article, “The Massachusetts PFS Story: Social Innovation Financing as a Catalyst for Change?”, explains Pay for Success (PFS) as a new way…
NBC News has broadcast “New England Speaks on The Homeless Count,” the latest “This is New England” show hosted by Latoyia Edwards. The broadcast features Richard Ring, President of FamilyAid Boston, and Tom Brigham, Director of Massachusetts Alliance for Supportive Housing (MASH) at MHSA. Tom responds to claims that the number of families and individuals experiencing…
Today, The Boston Globe published “Security guards at TD Garden can no longer eject homeless,” an article by Evan Allen and Nicole Dungca. The article, which covers a TD Garden security guard assaulting a disabled homeless man, quotes MHSA President & Executive Director Joe Finn. Read the full article.
United Way has published “Chronic Homelessness: A New Solution to an Old Problem,” a blog post by Jesse Marcus highlighting the Massachusetts Pay for Success (PFS) initiative focused on reducing chronic homelessness. Thank you to all who are making PFS a reality in Massachusetts, including United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, CSH, Santander Bank, the…
Thank you to United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley for highlighting the Massachusetts Pay for Success (PFS) initiative to create permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic homelessness! Read the full blog post by Katie Ward on the Speak United blog.