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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13 Dec Boston’s Poor Forced To Find 2017 Apartments At 2005 Rental Rates

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Source: WGBH Radio | By: BIANCA VAZQUEZ TONESS We’ve all heard about rising rents in Boston. According to Zillow, the average two-bedroom apartment in the city goes for $2,300. Imagine someone helped you to rent an apartment, but they said you can only rent a place that...

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21 Sep Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership is now Metro Housing|Boston, moves to new office

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Source: Boston Real Estate Times | By: Hattie Bernstein BOSTON- Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, a nonprofit organization dedicated to alleviating and preventing homelessness in Boston, has changed its name to better represent the work the organization does. Now to be known as Metro Housing|Boston, the organization’s name...

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