BOSTON – October 7, 2024 – MassHousing awarded $326,437 to six organizations that provided summer job opportunities to nearly 100 youth across Massachusetts.
The Agency's Summer Youth Employment Program allowed 98 youth to work up to 40 hours a week with an average cost of $3,330. At least 80 percent of the youth live in MassHousing-financed rental housing communities.
"MassHousing's Housing Stability Department is focused on supporting our business and community partners in providing positive tenancies and opportunities for social and economic advancement for their residents," said MassHousing CEO Chrystal Kornegay. "Our Summer Youth Employment program exposes youth from MassHousing residences to varied work experiences with mission-oriented organizations that have expertise in youth employment."
The organizations that received Summer Youth Employment Funding are:
- Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.
- The BASE, Boston
- Madison Park Development Corporation, Boston
- MassHire Holyoke Career Center
- Phillips Brooks House Association, Inc., Cambridge
- Home City Development, Inc., Springfield
About the MassHousing Summer Youth Employment Program
The Summer Youth Employment Program is designed to ensure young people living in MassHousing-financed properties and affordable housing communities have access to summer jobs and related programming. MassHousing seeks to support initiatives that provide meaningful employment, career exploration, leadership development and community engagement opportunities.
About MassHousing
MassHousing (The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency) is an independent, quasi-public agency created in 1966 and charged with providing financing for affordable housing in Massachusetts. The Agency raises capital by selling bonds and lends the proceeds to low- and moderate-income homebuyers and homeowners, and to developers who build or preserve affordable and/or mixed-income rental housing. MassHousing does not use taxpayer dollars to sustain its operations, although it administers some publicly funded programs on behalf of the Commonwealth. Since its inception, MassHousing has provided approximately $29 billion for affordable housing. For more information, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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