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August 10, 2004 - BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL: leaving more homeless | |||
| If President Bush wants to end homelessness, he should protect federal rent subsidies. There are no magic carpets that whisk people out of homelessness, but subsidies work. Poor people pay 30 percent of their income in rent...Click here to read the full article. | ||||
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June 28, 2004 - Historic New Bedford School Building Donated to Provide Affordable Housing | |||
| Home Funders, a public-private
partnership dedicated to addressing the crisis in family homelessness
through increasing the supply of extremely affordable housing units
in Massachusetts, announces the donation of an historic New Bedford
school building, by a Home Funders partner, to establish “Acushnet
Commons.” Click here to read the entire Press Release. |
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june 15, 2004 - New Partners Join Home Funders in Ending Family Homelessness - Unique Philanthropic Collaborative Approaches Milestone | |||
| Three philanthropic
entities have announced they are partnering with Home Funders to build
homes for extremely low-income families. Click here to read the entire Press Release. |
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May 14, 2004 - Home Funders is part of an innovative financing initiative | |||
| Massachusetts Housing Partnership, Bank of America reach $406 million multi-year loan agreement for affordable housing. | ||||
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March 18, 2004 - Butler Family Fund publication awarded a Wilmer Shields Rich Award for excellence | |||
| Butler Family Fund publication "Ending Homelessness: The Philanthropic Role" was awarded a Wilmer Shields Rich Award for excellence in communications by the Council on Foundations in the category of Public Information Campaigns. This publication is based on the belief that foundations large and small can play a significant role in helping to end homelessness. This guide is the third in a series of papers published by the Neighborhood Funders Group to help grantmakers better understand housing public policy issues and to encourage sustained, strategic public and private investments in housing and homelessness. | ||||
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november 20, 2003 - Report to suggest radical changes on use of shelter funds | |||
| A long-awaited report on mending the state's fractured emergency shelter system will recommend no new funding, but will suggest a "bold" restructuring of the $250 million per year Massachusetts spends to house its homeless. Click here to read the full article. | ||||
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november 20, 2003 -
State shifts on homelessness - Urges a push for housing |
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| After years of pumping millions into
the emergency shelter system, a safety net for thousands of homeless
residents, Massachusetts should shift its efforts to produce more
low-income housing and provide programs to prevent evictions, according
to a state report set for release today. Click here to read the full article. |
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november 17, 2003 - MORE FAMILIES SHARE QUARTERS AS COST OF HOUSING SOARS | |||
| Just three years ago, Najwa and Faisal
Beydown were living comfortably in a sprawling, four-bedroom, Spanish-style
ranch in St. Petersburg, Fla., with two spacious living rooms, a huge
family room, and a veranda overlooking a lush garden. But after two family businesses failed, the West African-born couple lost the house to foreclosure and moved in with their daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren in Jamaica Plain..... Click here to read the full article. |
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Home Funders Partners Present $5 Million Challenge | |||
| Home Funders Partners present $5 million challenge of an immediate-use, matching pledge to their colleagues in business and philanthropy. | ||||
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Home Funders Breaks Ground To Raise The Roof For Families. | |||
| On October 21st at Boston
City Hall, Home Funders officially launched its partnership and fundraising commitment. |
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Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2002 | |||
| An objective assessment of the progress Greater Boston is making toward providing housing opportunities for all its citizens. Presented by The Boston Foundation. | ||||
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