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

For Public Housing and Section 8 Applicants

For Applicants Grievances and Appeals for Applicants A Public Housing or Section 8 applicant who has been denied assistance, withdrawn from the waiting list, denied priority or preference status or denied a reasonable accommodation may be entitled to an informal hearing befo...

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/Departments/Grievances-and-Appeals/For-Public-Housing-and-Section-8
-Applicants.aspx

Mission Main

The Annual Plan Sustainability Mixed Finance Development Healthy Homes Amory PACE Center   Departments Mission Main Mission Main            Year completed:  2002 Total units:  545 Total development cost:  $159 million Manage...

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/Departments/Planning-and-Real-Estate-Development/Mixed-Finance-Deve
lopment/Mission-Main.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

Community Service

Community Service Community Service Requirement Some residents are required to perform at least eight hours of community service or economic self-sufficiency each month. If you are between the ages of 18 and 62 and live in a federally funded public housing development, you m...

https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/Public-Housing/Getting-Settled/Community-Service.aspx

The Annual Plan

The Federal and State Annual Plan Congress passed a law in 1998 that requires Housing Authorities administered by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to create an Annual Plan. See below for more information on the Federal Annual Plan including the curre...

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

The Annual Plan

The Federal and State Annual Plan Congress passed a law in 1998 that requires Housing Authorities administered by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to create an Annual Plan. See below for more information on the Federal Annual Plan including the curre...

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