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Ending Older Adult Homelessness in Greater Boston
Housing. Outreach. Prevention. A path home for older adults.
Give to End Elder Homelessness
Your gift funds safe housing, street outreach, and prevention services for older adults in Greater Boston. Every dollar moves someone closer to home.
Partner with Hearth
Hospitals, shelters, housing authorities, and community organizations work with Hearth to connect older adults to stable housing and support. Let’s work together.
Find Housing for Older Adults
If you or someone you know is an older adult facing homelessness or housing instability in Boston, Hearth can help. Learn about our housing programs and how to get connected.
Fighting Homelessness Among Older Adults Since 1991
Hearth is the only nonprofit in Greater Boston dedicated exclusively to ending homelessness among older adults. We provide permanent supportive housing, street outreach, and prevention services to more than 630 people every year.
We own and operate 228 units of permanent affordable housing. Our outreach team meets people where they are. Our prevention program helps older adults stay housed before a crisis begins.
The number of people aged 50 and above who are homeless will nearly triple over the next decade.
Hearth’s Impact
228
Hearth currently owns and operates 228 units of permanent affordable housing
633
Hearth serves over 630 older adults in housing and supportive services across Greater Boston every year.
3,063
Since its founding in 1991, Hearth has housed 3,063 homeless and housing-insecure older adults through our permanent supported housing programs and outreach programs.
$14-20K
An analysis by Commonwealth Care Alliance of their clients in Hearth Housing found an average healthcare cost savings of $14-20K on an annual basis.
Nearly 25% of the adult homeless population in Boston are age 55 or older. 20% of Americans over age 50 have no retirement savings.
Where Help Becomes Home
Real Programs. Real Lives Changed.
Three programs, one mission: making sure no older adult in Greater Boston faces homelessness alone.
Hearth Housing
Permanent supportive housing for older adults who have experienced homelessness. 228 units across Greater Boston with on-site case management and support services.
Outreach
Our outreach team finds older adults living unsheltered in Boston, builds trust over time, and connects them to housing and services. Meeting people where they are.
Prevention
Helping older adults stay housed before a crisis begins. Housing stabilization, financial assistance, and case management to prevent homelessness before it happens.
Every Older Adult Deserves a Place to Call Home
Your support funds housing, outreach, and prevention programs that change lives of vulnerable older adults in Greater Boston.
Homeless adults in their 50s have geriatric conditions such as vision impairment, incontinence, and frequent falls at rates akin to those of their housed counterparts who are twenty years older.
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