07 Jul WBZ-TV: WinnCompanies Extends Moratorium On Evictions

Posted at 14:20h in In the News 2020

Source: WBZ-TV Video Segment Click above link to view segment on WinnCompanies' decision to extend the eviction moratorium to all of their Massachusetts' properties until the end of 2020. Sue Nohl, Deputy Director at Metro Housing|Boston, is interviewed for this segment. ...

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06 Jul Banker & Tradesman (via SHNS): Record Amount of RAFT Housing Assistance Distributed

Posted at 17:04h in In the News 2020

Source: Banker & Tradesman Amid a national recession and widespread unemployment linked to the pandemic, Metro Housing|Boston set a record in June for distribution of housing assistance. The quasi-public agency directed more than $1 million to enrollees in the Residential Assistance for Families in Transition, or RAFT,...

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01 Jul WHDH Channel 7: New housing study shows discrimination based on race of Boston’s prospective renters

Posted at 16:58h in In the News 2020

Source: WHDH-TV Video Segment BOSTON  - A study published by Suffolk Univerity and the Boston Foundation has found that people of color are not getting the same housing opportunities as their white counterparts. “For many of us working on affordable housing issues, this comes as no surprise,” said...

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29 Jun Boston Globe: A ‘tsunami of evictions’ threatens to strike Boston

Posted at 08:58h in In the News 2020

Source: Boston Globe As coronavirus cases continue to fall and the economy brightens for the moment, some communities in Massachusetts are bracing for a new threat: a surge of evictions that could push thousands of people from their homes. A disproportionate number will be Black or...

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