MHSA has released the Summer 2018 edition of The Cornerstone! Inside this edition: MHSA wins 2018 Hearst Prize for Excellence in Population Health Message from Joe Finn, MHSA’s President & Executive Director MHSA’s 15th Annual Home for Good: Solutions Start Here raises more than $130,000 Homes for Hope: A Documentary Project by Mike Spencer Photography…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2018 For more information, contact: Meg Hoffman, 617-367-6447 x18 mhoffman@mhsa.net HOUSE WAYS & MEANS CHAIRMAN JEFFREY SÁNCHEZ TO BE HONORED FOR DEDICATION TO HOUSING SOLUTIONS Chairman Sánchez will receive the “Canon Brian S. Kelley Public Servant Award” at the 2018 Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance Annual Meeting on December 11…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsSupporting 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…
DetailsAbove: 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.…
DetailsOn 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.…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsIn 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.”
DetailsThe 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…
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