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United Way announces a $150,000 investment aimed at advancing foreclosure prevention programs

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04/13/2009

BOSTON – United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley in partnership with United Ways of New Bedford and Brockton, today announced a new investment of nearly $150,000 to advance foreclosure prevention services for Massachusetts families. In 2008, more than 12,000 foreclosure deeds were recorded in Massachusetts, more than triple the amount in 2006. With this investment, United Way aims to enable more homeowners across eastern Massachusetts to gain the financial education and counseling they need to work out an affordable mortgage and remain housed.   read more »

4,000 individuals served by agencies operating under a Housing First philosophy

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Because of United Way investments, 11 homeless services agencies operated under a Housing First philosophy, of which there were over 4,000 persons served in 2008.  read more »

7,256 housing units produced, preserved or in property management.

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Because of United Way investments, 7,256 housing units were produced, preserved or in property management, housing over 4,600 persons in 2008.  read more »

Day of Action

June 22, 2008

LIVE UNITED began as a simple T-shirt—something individuals could wear to show they are part of a collective of people working to advance the common good. Since then, it has become the beginnings of a much larger movement, a mentality that we are all people, connected, interdependent, united. and that when we reach out a hand to one, we have the power to influence the condition of all.  read more »

Foreclosure Prevention Agencies

Viet Aid: to provide foreclosure prevention services in the greater Boston region.

QCAP: to work with Neighborhood Housing Services of the South Shore in providing services to the Quincy, Weymouth, Braintree, Randolph, Dedham, Rockland, Holbrook, Rockland, Milton and Hull areas.

Lynn Housing Authority and Neighborhood Development: to serve the City of Lynn and neighboring North Shore communities.  read more »

Your 2006-2007 Investment in Action:
4,000 individuals served by agencies operating under a Housing First philosophy

George Caponigro

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"If you lost the most precious thing you have, how much more precious is it if you find it again?"

Today, George Caponigro lives for precious moments and the family that he thought he'd lost forever. In his cozy apartment, filled with photos of his grandchildren and the many recognitions he has received for his work as a homeless advocate, George
is a long way from the bench on Boston Common that he once called home.  read more »

Housing

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Real People. Real Results

Elizabeth Curtis
Elizabeth Curtis
Thu, 04/23/2009

More evidence of foreclosures leading to homelessness in MA

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A recent Boston Globe article provides added detail to a topic we've posted about several times on this blog - the rise in foreclosure and how it relates to the rise in homelessness. For some time those of us in the social service field have been sharing anecdotes about the connection between the growing foreclosure rate and increases in family homelessness.  read more »

National Alliance to End Homelessness Releases new report

While chronic homelessness declined, family homelessness increased by 15 percent in Massachusetts between 2005 and 2007
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01/13/2009

BOSTON - Today, January 13, 2009, the Homelessness Research Institute of the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NEAH) released its second Homelessness Counts report, the first report to track changes in homelessness on both a state and national level over time. According to the report, chronic homelessness in Massachusetts was reduced by 6 percent, due in part to increased investments in Housing First, a strategy aimed at reducing chronic homelessness by  read more »

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