Key Moments Campaign to Expand and Sustain Housing

At our 50th anniversary event last fall, Pine Street Inn announced a campaign to raise $50 million to build, maintain, support and sustain our housing for the long term. To date, over $39 million has already been raised from our community of extraordinarily generous supporters.

Pine Street is increasingly focused on housing as the most effective solution to homelessness. Funds raised through the Key Moments Campaign will help create 200 new units of housing, bringing the total owned or operated by Pine Street to 1,000+ units; fund necessary repairs and improvements to existing housing; establish a source of permanent funding for supportive services; and expand successful pilot programs that move people out of shelter quickly.

“We have come a long way, but we need to stay the course if we are to put homelessness behind us in Boston,” said Lyndia Downie, president and executive director. “We support close to 2,000 men and women each day, with a goal to move them off the street, out of shelter and into the stability of a home. With a 96% retention rate in our housing, we know that housing with support services works.”

Boston’s Way Home Fund, launched by Mayor Martin J. Walsh in partnership with Pine Street to raise $10 million for new housing units, is a significant part of the Key Moments Campaign. To date, $8.2 million has been raised, including lead gifts from Bank of America, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Mass Mutual, Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham Health/Partners HealthCare and Suffolk Cares. To learn more about the Key Moments Campaign, and how you can participate, please contact Alicia Ianiere, alicia.ianiere@pinestreetinn.org, 617.892.9177.

Pine Street Housing Development Gets Approval

Pine Street Inn recently received approval from the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) for a major new housing development in Jamaica Plain, the largest of its kind in Boston to date.

“These units will allow us to make a significant impact on chronic homelessness in Boston,” said Pine Street President Lyndia Downie.

The 202-unit building will provide housing for 140 men and women moving out of homelessness, as well as 62 families whose units would be income-restricted and managed by The Community Builders.

Architectural rendering of proposed Jamaica Plain housing