Congresswoman Pressley, Senators Warren and Markey deliver the $850K for Pryde LGBTQ+ senior housing
On Monday, March 25, 2024, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) applauded the final passage of $850,000 in federal community project funding for The Pryde, an affordable...
New housing initiatives in Maine welcome LGBTQ seniors home
This article appears in the January/February 2023 print issue of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today.
As the United States moves into a new era of post marriage equality, many...
Development and design plans announced for New England’s first LGBTQ senior housing building
Thankfully, despite the global pandemic and forced closures all across the Commonwealth, the work toward New England’s first LGBTQ senior housing building hasn’t suffered any setbacks. One of...
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley slams GOP for cutting funds for The Pryde, LGBTQ senior housing...
Late yesterday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) issued the following statement after the Republican majority on the House Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Committee removed community project funding in support of LGBTQ organizations from Fiscal...
LGBTQ Senior Housing hosts grand opening of The Pryde in Hyde Park
LGBTQ Senior Housing, Inc., Pennrose, City of Boston, local officials, and project partners celebrated Pride Month with the grand opening of The Pryde, Boston’s first LGBTQ-affirming affordable housing community for seniors aged 62 and...
Maine’s King and Collins introduce bill to add LGBT people to Fair Housing Act
Maine Senators Angus King, an Independent, and Susan Collins, Republican, introduced a bill this week with Democrat Virginia Senator Tim Kaine that would include LGBT people in the Fair and Equal Housing Act of...
LGBTQ senior housing project determined to open on schedule despite GOP funding cut
Despite a discriminatory Congressional GOP-led removal of funds intended to support LGBTQ organizations, Gretchen Van Ness, executive director of LGBTQ Senior Housing — the Bay State nonprofit that lost $850,000 budgeted for...
Boston Police Department engages with Pryde LGBTQ senior housing
Officers of the Boston Police Department recently joined leaders of LGBTQ Senior Housing on a walkthrough of The Pryde, the Bay State’s first affordable housing project for LGBTQ seniors. Security concerns and...
Community rallies against vandalism at first LGBT senior housing project in MA
This just in from boston.com:
An LGBTQ-friendly senior housing project in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood was found vandalized with hate speech Sunday morning.
LGBTQ Senior Housing...
Youth on Fire moves from Fenway Health to Home for Little Wanderers
The Home for Little Wanderers, the nation’s oldest child welfare agency, is expanding its portfolio of services and programs by accepting ownership of Youth on Fire, a drop-in center that provides food,...
