This house has been a base and a mentoring influence for emerging community activists, college graduates beginning professional careers with non-profit organizations, as well as educators and as urban ministers. Many of them began their community engagement as student interns in social work, as teaching assistants, as budding artists, as health care workers, as aspiring community development professionals, or as urban planners. Residents of the house have been closely connected to a very successful neighbor owned and operated Community Land Trust and grassroots neighborhood organizations.
Our common conversation across disciplines is an chance to develop personal depth, as you discover previously unseen qualities in our neighborhood community, sustainable on a highly active, culturally diverse street. Neighbors are outgoing, eager to share stories and form friendships with people in the house. Our street is where you can learn languages, share recipes, play with kids, or just hang out – a safe and thriving environment.
The culture of community at our house has created and built up neighborhood organizations around it, in response to the high visibility of scarce resources and services in the neighborhood, which mirrors the injustice that poisons city life across the US. You would, by your presence, give expression our culture which values inclusion and fosters a wide sense of belonging, in opposition to our society’s embedded exploitation and new attempts to sow division between racial/cultural groups, religions, levels of affluence, and generations.
The Bob Haas Community Trust’s mission is to create, steward, and sustain affordable and vibrant community housing on Monadnock Street
Visit our website for an application! https://www.haashouse.org/new-res A former or current community member can answer any questions you have. Once an interview is conducted, new members will be invited to visit then to move in if all goes well. We are excited for new members looking for a community in this beautiful, large home in Boston.
Contact us for more details. We hold monthly potlucks and would be glad to give tours then or other times via appointment.
A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.
A single person, couple, or small group makes most major decisions.
Primary authority rests with the community’s founder(s) or designated leader(s).
The board governs house decision as the nonprofit owners of the home. Members have a wide range for making decisions and experimenting with house and community structure. The board welcomes and encourages residents to be nominated and join the board.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Regular fees: $650
Labor: Encouraged or suggested (1 hrs/week)
Rent is collected monthly, utilities are included. There are some small additional costs such as laundry usage, and shared household items.
Common House, Garden(s), Library, Internet
Within city limits with access to urban amenities and infrastructure.
Shared living spaces with private bedrooms/bathrooms and communal
kitchens, dining, and social areas.
Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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