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Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) is a provision of the 1968 federal Fair Housing Act [1] signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.The law requires that "All executive departments and agencies shall administer their programs and activities relating to housing and urban development (including any Federal agency having regulatory or supervisory authority over financial ...
[20] These programs include Career Development, Charitable Campaigns, Early Child Care & Education, Elder Services, Financial, Food Pantries, Fuel Assistance/Energy Conservation, Health Services, Housing & Homelessness Prevention, Immigration Services, Youth Development.
Under the tenure of Boston Mayor John F. Collins (1960–1968), the BHA segregated the public housing developments in the city, moving black families into the development at Columbia Point while reserving developments in South Boston for white families who started refusing assignment to the Columbia Point project by the early 1960s. [7]
Children's Art Centre The Children's Art Centre offers three annual events and five programs to youth ages 3 months to 15 years. The Centre "provides arts opportunities that foster community interaction, self-expression, and development of skills in the arts through hands-on arts education."
The nonprofit Preservation of Affordable Housing's portfolio in Massachusetts includes 3,859 units in 40 properties across the state. Boston affordable housing group buys Dennis senior complex ...
The Comprehensive Permit Act [1] is a Massachusetts law which allows developers of affordable housing to override certain aspects of municipal zoning bylaws and other requirements. It consists of Massachusetts General Laws (M.G.L.) Chapter 40B, Sections 20 through 23, along with associated regulations issued and administered by the ...
The Boston Housing Authority actively segregated the city's public housing developments since at least 1941 and continued to do so despite the passage of legislation by the 156th Massachusetts General Court prohibiting racial discrimination or segregation in housing in 1950 and the issuance of Executive Order 11063 by President John F. Kennedy ...
The Boston Housing Authority actively segregated the city's public housing developments since at least 1941 and continued to do so despite the passage of legislation by the 156th Massachusetts General Court prohibiting racial discrimination or segregation in housing in 1950 and the issuance of Executive Order 11063 by President John F. Kennedy ...