Home Funders - Raising the Roof for Homeless Families. Projects

Home Funders - Helping homeless families

Home Funders is making a difference all around eastern Massachusetts. To download our current Project List, please click here.

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Dudley Village, Dorchester
Dudley Village will offer 50 units of new construction, multi-family rental housing built on public land and on private parcels that the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC) has bought adjacent to their Cottage Brook Apartments, which is a 147 unit multi-family in the core of their service area in the Uphams Corner-Dudley Street corridor. Formerly the site of a bar, this development will transform five parcels, create three common green spaces, a tot lot, and five commercial spaces. DBEDC is working closely with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) and their land trust.

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Ruggles Preservation, Roxbury
Another successful Home Funders loan, delivered through the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, has facilitated the redevelopment of a Ruggles Street and Shawmut Avenue property that went from 40 to 43 units, including nine units for ELI families. Jeanne Pinado, Charlotte Golar Ritchie of the City of Boston, Mayor Menino, Jane Wallis Gumble who heads the state Department of Housing & Community Development, and many others attended the ribbon cutting ceremony in October 2006.

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Acushnet Commons, New Bedford
Acushnet Commons is an award winning project, receiving the Fannie Mae Foundation's Maxwell Award from a nationwide pool of 70 projects. The award was given in the "Innovative Partnership" category for the project’s partnership with a childcare/family support provider. Opened in 2006 with 12 units of housing for the New Bedford community with 6 designated for ELI families, funding came through numerous sources including a Home Funders loan from MHP.

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Egleston Crossing, Roxbury
The heart of Roxbury’s Egleston Square gets a lift from two Urban Edge buildings – a mixed-use redevelopment project that includes 64 affordable housing units incorporated into a green building-design that will significantly cut energy usage.

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Haverhill Street YWCA, Lawrence
Teen mothers and homeless families have reason to cheer in Lawrence Massachusetts. Fina House, located at the Greater Lawrence YWCA, opened in 2005 and provides 17 units of transitional and permanent housing for female-headed households. The new facility, an expansion of the YWCA’s long-standing transitional housing services, received pre-development funding from Home Funders.

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Brian J. Honan Apartments, Allston
For Dalma, living in the Allston Brighton CDC’s Brian J. Honan Apartments means more than just having a nice, affordable place for her family to call home. It also means making connections in her community. She’s participated in a local Welcome Baby program with her five-month-old daughter and her 13-year-old son particularly loves living at the Brian J. Honan Apartments. “He’s made friends and there’s a park right down the street,” says Dalma. “He likes that he gets to go out more because everything is so close here that I can keep an eye on him.”

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Since moving to the Apartments, Dalma has acquired many new skills. “Right after we moved in, I got a letter from the Allston Brighton CDC,” explains the mother of two. “It told me about programs and services that might be helpful.” Dalma soon enrolled in ABCDC’s Credit Smart financial literacy program. At the end of the program, Dalma was able to access $750 in emergency funds provided by Home Funders and enrolled in Home Buying 101. She also paid off a high-interest credit card and opened a savings account. And she is reviving an old dream of earning her real estate license. “I want to have something to work towards,” says Dalma. “I’m taking advantage of every opportunity for education and making connections that the CDC is providing."

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Essex Street, Gloucester
Pond View Village Apartments on Essex Street in Gloucester brings 43 affordable rental units online along with 15 condominiums, priced affordably for qualified first-time home buyers. This project is for the adaptive re-use and new construction of at the former LePage Glue Factory site. It consists of 3 buildings and has 8 Section-8 Rent Assisted Units.

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63 Washington Street, Chelsea
HarborCOV’s project in Chelsea offers 24 affordable housing units, all available for ELI families. This project was funded in part by Home Funders through a CEDAC loan.

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"What I’ve learned is that I have to keep setting goals. I got into good housing. Then I started working two jobs. Now I need to get my GED.” - Home Funders Tenant

“Besides giving me a place to live, I now have people I can ask for help. When I didn’t know what to do about my child skipping school I was able to get suggestions from other residents.” - Home Funders Tenants

“Now that I have a home I’ve been able to find a job. I work as a day care assistant. This is great because I can take my youngest with me. He still needs reassurance that we’ll be okay. I think his being close to me at work has calmed him down.” - Home Funders Tenant

“People don’t realize how crazy life is when you are living in relative’s living rooms. Now my health is better. My kids are doing better in school and we can be a real family.” - Home Funders Tenant