Research has shown that providing low-income families with personalized services, like landlord engagement or financing for a security deposit, improves their success when using housing vouchers in higher-cost areas. Breaking down housing barriers is one of the best public investments we can make, economic research has shown. In addition to the greater opportunities afforded to low-income children, housing mobility programs might be one tool to encourage more diverse and vibrant neighborhoods and schools here in the Commonwealth.  

Join Policy for Progress for a discussion on May 24th at 10:00 AM about an exciting new program: Supporting Neighborhood Opportunity in Massachusetts (SNO Mass). SNO Mass was expanded state-wide in the late Fall of 2020.

Featuring:

• A SNO Mass participating family about their experience

• Program administrator at the Department of Housing and Community Development.

• Experts in housing mobility