28 Dec EVERETT INDEPENDENT: Housing Program Helps Families Survive Crisis Without Turning to Shelters

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Source: Everett Independent| By:  Seth Daniels Housing Program Helps Families Survive Crisis Without Turning to Shelters The Metro Housing Boston organization reported this month that their transition assistance program for families in crisis helped 32 families in Everett with a total expenditure of $93,072 expended. The Rental Assistance for...

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28 Dec WBUR Radio: What Amazon’s HQ2 Could Mean For Housing In East Boston

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Source: WBUR Radio | By: Amy Pollard |December 21, 2017 East Boston is a neighborhood in transition. Construction cranes tower along the waterfront. Just blocks away, vacant, boarded-up buildings linger like ghosts. A wave of high-income earners fill up luxury condos. Still, the neighborhood clings to its close-knit, historically immigrant...

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21 Dec State-funded program helps families in housing crises

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Source: Bay State Banner | By:  Karen Morales Nonprofit saves the state millions in emergency shelter assistance In 2017, 1,474 Greater Boston families were diverted from entering homeless shelters by receiving cash assistance from the homelessness prevention program Residential Assistance for Families in Transition through Metro Housing|Boston, saving...

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13 Dec Quincy, Braintree families receive money to avoid homelessness

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Source: Patriot Ledger | By:  Sean Philip Cotter QUINCY – A nonprofit organization aimed at preventing homelessness gave money to 63 people in Quincy and Braintree this year. Forty of those families were in Quincy, receiving a total of $106,21 through the Residential Assistance for Families in Transition...

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