Dorchester MA, May 26, 2020 – MAHA is one of dozens of local non-profits to receive grants of $100,000 each through the Cummings Foundation $20 Million Grant Program. The Dorchester-based organization was chosen from a total of 738 applicants during a competitive review process.
Taste of Dorchester @ Home is going virtual. Join us on Thursday, May 28th from 7:30pm-8:30pm for a fun hour of chef demonstrations, live interviews and a chance to support our Dorchester restaurants! Tickets are just $25 per household and will benefit MAHA and a Dorchester restaurant relief fund. Get your ticket now!
April 29, 2020 - MAHA's team has been active over the last six weeks responding to the COVID-19 emergency - safely from home but active nonetheless. We would like to update you on a few matters.
STAY TUNED for an exciting announcement about a Taste @ Home virtual event!
Due to the COVID-19 emergency, we have cancelled the in-person 12th annual Taste of Dorchester event scheduled for April 30th but we are busy planning an exciting virtual event for May. Stay tuned for an announcement soon.
Due to the unprecedented situation with the spread of COVID-19, MAHA's office remains closed until further notice but our staff is working regular hours from home. We will be moving our in-person homeownership classes online and will be communicating with all those who have signed up for a class. Please bear with us as we adapt to this rapidly evolving emergency.
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.
January 27, 2020 - Of the 77 Community Reinvestment Act ratings awarded to Massachusetts banks during 2019, eleven (14.3%) were “Outstanding", according to a report issued today by the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance (MAHA). For federal regulators, the "Outstanding" share was 18.6% (8 of 43 ratings); for the state regulators, the "Outstanding" share was 8.8% (3 of 34).
Join us for a fun and exciting annual meeting on Monday, December 16th as we celebrate an active and fruitful 2019. There will be dinner, dessert and a fond farewell to our retiring HomeSafe program manager Jorge Casas after 18 years of outstanding service to low- and moderate-income homeowners. We will also be congratulating MAHA board member Kenzie Bok on her recent election to the Boston City Council.
Our congratulations to Kenzie Bok on winning the District 8 City Council seat yesterday. Kenzie becomes the first MAHA Board member to win elective office in the organization's 34 year history. Kenzie was a leader in the effort to pass the Community Preservation Act in Boston in 2016 and campaigned on a platform of increasing affordable housing opportunities in her district and throughout the city. We look forward to working with her in 2020.
