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MAHA Releases Bold Homeownership Justice Vision
Monday, February 8, 2021 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the City of Boston is providing new homebuyers up to $5,000 through the First-Generation Homebuyer Program. The program assists income-eligible first-generation homebuyers in purchasing a home in Boston for the first time with a 2:1 matching program.

As the world races to put in place provisions to protect public health in the wake of COVID-19, government leaders are attempting to mitigate the financial hardship from this crisis. Governments and banks in Spain, Italy, France, England and Canada have instituted various forms of mortgage payment suspensions or freezes ranging from one month to six months.

(published in Commonwealth Magazine on March 29, 2019)
By Thomas Callahan and Symone Crawford
On campuses across the nation, a combination of guidance and financial assistance has sprung up to support first-generation college students. Academic institutions - big and small as well as public and private - have recognized the importance of giving first-gen students a leg up.
When it comes to homeownership, first generation buyers are left to compete with better resourced peers, many who can lean on family for advice and the “Bank of Mom and Dad” for money.

$8. Not a typo. In last week's Boston Globe Spotlight Team series on race in Boston, this jumped off the screen. $8 is the median net worth of non-immigrant African-American households in the Boston area compared to $247,500 for white households. Other households of color have a net worth ranging from $0 to a high of $12,000. Differences in homeownership rates are the biggest contributor to these sobering figures.
 

December 30, 2021 - Dorchester, MA - MAHA is announcing today that Shauntelle McKain will become the Director of Homeownership Operations for the Dorchester-based nonprofit organization. McKain will succeed Symone Crawford in that position as Crawford assumes the role of Executive Director at MAHA on January 1, 2022.
 
“We are very excited to welcome Shauntelle to the MAHA team,” said Symone Crawford. “She will help us continue to grow and provide high quality services to first-time and first-generation homebuyers in Boston and beyond.”