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Pine Street Inn Opens New Permanent Housing for 31 Formerly Homeless Men and Women

by Anonymous .
Thursday Oct 16, 2014

Organization Moves Closer to Ending Homelessness in Boston

Submitted by Pine Street Inn

Thirty-one formerly homeless men and women have moved into a newly renovated and furnished building in the former St. Peter's convent in Dorchester.

Tenants have private bedrooms with kitchenettes and bathrooms, along with a common area for community gatherings. A case manager and live-in house manager provide support and assistance to residents, which is the service model in Pine Street's housing.

"I am pleased to report that Pine Street Inn now has more men and women living in housing than staying in our shelters," said Pine Street President Lyndia Downie. "This shift is improving lives and moving us closer to our goal of ending homelessness - and it is also cost-effective,' she

Private funders, donors, friends and city and state officials including Sheila Dillon, Boston's

Chief of Housing and Director of the Department of Neighborhood Development, and Aaron

Gornstein, Undersecretary for Housing and Community Development, joined Pine Street Inn

President Lyndia Downie at the ceremony.

Furniture for all units was generously donated by Bob's Furniture; and individual donors and volunteers donated and set up smaller furnishings in each unit - down to silverware and towels. Pine Street Inn began creating permanent housing for very low-income and homeless individuals in 1984. Today Pine Street has 37 locations with over 850 tenants throughout Boston and in Brookline.