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FOBH awarded 100K from Cummings Foundation!
900 Veterans Housed since 2014!
We are excited to continue to play a crucial role in making sure each and every person who serves our country has safe, dignified housing. Our Housing Start-up Fund helps ensure this by covering critical ...
241 People Housed in 2018!
Thanks to all our generous donors, supporters, friends, and volunteers, our Housing Start-up Fund helped 241 more people move off the streets and out of shelters into safe, dignified homes of their own in ...
2019 Holiday Cards
Keys to Success – Beyond Shelter 2018 Video
These are the stories of people who struggled with homelessness for years, but were able to regain their lives and look ahead to a peaceful hopeful future through the power of Housing People First.

What We Stand For

We believe homelessness in Boston can be solved

Friends of Boston’s Homeless supports solutions-oriented programs with proven track records that help people transition from the streets and shelters into safe, dignified housing and reclaim their lives. The final transition steps out of homelessness are often the most crucial, and we help make them happen. Please join us!

News & Events

Meet Trish
https://youtu.be/wPhgLEaeZMo

Cummings Foundation 100K
Friends of Boston’s Homeless was one of 100 non-profits to receive a $100,000 grant from the

Housewarming Baskets
Help people who’ve spent years living on our streets and in shelters get started in their new homes and on their new journey to a hopeful, peaceful future by providing the essential items we all need to ...
Watch Kimberly’s Story
Meet Kimberly. After a lucrative tech job fell through, she found herself homeless and struggling; “from the mountain to the valley” as she describes it.

Wells Fargo Ending Homelessness
We’d like to extend a special thank you to Wells Fargo for providing another very generous $15,000 grant to support ...

Watch Damion’s Story
Damion is a formerly homeless veteran who lost his wife tragically, and the resulting depression cost him everything. Here he tells the story of how Housing First helped him fight his way back to living a safe ...

Meet Trish
https://youtu.be/wPhgLEaeZMo
Cummings Foundation 100K
Friends of Boston’s Homeless was one of 100 non-profits to receive a $100,000 grant from the

Housewarming Baskets
Help people who’ve spent years living on our streets and in shelters get started in their new homes and on their new journey to a hopeful, peaceful future by providing the essential items we all need to ...
Watch Kimberly’s Story
Meet Kimberly. After a lucrative tech job fell through, she found herself homeless and struggling; “from the mountain to the valley” as she describes it.
Wells Fargo Ending Homelessness
We’d like to extend a special thank you to Wells Fargo for providing another very generous $15,000 grant to support ...
Watch Damion’s Story
Damion is a formerly homeless veteran who lost his wife tragically, and the resulting depression cost him everything. Here he tells the story of how Housing First helped him fight his way back to living a safe ...

Success Stories

Ron’s Story

Ron is 65 years old and had been living on the streets and in shelters for over fifteen years prior to being housed by Housing First. For decades, Ron suffered from an undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder and couldn’t keep a job. With no health insurance, he used the emergency room for all his health care needs. […]

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