Administrator’s Welcome!

We’re very pleased and excited to launch this new website!  It is our hope and goal to provide our applicants, public housing and leased housing residents, and landlords with the tools and information they need in order to participate in all that the BHA has to offer.   Ne...

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/BHA-Blog/June-2014/Administrator’s-Welcome!.aspx

Resident Empowerment Coalition to hold 2nd Annual Conference

The BHA’s Resident Empowerment Coalition is holding its second annual conference for BHA public housing and Section 8./Housing Choice Voucher residents on July 19.  The conference is free and offers educational workshops and resources to assist with and increase resident enga...

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/BHA-Blog/June-2014/Resident-Empowerment-Coalition-to-hold-2nd-Annua
l.aspx

Boston Public Health Commission Awarded $8.4 Million

The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) announced on Thursday, September 25 that it had been awarded approximately $8.4 million in two awards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fund a variety of innov...

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/BHA-Blog/September-2014/Boston-Public-Health-Commission-Awarded-$8-
4-Milli.aspx

Hoarding Intervention & Tenancy Preservation Project

Hoarding is a mental health disorder characterized by the acquisition of, and failure to discard, a large number of possessions that appear to be useless or of limited value. Those suffering with hoarding have difficulties processing information, form strong emotional attac...

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/BHA-Blog/October-2014/Hoarding-Intervention-Tenancy-Preservation-Pr
oject.aspx

Old Colony: Home Is Where the Hope Is

How do you define home? Recently, children of South Boston’s Old Colony public housing community shared what home means to them.  These children have seen a dramatic transformation take place in their community with new homes replacing the original 73-year-old housing through...

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/BHA-Blog/November-2014/Old-Colony-Home-Is-Where-the-Hope-Is.aspx

Casting Call for ReThink Documentary

Cone Communications has been working on a national campaign for the Housing Authority Insurance (HAI) Group to stress the importance and value of public housing. The Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) is proud to be a part of the HAI group's ReThink initiative...

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/BHA-Blog/April-2015/Casting-Call-for-ReThink-Documentary.aspx

Grandmother of four is a friend to a thousand

Since court-ordered busing in Boston 40 years ago, the Old Colony Public Housing development became one of BHA’s first desegregated developments to become tremendously diverse. Today, Phyllis Corbitt, President of Old Colony Tenant Task Force is proud to serve this diversity....

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/BHA-Blog/August-2015/Grandmother-of-four-is-a-friend-to-a-thousand.
aspx

BHA Takes Part in 2017 Boston Haitian Housing Fair

On Saturday, May 7, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services and the Massachusetts Association of Haitian Parents partnered with the Boston Housing Authority, the Boston Home Center and MASS Housing, to put together an event, that helped families and individuals find out more ...

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/BHA-Blog/May-2017/BHA-Takes-Part-in-2017-Boston-Haitian-Housing-Fai
r.aspx

Old Colony

Old Colony Redevelopment Since 2010, BHA has worked closely with Old Colony's residents and community members on a master-planning process for the whole site, envisioning the demolition of the existing Old Colony and its replacement with a new community: lower-density, with ...

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/Departments/Planning-and-Real-Estate-Development/Mixed-Finance-Deve
lopment/Old-Colony.aspx

The Annual Plan

The Annual Plan Federal Annual Plan 2020 and Five Year Plan (2020-2024) approved documents Federal Annual Plan 2024 approved  and draft 2025 State Annual Plan 2024 review completed and draft State Plan 2025 Sustainability Mixed Finance Devel...

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/Special-Pages/PopularLinks/The-Annual-Plan.aspx