HomeStart
Non-profit OrganizationsMassachusetts, United States201-500 Employees
HomeStart is a Boston-based nonprofit dedicated to ending and preventing homelessness in the Greater Boston area. The organization pursues this aim through a trio of interconnected services: preventing eviction by offering advocacy and financial assistance, helping people in shelters or on the streets search for and move into stable, affordable housing, and providing wrap-around case management to sustain housing and community ties. Through these efforts, it has permanently housed more than 17,000 individuals and prevented eviction for over 7,000 households, with 95% of those households remaining housed 36 months after intervention. Situating itself within the nonprofit housing and homelessness sector, HomeStart serves individuals and families facing eviction or homelessness in the Boston region. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the organization operates with a substantial staff to deliver integrated housing support and, as noted in recent developments, expanded leadership capacity with the February 2024 appointment of a new chief financial officer.