Moving Forward to a Brighter Future: Under One Roof
View of 54 Eastern from the trail, which is the main entrance location for BOL and housing.
Kitchen cabinets in one of the third floor apartments
Over the next few weeks, we will have finish painting, installation of light fixtures, acoustical ceilings, cabinets, flooring, elevator and mechanical lift. The anticipated completion date for construction is before the Summer of 2024.
The 54 Eastern Ave project will bring all BOL programs under one roof - food pantries, evening meals, backpacks, teen center collaboration, motel shelter food provision, grocery delivery and food access - along with our offices and a multi-purpose hall for expanded programs. The project also provides 14 affordable studio apartments owned and operated by Metro North Housing Corp (MNHC)* to provide permanent housing for very low-income formerly homeless individuals. The lottery held for the 300+ applicants for these units was carried out on Feb. 28th, and MNHC will be notifying those individuals selected.
Thank you for your support for this project to provide food security and permanent housing! We could not have done it without you!
Gabriella Snyder Stelmack, Executive Director, Bread of Life
* Metro North Housing Corp (MNHC) was founded in 2015 to provide affordable housing for low income and homeless people in Malden, Medford, Everett, and surrounding communities. Metro North’s ultimate focus is to end homelessness and provide safe affordable housing that allows extremely low income people to have a stable foundation for development and growth. Toward that end, Metro North specializes in providing permanent supportive housing for homeless adults, including individuals with disabilities. In addition to the current project at 54 Eastern Ave, Metro North owns and manages 2 properties with 25 units of housing; our Washington Street development is a 14-unit building for homeless men and women, and the other is the Kaszanek House on Charles Street, which is an 11-unit building for homeless and at-risk college students from area colleges.
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If you would like more information about our "Under One Roof" Capital Campaign, please email Patty Kelly, Development Director at patty.kelly@breadoflifemalden.org.
Note: Total project cost is $11.4 million. Bread of Life has financing, donations, and grants totaling $5.76 million, including: City of Malden ARPA, CDGB amd CPC grants of $1.2 million and Massachusetts grants and budget earmarks of $600,000. MNHC has financing and grants of $5.64 million, including: North Suburban HOME Consortium award of $1.65 million; Federal Home Loan Bank Affordable Housing Program and Eastern Bank (through a FHLB Member Loan) award of $1.4 million; Malden Community Preservation Committee award of $412,000; and MA Department of Housing and Community Development award of $1.98 million.