Innovative solutions are needed to provide a coordinated response to the crisis of family homelessness across the Commonwealth, and in 2020, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley was…
The passage of over $150 million in funds to create more supportive housing through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is an historic moment for the movement to end homelessness…
No young person should ever have to experience homelessness. On any given night in Boston, more than 300 youth and young adults (YYA) are sleeping in shelters or out on the street with…
For Steve Hardy of Gloucester, the stable home he accessed through the Commonwealth’s Pay for Success partnership to reduce chronic individual homelessness helped to change the trajectory of his life. In this recent interview with Boston Globe reporter Felice Freyer, he says, “I felt such an…
United Way is proud to include New Generation as a funded agency partner doing critically important work every day with women and their children. It’s a place where the urgency…
Turning this point in time into a moment in time when we achieve housing justice for all COVID-19 has pushed an already under-resourced and overstretched shelter system to the brink.…
Our Frontline Heroes series uplifts the stories of local community members and resident-led organizations transforming our region. Gloria West is an active participant in United Way’s Housing & Education Learning…
Eviction: Put Your Thinking to the Test With the expiration of the Massachusetts ban on Saturday, eviction is in the public consciousness now more than any time in memory. While…
What would you do if you got the call? Imagine picking up your phone and having your suspicions confirmed – that run down, miserable feeling you’d been dealing with was…
Summer is officially here. With warmer weather, businesses slowly re-opening, and people cautiously coming together again, our communities are looking toward recovery. Yet, the world we are stepping into is…