NOAH to Hold Annual Dinner
in December & Gala Event in June

Benfield Farms is a 26-unit senior housing development designed in the style of an old Carlisle farm house and barn. The Benfield Farms parcel, a 45-acre tract, was purchased with town CPA funds, and the Carlisle CPA also approved $425,000 towards the creation of the affordable units. The building, situated on 4.4 acres, will be Carlisle's first rental development in 30 years. Of the 26 planned units, 18 will be at 60% of area-wide median income (AMI), and 8 will be capped at 100% of AMI. This $9 million project is targeted to begin construction in March. NOAH is hard at work on pre-development activities. Our NOAH community building and environment staff recently went out to work on wetlands restoration on the site. Pictured are Jacqueline Lara, New American Integration Program AmeriCorps volunteer and Rigoberto Reyes, Youth Crew Organizer.  

         

NOAH has been awarded $336,354  in HomeCorps Crisis Response Innovation Grant funds from Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office. This two-year grant is designed to assist Massachusetts homeowners and renters impacted by the foreclosure crisis, to mitigate the impacts of the foreclosure crisis on our citizens and communities, and to guard against future financial harm like that seen during the ongoing foreclosure crisis. The funds will be used to support and sustain NOAH's regional Foreclosure Prevention activities. We are very grateful to the Attorney General's Office for facilitating this valuable assistance for Massachusetts residents.

NOAH offers free foreclosure avoidance education and counseling for Massachusetts homeowners, serving residents from over 90 area communities, with a special focus on underserved residents from East Boston up through the North Shore area. Workshops in Spanish and English are held every Monday evening; and counseling is offered in English, Spanish and Portuguese. For more information, please contact Diana Franco at 617-418-8266 or dfranco@noahcdc.org. Pictured: Attorney General Martha Coakley at NOAH with Diana Franco, Director of Homebuyer Services.

Helping Residents Stay Warm Each Winter 

NOAH is a proud participant in the Department of Neighborhood Development Boston Home Center's HeatWorks and HeatWorks Plus winter preparedness programs. These were created to better keep elders and young children warm during the cold winter months. Eligible homeowners include occupants of residential one-to-four family properties in the City of Boston who are 60 years of age and older OR Boston homeowners with children under six living with them; and whose income does not exceed 80% of Area Median Income. An approved, licensed and insured contractor will perform all work. HeatWorks and HeatWorks Plus eligible participants may receive: a new furnace; an ABCD energy audit; weatherization and insulation services; technical assistance from DND construction specialists; or grants and/or 0% interest deferred loans. If you know of anyone who would benefit from these services or if you have any questions about Heat Works, HeatWorks Plus or the Senior Home Repair Program, please contact Anthony D'Andrea at adandrea@noahcdc.org.  

All of us at NOAH want to say 'THANK YOU' to our recent funders, including Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, NeighborWorks America, the City of Boston, Clipper Ship Foundation, Charles F. Bacon Trust, East Boston Foundation, State Street Bank, Cambridge Savings Bank Foundation, East Boston Savings Bank Foundation, One United Bank, and Webster Bank.

      

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