On a day that featured much speculation in the media about how Boston would attract Amazon to the city, 120 Boston residents packed into a community room at Frankln Park in Dorchester last night to discuss a community-centered process to spend $20 million per year on affordable housing, parks, and historic preservation.
MAHA is currently hiring a STASH Program Manager and a Community Organizer! Click here to see the details on the STASH Program Manager job postion.
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MAHA was established in 1985 and is dedicated to increasing resources for affordable housing, breaking down barriers for first-time and first-generation homebuyers, and closing the racial homeownership gap in Massachusetts.
January 29, 2023 – Of the 61 CRA ratings awarded to Massachusetts banks during 2022, eight (13.1%) were “Outstanding,” according to a report issued today by the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance (MAHA). The share of “Outstanding” ratings is down from 17.6% in 2021, but higher than in the 2015-2017 period. For federal regulators, the “Outstanding” share was 17.6% (6 of 34 ratings); for the state, the “Outstanding” share was just 7.4% (2 of 27).
July 16, 2021 - Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, filed three bills representing a generational investment in housing.
January 6, 2021 - In a huge victory for MAHA and our coalition partners, the state legislature just passed a home rule petition that will allow Boston to substantially increase Linkage fees that large scale commercial developers must pay for affordable housing and job training.
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