Construction of a new a state-of-the-art building on Mass General’s main campus, the Phillip and Susan Ragon Building, will result in a more than $62M investment in community health through the Massachusetts Determination of Need (DoN) process, the largest such investment in the Commonwealth’s history.
These funds will be distributed over the next 8 years, and we are pleased to announce our first round of Community Health Impact Funding awards. 22 local non-profit organizations will receive $18 million to support affordable housing initiatives in Boston and North Suffolk County.
“Housing insecurity and substandard housing are strongly linked to health conditions like cardiovascular disease, asthma and chronic stress,” said David Brown, MD, president of Mass General Brigham’s academic medical centers. “We are so pleased for the opportunity to invest in and partner with these community-based organizations offering life- and health-altering solutions to the housing crisis in Suffolk County.”
These innovative proposals are focused on a variety of equity-based efforts including production and preservation of affordable housing, policy and advocacy, and eviction prevention. Learn more here:
The organizations receiving these funds are: Boston Affordable Housing Coalition DBA Mass Alliance Of Hud Tenants (MAHT), Boston Tenant Coalition (BTC), Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Chinese Progressive Association - CPA Boston, Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), City Life Vida Urbana DBA Revival, Inc., City of Boston Mayor's Office of Housing, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), FamilyAid, Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS), GreenRoots, Inc., HarborCOV, HomeStart, Homes for All Massachusetts (HFA-MA), Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, Madison Park Development Corporation, More Than Words, New England United 4 Justice (NEU4J), The Neighborhood Developers, Transgender Emergency Fund of MA, Urban Edge Housing Corporation , and Women's Lunch Place.