17 years ago, MAHA was building our new building! Do you remember when MAHA's office looked like this? Join us at Legacy of Home: MAHA's 40th Anniversary Gala this October to celebrate all of our 40 years! Get your tickets today: mahahome.org/maha-anniver...

Mark your calendar for Boston's preliminary election! On the ballot will be the primary for mayoral candidates and for at-large city councilors and city councilors in Districts 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7. Check your registration here: www.sec.state.ma.us/voterregistr...

Join us on Thursday, August 7th at 6:30PM on Zoom to stand up for affordable housing and homeownership in our communities 🏠 MAHA leaders will ask mayoral candidates questions about their housing plans for Boston. Register for this Zoom meeting: mahahome.org/civicrm/even...

Housing policies are always up for debate, especially when underlying fundamentals change. Last week's @mahahome.bsky.social forum with @mayorwu.boston.gov and @joshforboston.bsky.social illustrated how much policy is anchored and driven by community engagement.

In our first big community organizing event since 2020, over 850 MAHA members & friends packed the Reggie Lewis Center on Tuesday to ask Mayor Wu and one of her challengers Josh Kraft for commitments to fund homeownership programs and build affordable homes if they are elected in the November.

MAHA's Community Action for Homeownership is TOMORROW! Come to the Reggie Lewis Center on July 15th at 6pm to to get information about homebuyer, homeowner and rental resources. Then we'll meet as a community for a mayoral forum. Let us know you'll be there: mahahome.org/civicrm/even...

Check out what organizations will be a part of our Homeownership Resource Fair! Join us on Tuesday, July 15th at 6pm at the Reggie Lewis Center to visit these tables and learn about the free and low-cost resources available to you. Let us know you'll be there: mahahome.org/civicrm/even...

Looking for free resources as a renter, homebuyer, or homeowner? Join @mahahome.bsky.social for their Community Action for Homeownership event on Tuesday, July 15th at 6 PM at the Reggie Lewis Center. mahahome.org/civicrm/even...

We're only 1 week away from MAHA's Community Action for Homeownership! Come to the Reggie Lewis Center on July 15th at 6pm to get information about homebuyer, homeowner and rental resources. Then we'll meet as a community for a mayoral forum. Let us know you'll be there: mahahome.org/civicrm/even...

Will Boston’s next Mayor commit to MAHA’s proposals for making homeownership more affordable? Join MAHA at our Community Action event at the Reggie Lewis Center on Tuesday, July 15 for information tables followed by a Mayoral candidate forum. Let us know you'll be there: mahahome.org/civicrm/even...

We need YOU to make our Homeownership Community Action an impactful, successful event! Join us for this Organizing meeting on Zoom to make this happen, register here: mahahome.org/civicrm/even...

Join MAHA at the Reggie Lewis Center on July 15th 🏠 This free event will begin with a Homeownership Resource Fair. Then we'll meet as a community to show Boston's mayoral candidates & other elected officials that affordable homeownership matters to you! Register here: mahahome.org/civicrm/even...

Thank you for joining us at TOD to support MAHA's work of increasing access to affordable homeownership! We're so grateful to the restaurants, volunteers, and sponsors who make this event possible. Congrats to our Best of TOD 2025 winners: Murl's Kitchen, Shanti Indian Cuisine and Chill on Park 🎉

Come to our next Organizing meeting on May 13 and help make our Reggie Lewis community action impactful 🏠 We need to come together to urge decision-makers to support and fund affordable homeownership opportunities! 💙 Register for this Zoom meeting here: mahahome.org/civicrm/even...

You don't need to wait until Thursday for all the Taste of Dorchester fun! Check out the awesome items on our silent auction and starting bidding now. The silent auction will be open until Friday, 4/25 at 5pm. Check out the silent auction here: app.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/tas...

No matter if it's dinner or desert you are craving, Taste of Dorchester has got you covered! We're only 3 days away from the 17th Annual Taste of Dorchester. Make sure to get your tickets! Buy your tickets in advance for $50: mahahome.org/taste-dorche...

Join us next week at the 17th annual Taste of Dorchester! Your ticket not only buys a great night, but also supports MAHA's work to increase access to affordable homeownership. Buy your tickets in advance for $50: mahahome.org/taste-dorche...

We're less than 2 weeks away from the 17th annual Taste of Dorchester! Buy your tickets in advance for $50: mahahome.org/taste-dorche... Thank you to our Presenting Sponsors, Arbella Insurance Foundation and First Citizens Bank!

Planning on being at this year's Taste of Dorchester but don't have your tickets yet? Get them before 11:59pm tonight (April 11th) to get the Early Bird pricing of $40! Buy your tickets: mahahome.org/taste-dorche...

Our community action at the Reggie Lewis will be a chance for decision makers to hear about the importance of homeownership. We want you to organize this action with us!! 🏠💙 Register for this IN-PERSON meeting here: mahahome.org/civicrm/even...

You're running out of time to get your Early Bird tickets to Taste of Dorchester! Get your tickets for just $40 until April 11th. TOD is always a great night but most importantly it raises critical funds for MAHA's homebuyer education and community organizing programs! mahahome.org/taste-dorche...

We have opportunities in April to take your first-time homebuyer class and your home owner class entirely in Spanish! Register here: mahahome.org/homeownershi...

We are so excited to celebrate 40 years of breaking down barriers to affordable homeownership! Save the date for a night of celebration, reflection, and looking to MAHA's future. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 22nd!

Our Homebuyers Union members and our Organizing team went to the State House last week to advocate for more affordable homeownership in MA 🏠 They brought pies to legislators with MAHA’s recipe for homeownership pie: STASH, ONE+ Affordable Mortgages, and affordable homes to buy! #mapoli

The most delicious night of the year is coming up next month! Come find your new favorite Dorchester restaurant while raising funds to increase access to affordable homeownership. Get your Early Bird tickets ($40) now until April 10th: mahahome.org/taste-dorche...

This week our Homebuyers Union members joined our Organizing team to plan our upcoming actions to urge decision makers to support and fund affordable homeownership opportunities 🏠💙 Be on the lookout for more information about our action at the State House on March 26!

On the last day of Black History Month, we’re thinking about how the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion have been villainized recently. This month is when we should strengthen, not retreat from, these commitments.

Have you noticed MAHA's new website? At the beginning of February, we launched our refreshed look! We look forward to being able to better communicate with all of you about our classes, events, and impact.

In honor of March being Women's History Month, we are offering our yearly Woman to Woman: Homebuyer Workshop which is taught exclusively for women, by women. Learn everything you would in a Homebuyer 101 class, in a class made just for women! Register here: mahahome.org/civicrm/even...

You can now buy your tickets for the 17th annual Taste of Dorchester! We are so excited to fill the Local 103 IBEW building with great food, great music, and great company once again this year. Get your Early Bird tickets for only $40! mahahome.org/taste-dorche... #TOD2025

Housing is certainly the #1 issue in Boston. MAHA is glad that it will be a central topic for our mayoral candidates. We need to do everything possible to make homeownership accessible for first-time and first-gen buyers in Boston.

The CRA ratings assess how well banks, credit unions and mortgage companies are meeting the needs of low to moderate income households. Read the full report by longtime MAHA board member, Jim Campen, here: mahahome.org/sites/MAHA-D...

Looking to improve your credit score, and need some guidance? Then, MAHA's Credit Building Bootcamp is for you. To be eligible, you must have graduated from MAHA's first-time homebuyer class and have at least a 580 credit score. Register for the Bootcamp here: mahahome.org/civicrm/even...

Mark your calendars for the 17th annual Taste of Dorchester! April 24th, 2025 will be full of good food and good company at the IBEW Local 103 building. Stay tuned for more info! #TOD2025

Unsure of what is needed to get a mortgage loan from a bank? In this free Q & A session with Leader Bank, you will learn about everything you need to get a mortgage and have the opportunity to ask any of your questions to the lender. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

MAHA is proud to work together with the City and @mayorwu.boston.gov to get these necessary funds into the hands of first-time & first-gen homebuyers! www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/14/s...

All MAHA wants for Christmas is…affordable and sustainable homeownership! 🏠🎄 Our MAHA members shared their homeownership wishes at our last Organizing meeting of the year 💙 #communityorganizing #affordablehomeownership #firstgenhome #boston

Need gift ideas for the foodie in your life? A treat or a giftcard from a Taste of Dorchester restaurant makes the perfect gift! #giftguide #dorchester #TODrestaurant #tasteofdorchester #TOD

First ever joint meeting of our CRA Peer Group, co-chaired by Vanessa Greene, Tom Golden & Delisa Joseph and CRA Community Council, co-chaired by Symone Crawford, Keith Fairey & Maritza Crossen met today at @mahahome.bsky.social. Great turnout. Good energy. Outstanding brainstorming. Stay tuned.

via @dotnews.bsky.social: new program highlights changing map for pathways to homeownership. dotnews.com/2024/boston-...

This #GivingTuesday, support MAHA's work to make homeownership more accessible to all in Massachusetts! The racial homeownership gap should be a thing of the past, and not today's reality. Make a contribution today to support first-time homebuyers: mahahome.org/civicrm/cont...

MAHA’s Homebuyers Union took our fight for affordable homeownership to the statehouse this year. We advocated for more resources to be allocated to STASH, Commonwealth Builder, and other critical homeownership programs. We’re ready to keep fighting to make sure homeownership gets more attainable!

MAHA was so proud to celebrate the launch of ONE+ on Monday! ONE+ will bring deeply discounted mortgage rates coupled with downpayment assistance to renters in the Gateway Cities, Framingham, and Randolph. Learn more: www.mhp.net/news/2024/on...

Today we celebrated the launch of the MA Housing Partnership’s ONE+ program! A mortgage program to help income-eligible first-time homebuyers in 29 MA communities, the program is launching w/ over $11M in support. Read more: bit.ly/3Oo5enI

This year, 125 STASH: First-Gen Home graduates purchased homes all over Massachusetts putting their $20,000 matching grant to good use, plus dozens more in the process of closing! MAHA will continue working for this support to be available for first-gen homebuyers across the state.

We are so excited to be able to capture how many MAHA graduates are buying homes! In 2023, 664 graduates of our classes bought their home. So far this year, 489 graduates bought homes across the state! Read more about our impact in our 2024newsletter: conta.cc/4fGlSep