Helping Neighbors Build Community Across Massachusetts

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) equips communities with the capital, strategy, and know-how to become places where people can thrive. Working with local leaders, we invest in affordable housing, health, education, public safety and employment – all basic needs that must be tackled so that progress in one area is not undermined by neglect in another.

As part of a national organization with deep local roots, LISC Boston is uniquely positioned to share resources, best practices, and innovations with the communities we serve. We provide funding, financing, and technical assistance to community development corporations (CDCs), nonprofit developers, grassroots organizations, as well as policy and advocacy organizations throughout Massachusetts.

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3.18.2024 - ,

State Announces Second Set of Awards and Third Round of Funding to Support Deep Decarbonization in Affordable Housing

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Fairweather Apartments in Salem and Prospect Place in Northampton are the second pair of projects to receive funding from the Climate Ready Housing program created for affordable housing owners to achieve deep reductions in energy use and carbon emissions in the refinancing, renovation, and preservation of their properties.

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3.01.2024 - ,

MA Affordable Housing Solar Initiative Enters Fourth-Year Running

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The STAR program, first launched in 2021, provides technical and financial assistance to affordable housing organizations with sites in Massachusetts to catalyze the exploration of solar photovoltaic (PV) potential and break down existing barriers to adoption. This phase of the STAR program is providing an additional 12 organizations with grants to perform solar feasibility studies.

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1.19.2024 - , ,

LISC Boston Testifies in Support of the Affordable Homes Act

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Yesterday, LISC Boston joined Massachusetts leaders in testifying before the Joint Committee on Housing in support of the Affordable Homes Act. The Affordable Homes Act is core to the Healey Administration’s efforts to address the housing crisis in Massachusetts.

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1.11.2024 - ,

Heeding MLK’s Call to Serve—365 Days a Year

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On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday every year—a national day of service—we celebrate not only his legacy but also LISC's AmeriCorps members, who are answering his call to action and dedicating themselves to serve the under-resourced communities we work with, every day of the year. Since the program's inception, LISC AmeriCorps has placed more than 3,400 full- and part-time members in over 102 communities across the country. Meet some of them here, and learn about new and creative ways they are fueling equity and impact through their service.

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1.10.2024 -

How Expanding Access to ARPA Has Expanded Access to Child Care

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To support the struggling child care sector during and after the pandemic, Congress dedicated billions in child care relief funding under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The LISC Child Care and Early Learning team explores how minor but important changes in the administration of ARPA funding directed to child care programs can streamline deployment and make federal fund distribution more equitable.

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