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Mayor Wu

Mayor Wu announces new five-year budget proposals

Nathan Metcalf April 19, 2023
Mayor Michelle Wu revealed two new multi-billion dollar budget proposals for the 2024 fiscal year to the Boston City Council last Wednesday.
Boston City Hall

Boston City Councilor Kenzie Bok resigns

Braedon Blumfield April 7, 2023
During the Boston City Council’s meeting on Wednesday, Councilor Kenzie Bok, representing Boston’s 8th District, offered a letter of resignation to the council.
Lenox Public Housing Project

Activists discuss public housing issues in Boston following State hearing

Madison Mercado September 16, 2021
Activists and state representatives reviewed public housing policy changes in a hearing Wednesday.
Lenox Street Apartments public housing

Lenox Street Apartments affordable housing complex in South End to undergo $125 million renovation

Anne Jonas March 3, 2021
Originally built in 1939, the 285-unit building will be modernized through the infusion of nearly $125 million in financing and a partnership between Beacon Communities and the Boston Housing Authority.
On Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Baker extended a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures from Aug. 18 to Oct. 17 in an effort to help ease the burden of COVID-19 on vulnerable families. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Suspension of evictions and foreclosures extended

Katarzyna Jezak July 25, 2020
Gov. Charlie Baker extended Tuesday the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures until Oct. 17.
On Tuesday, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker created a fund of $20 million to assist individuals and households facing housing insecurity due to COVID-19. COURTESY OF MARK HERLIHY/ HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE

Pandemic-struck Massachusetts to parcel out $20 million in housing relief

Inyeong Kim July 4, 2020
Gov. Baker's new housing fund may provide relief for those struggling with rental and mortgage payments during the pandemic.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the Boston Housing Authority $1.8 billion in housing vouchers for Boston’s homeless and disabled residents Saturday. COURTESY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT VIA FLICKR

Boston awarded $1.8 million to house homeless and disabled

Mia Khatib December 10, 2019
Homeless and disabled residents will benefit from a $1.8 million federal grant for housing subsidies in Boston.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Thursday the City will release 1,000 new Section 8 rental housing vouchers to support those who suffer from chronic homelessness. MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DFP FILE

Walsh announces release of 1,000 new Section 8 rental housing vouchers

Natalie Patrick April 30, 2019
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Thursday the City will release 1,000 new Section 8 rental housing vouchers to support those who suffer from chronic homelessness.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh at the Chinatown Neighborhood Center’s tea ceremony Friday. Walsh, along with the Boston Housing Authority and Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, have started a project centered around rehabilitating affordable housing in Boston’s South End.
HALEY LERNER / DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh launches South End affordable housing rehabilitation project

Grant Hillyer February 10, 2019
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh has launched a project aimed at rehabilitating affordable housing in Boston’s South End with the Boston Housing Authority and Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, a community development organization.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh speaks at a conference in 2016. Walsh and others fired back against a letter from the Boston Housing Authority demeaning the city’s school system. OLIVIA NADEL/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Unauthorized Boston Housing Authority letter ridicules schools, crime in city

Daily Free Press Staff September 27, 2018
A recent letter from the Boston Housing Authority urged residents of Boston to move out of the city for a better life. The unauthorized letter was sent out as part of an announcement for BHA’s Expanding Choice in Housing Opportunities (ECHO), a program that provides affordable housing to low-income and working families.
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