BOSTON – September 15, 2025 – MassHousing awarded $342,000 to six organizations that provided summer job opportunities to more than 100 young people across Massachusetts.
The Agency’s Summer Youth Employment Program provided funding for 103 young people to work for up to 40 hours a week, earning between $15 to $20 per hour based on the job performed. Most of the youths live in MassHousing-affiliated rental housing communities.
"This summer jobs program through our Housing Stability Department gives young people exposure to many varied work experiences with mission-oriented organizations," said MassHousing CEO Chrystal Kornegay. "This initiative is a collaboration with our business and community partners with the shared goal of fostering opportunities for social and economic advancement for the residents of our housing communities across the Commonwealth."
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, Holyoke
- Project Right, Boston
- 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 to confront the Commonwealth's housing challenges. 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 mixed-income rental housing. MassHousing does not use taxpayer dollars to sustain its operations. As a mission-driven agency, MassHousing uses housing finance to strengthen communities and lay the foundation for economic prosperity. Since its inception, MassHousing has provided more than $29 billion in housing finance. For more information, visit the MassHousing website at www.masshousing.com.
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