Please join us in welcoming our new Board member, Chloe Anne McElligott (she/her/hers, White, Irish-Scottish-Lithuanian). Chloe is the Director of Outreach and Engagement at the Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership. Chloe earned her Master’s in Social...

Kayleigh Shuler (they/she) is honored to be joining the ABCDC team as Youth Program Coordinator of the Brighton Future Forward Program at the Commonwealth Development Center. Kayleigh’s love of children has fueled their work as a caretaker of 10+ years, a...

Allston Brighton CDC (ABCDC), along with 20 other organizations, have so far committed to a Racial Equity Pledge launched by the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC). The pledge affirms our commitment to work internally...

2022 is already off to a busy start here at Allston Brighton CDC! We are pleased to present some recent and upcoming happenings from ABCDC including the launch of our Homes We Can Afford Campaign, the Allston-Brighton Homeownership Fund, and a Resident...

Attention Residents: Resident Services staff are now in office Monday-Friday but are meeting with resident by appointment only! Drop-in hours will resume in March on Wednesdays from 1-3pm. To book an appointment please call 617-787-3874: ext. 202 for Sarah...

Sayed has lived with his family at our Hano Homes property for the past three years. Like many residents in our community, the pandemic deeply affected his family and he struggled to understand how to access the support he needed. “I applied for RAFT...

What’s your relationship to Allston-Brighton? Many years ago (in the 90’s), while attending college at BU, I lived for several years in the Allston-Brighton neighborhood. After graduating I moved to Cambridge and Winthrop with my partner. For the past...

If homes are truly “affordable” then the median net worth of Black families in Greater Boston should not be $8. If homes are truly “affordable” then people of color working in Greater Boston should have a livable wage that lifts them out of poverty and...

What’s your relationship to Allston-Brighton? I have lived in Allston-Brighton since 2006 (I just celebrated 15 years last month!). My experience in Allston-Brighton has also been my experience of becoming an adult because I moved here when I was just 19....

I lived in the Allston-Brighton neighborhood for three years, mostly during law school. During that time, I worked within the Housing Unit at Greater Boston Legal Services and the COVID Eviction Relief Clinic in partnership with WATCH CDC. Within the legal...