In 2021, 15 students graduated from IBA’s Preschool Program, which prepared them for a successful entrance into elementary school. Despite a number of challenges during the last few years due to the pandemic, IBA’s Preschool rose to the occasion and implemented new protocols and strategies that proved successful for the e...
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In 2021, Michelle Wu made history as the first woman and woman of color to be elected Mayor of Boston. Her win symbolizes a wave of change and, with it, brings hope for reform in our city. Throughout Wu’s campaign, the affordable housing crisis remained at the...
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In 2016, IBA’s Youth Development Program (YDP) won the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award. Awarded by former First Lady Michelle Obama, this award was the nation’s highest honor for after-school and out-of-school-time arts and humanities programs that focused on the needs and talents of young people. But what does YDP do, exactly, that’s so impressive? ...
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Isaura Gómez has been our resident in Villa Victoria for the past 5 years. She transferred from a different housing location, not supported by IBA’s Resident Services Program, that lacked the facilities she needed as a disabled person, and faced isolation and indifference. We sat down with Isaura and she told us how today her life “is not gray anymore” [...], because she now lives in ...
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During the month of November, we want to take the time to reflect on the work we do at IBA, and to express our gratitude for the generous and continued support of our donors. We are grateful for the partnerships and investments of both individual and corporate donations, grants, and supporter fundraising events that allow us to continue to elevate and strengthen our efforts to provide affordabl...
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IBA’s mission is to empower and engage individuals and families to improve their lives through high-quality affordable housing, education, and arts programs. Our programs focus on each of these aspects, but the fact is nothing would be possible without the support of our donors. All donations, big or small, are meaningful to IBA and the communities we serve. We are so very grate...
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IBA’s Resident Services Program provides health and wellness, social and recreational, and case coordination services to over one thousand residents in Villa Victoria. As one of the few programs in Boston that address the specific needs of the Latinx elders (65+), this program brings a sense of belonging and care to the community. Our Resident Services Program has been busy organizing ...
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Our Arts Programs contributes to IBA’s goal of improving our community by promoting and celebrating the diversity of Latino arts and culture through music, visual arts, dance and community festivals. Juan Carlos González is the Program’s Director and had to find ways of keeping arts events happening throughout a pandemic. Not an easy task but at the end, done successfully. Read along ...
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Starting over 40 years ago, Festival Betances is New England's oldest and longest-running Latino music and cultural celebration. Back when it started and up until 2019—before the Covid-19 pandemic—the festival is a three-day celebration of the arts. It began on Friday with a parade marching through the streets of Villa Victoria. The parade ended in Plaza Betances, where for the next t...
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On August 26, the Supreme Court lifted the Biden administration’s nationwide moratorium on evictions with a narrow 5-4 vote. This decision has left over seven million households, many of which are behind on rent, in jeopardy of being evicted from their homes. Addr...
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The Financial Empowerment Program addresses the needs of Villa Victoria residents by providing a variety of bilingual coaching services, including: How to improve their credit scoreBudgeting for expected and unexpected expensesSMART goals for the future...
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El Programa de Servicios al Residente se encarga no solo de proveer viviendas asequibles, sino también proporcionar a nuestros residentes lo necesario para que lleven una vida sana, activa y claro, feliz. Fanny Macías es residente de nuestra unidades en West Dedham y se sentó con nosotros para compartir un poco acerca de su historia, lo que es vivir en Villa Victoria, y su experiencia...
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Como propietario de viviendas asequibles, y al desarrollar nuevas viviendas que cumplan con esta función, el objetivo principal de IBA es proporcionar un entorno, seguro y saludable que proporcione una calidad de vida digna para familias y adultos mayores de recursos bajos a moderados. Desde 1968, IBA ha creado más de 1,000 unidades de vivienda y actualmente posee una cartera de vivie...
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En IBA tenemos programas que se encargan de cubrir una serie de necesidades básicas para promover una calidad de vida digna entre sus residentes. La impartición de cursos y talleres es algo que la comunidad de Villa Victoria no solo aprecia mucho pero aprovecha y disfruta enormemente. Silvina Ibañez es una artista argentina que gracias al Programa de Servicios al Residente, asiste a l...
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Access to affordable housing has a long, bleak history here in the United States. Along with an immense shortage of available housing units, or an estimated deficit of 3.8 million needed homes, there is a much more malicious factor that has plagued many individuals’ ability to access affordable housing for gen...
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