48,000
Graduates from homebuyer and
homeowner classes since 1991
489
MAHA graduates bought
their first home in 2024
245
STASH First-Gen Home graduates have
become homeowners since 2019
3,000
People took action with MAHA to advocate for affordable homeownership in 2024
Our Core Values
Our Mission
MAHA breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.
Our Vision
Equitable access to security and stability through affordable sustainable homeownership.
Our Values
We approach our work with passion for our mission.
We treat everyone with respect, dignity, and compassion.
We actively listen.
We are transparent in our interactions with others.
We seek to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients.
We harness our collective power.
MAHA Through the Years
1985
MAHA is founded.
1988
MAHA began the Homebuyers Union
1989 - 1990
MAHA leads campaign to increase access to banking services which results in Boston banks opening 9 new branches and 40 ATMs in underbanked communities
1990
MAHA along with MHP create the Soft Second program which eventually becomes the ONE Mortgage program
1991
MAHA begins teaching first-time homebuyer classes
1993
MAHA & Bowdoin St Health Center organize to encourage Boston to establish the city's first grant program to make homes lead safe
1996
MAHA organizes for the passage of the Insurance Anti-Redlining Act
1996
MAHA launches free Home Safe post-purchase classes with discounts on policies from participating insurance companies
1996 - 1998
MAHA & MACDC lead a campaign to pass the An Act Insuring Community Investment and the Equitable Taxation of Insurance Companies
1999
MAHA campaigns for Boston to adopt an inclusionary development policy
2000
Mayor Menino announced Boston's first formal inclusionary development policy, which calls for market rate housing to set aside 13% of the units as affordable
2000
MAHA files legislation to create a Community Reinvestment Act for mortgage companies
2001
MAHA's organizing results in the first increase in Boston's linkage fee in 15 years
2007
CRA for mortgage companies gets signed into law in MA
2008
MAHA's newly build building opens
2009
MAHA hosts the first annual Taste of Dorchester
2016
MAHA leads campaign that results in the Community Preservation Act passing in Boston
2018
MAHA launches MAHA Homes, our in house buyer broker
2019
MAHA's STASH: First-Gen Home program begins
2019
MAHA launches Expand the Pie campaign
2021
MAHA's organizing results in another increase in Boston's linkage fee
2023
STASH goes statewide utilizing American Plan Rescue Act funds
2023
ONE Mortgage reaches milestone of 25,000 homebuyers
2024
MAHA unveils new name and logo, becoming the Massachusetts Affordable Homeownership Alliance
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