MHSA President & Executive Director Joe Finn reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on people experiencing homelessness and people of color in a letter to the editor in The Boston Globe…
I have heard the various words the past two weeks used to describe the brutal homicide of George Floyd: traumatic, horrific, sickening, all apt descriptions for anyone who sat for the full ten minutes and watched the taped record of what took place that fateful day…
To the MHSA Community: We are thinking of you at this time of uncertainty, as we all adapt – in ways large and small – to meet the challenge of COVID-19. The precautions taken by Governor Baker and recommended by the CDC are critically important, as we cannot yet comprehend the full impact of this…
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 Finn…
The Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance is honored to be selected as one of 10 finalists for the 2018 Drucker Prize for our Pay for Success (PFS) program! The Drucker Prize, previously known as the “Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation” is awarded by the Drucker Institute and recognizes the organization that “best exemplifies Peter Drucker’s…
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $43 million to 11 communities through its Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program. Congratulations to Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the City of Boston for being one of the selected communities. To learn more, read the Boston Globe’s coverage of the award announcement or visit HUD’s…
Supporting affordable housing efforts may seem like an obvious choice for many, but it is important to remember that there are many others out there that are on the fence with these issues. With so much information coming into a person’s life every day, persuasive messaging needs to be both memorable and understandable. One strategy…
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.…
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.”