Program areas at MBHP
Rental Housing assistance - federal and state funded Housing vouchers and other subsidy programs that served more than 12,550 disabled, elderly, formerly homeless, and other individuals and families in Boston and 31 surrounding communities. Metro Housing Boston's target population consists of households with low- and moderate-incomes who face a variety of barriers to Housing. Financial demographics for individuals receiving Metro Housing services under all the federal and state rental assistance programs respectively, are: 70% & 79% under $30,000, 13% and 10% at $30,001-$45,000, 8% & 6% at $45,001-$60,000, and 8% & 4% over $60,000; average annual income for our federal households is $26,530 and state households is $19,730. Additionally, 64% of the federal programs and 42% of state households have children under the age of 18, 45% of the federal programs and 52% of the state programs the heads of households are persons with a disability and 31% of the federal programs and 21% of the state programs households have a head of household that is elderly. Financial assistance programs in fy24 included the administration of three major programs; distributing $3,492,171 in in city of Boston emergency rental relief programs which served 1,255 households and $30,773,735 for the commonwealth of Massachusetts residential assistance for families in transition (raft) serving 7,735 households and $7,067,882 and in the commonwealth's emergency rental assistance payment (erap) funds to assist 1,843 households.
Office development operations
Metro Housing's approach is "Housing first, not Housing only." The Housing supports programs offer a continuum of services from information and referral to in-depth individualized case management, intensive Housing search, eviction prevention education, services, and resources that address the barriers that make it difficult to find or maintain a home. Through the homebase program, 298 families received stabilization assistance.