1. Presentation to the
Egleston Square Neighborhood Association

2. What we do....
• Provide decent, affordable
homeownership opportunities in Greater
Boston.
• Help families break the cycle of poverty
and contribute to communities through
homeownership
Our vision: a world in which everyone
has a decent place to live

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Increases in:
• Graduation rates.
• Children’s good health.
• Net family wealth.
Decreases in:
• Children’s behavioral problems.
• Reliance on government assistance.
• Asthma.
Homeownership leads to:
H
omeownership is a crucial foundation for helping
low-income families find a path out of poverty. When
they move out of substandard housing and into sim-
ple, decent, affordable homes, homeowners and their families
frequently improve their health, educational attainment, safety
and personal wealth.
“A quality home is more than just a roof and walls,” said
Increases in:
• Graduation rates.
Homeownership leads to:
Beneficial impacts of homeownership:A research summary
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5. H
omeownership is a crucial foundation for helping
low-income families find a path out of poverty. When
they move out of substandard housing and into sim-
ple, decent, affordable homes, homeowners and their families
frequently improve their health, educational attainment, safety
and personal wealth.
“A quality home is more than just a roof and walls,” said
Increases in:
• Graduation rates.
Homeownership leads to:
Beneficial impacts of homeownership:A research summary
EZRA
MILLSTEIN
• Homeownership leads to better
health.
• Homeownership leads to greater
educational achievements.
• Homeownership helps generate
wealth building and a pathway
out of poverty.

6. Red Rose, Bradeen Street, Roslindale,
MA

7. What we will be working on in 2022:
Projects in Progress

8. We build GREEN
A benefit of the Passive
House ventilation is
superior
indoor environmental
quality, reducing asthma
triggers, allergens and
respiratory irritants

9. Habitat
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Greater
Boston
104 Walter Street, Roslindale
Presentation to the Egleston Square Neighborhood Association

10. Photovoltaic arrays are
being proposed on the
roofs of both duplex
buildings. Priority is being
given to maximum area and
ideal orientation
of PV arrays in the design of
the massing of the
buildings

11. View from the entry
path to the Urban
Wild
Reuse and refurbish
wood from the
existing barn for the
main entrances of
the units.
Potential reuse of the
existing cupola.

12. What we will be working on in 2022:
Projects in Progress
Blue Hill Avenue B1
12 Homes
3 commercial / retail units
• In December 2021, the Boston
Department of Neighborhood
Development (DND) selected
Habitat Greater Boston to
develop 3 City-owned properties
on Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan in
partnership with UHM Properties.
• Anticipated constructed start:
Spring, 2023
• Anticipated completion:
Summer, 2025

13. What we will be working on in 2022:
Projects in Progress
Town of Weston
0 Wellesley Street
6 homes
• Anticipated construction start:
the end of 2022 or early 2023,
• Weston on land conveyed to us by with the
Town of Weston’s Affordable Housing Trust.
• Subject to Chapter 40B regulatory review, which
will involve extensive community outreach and
meetings over the next 12 months with various
regulatory agencies, the Town of Weston
Planning Board, and the Board of Selectmen.

15. What we will be working on in 2022:
Projects in Progress
174-180 Norfolk Street
7 townhouses
• We are currently working with architects
from DND and the Boston Planning and
Development Agency (BPDA) to finalize the
project design and initiate the zoning
approval and permitting process.
• Anticipated constructed start:
Summer, 2022

16. What we will be working on in 2022:
Projects in Progress
Parker Street,
Mission Hill
2 homes
• Construction
on the two-
unit
condominium
at the 725-727
Parker Street is
ongoing.
• Anticipated
completion:
end of 2022
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With construction in Mission Hill underway, Justine
Skylar and Sabella to school, and visit with nearby
them out of the community they know and love.

17. A Beautiful
Resistance
Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by
culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt
This series amplifies the truths of Black folk and other
people of color living as their fullest selves in a region,
in a country, set up to keep them from doing just that.
Their joy is a form of resistance.
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@makerchamp
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prevalence of COVID in each
nursing home’s county during
that stretch. In counties with
“We are strongly urging all
eligible staff, residents, and
their families to get the COVID-
that regimen.
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through cases are commonly as-
social responsibility.”
Nursing home administra-
tors say one of their biggest
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18. Since 1976, Habitat for Humanity has helped
more than 1 million families worldwide with
housing solutions leading to decent, affordable
shelter.That represents about 5 million people.
Our vision:
• a world where everyone has a decent
place to live
• where measurable improvements in
health, education, security and wealth
generation are enjoyed by more and
more homeowners.

19. Thank You!
James Kostaras, AIA
President & CEO
Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston
•jameskostaras@habitatboston.org
•www.habitatboston.org