Planning Office for Urban Affairs

22/04/2026

26/03/2026

Our Director of Real Estate, Shaina Korman-Houston, spoke today at ’s panel on the proposed Yes in God’s Backyard (YIGBY) legislation, which would allow for as-of-right zoning for housing on faith-based parcels. She joined to discuss the importance of passing this legislation. Link in our bio, and here, to email your legislators: https://actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QEVCQUk=

06/02/2026

📢 LAST CHANCE to win a Patriots football, signed by Christian Gonzalez, as we head into Superbowl weekend! A small donation to POUA gets you a raffle ticket - celebrate the end of an amazing football season with a chance to win, thanks to our partnership with the New England Patriots Foundation. Go Pats! 🏈

http://pouai.betterworld.org/giveaways/patriots-signed-item

05/01/2026

Want to win a signed Patriots football? All proceeds from this raffle go towards providing housing and services for residents through POUA. A huge thank you to the New England Patriots Foundation for their generous donation of this signed football, to support the underserved and marginalized populations that we serve!

Donate to POUA for the chance to win a signed Patriots item!

19/11/2025

23/09/2025

14/08/2025

Thank you Andrew Brinker for covering the transformation of Archdiocesan properties into much-needed affordable housing, and for highlighting our Drexel Village development in Roxbury, in partnership with St. Katharine Drexel!

Religious institutions from Roxbury to Cambridge to Allston are opting to transform mostly empty properties into housing for lower income families.

05/08/2025

Thank you & for supporting our partner at Bed-Zone Bash yesterday, and for all of their support of local nonprofits serving at-risk youth and families, including with yesterday’s incredible donation of beds!

24/07/2025

We are incredibly grateful to be included in this year’s Community Captains cohort, through the support of and ! The program provides $50,000 to POUA, as well as two years of trainings, networking, in-kind donations, volunteer opportunities, and site visits from the Foundation and the Bank. We’re eternally grateful for our relationship with Bank of America, and for all of Erin Sutherland and Brittney Macomber’s support and advocacy of our work and our mission. Thank you for having us out to Gillette Stadium to kick off the program amongst our peer organizations!

02/07/2025

Construction is over 90% complete at our 150 River Street Village development in Mattapan, in partnership with ! Once complete, 150 River Street Village will provide 30 units of affordable and mixed-income housing for seniors in Mattapan.

25/06/2025

We were grateful to lead Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities and MassHousing through our construction site at 22 Elm Street in Worcester on Monday! Renovations are underway to convert the building into 22 affordable condominium units, in partnership with Synergy. As the first conversion of an office property to affordable homeownership housing in the State, we are thankful for our financing partners - MassHousing, The Life Initiative, the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation and the Worcester Affordable Housing Trust Fund – to help make this development a reality. Thank you to MassHousing for organizing yesterday's site walkthrough (and for the group photo!)