Haley House, Inc.

In 1979, Haley House became the first homeless service provider in Boston to create permanent housing. Beginning with the Rooming House on Tremont Street, Haley House currently owns and manages 100+ units of permanent, affordable housing in Boston's South End neighborhood. Some units are reserved for people coming out of shelters and transitional programs while others are family housing. Helping to break the cycle of homelessness, Haley House developed 24 units of permanent, single room occupancy (SRO) housing for formerly homeless individuals. Our average tenancy of 8.3 years and occupancy rate of 96% are remarkable considering the challenging transition between shelter and permanent housing.

Haley House Bakery Cafe arose from the efforts of formerly homeless men to generate pocket money by selling bread to their affluent South End neighbors in the off hours of the soup kitchen. Business grew and Haley House chose to create a vibrant Cafe and training program in Dudley Square, an underserved neighborhood that was requesting a family-friendly venue for healthy food and community-based programming. ""Food With Purpose"" captures the essence of Haley House Bakery Café, where healthful, affordable, ethnically inspired food is served in a socially responsible, community centered environment that trains and hires people with more regard for their potential than their past. Located at 12 Dade Street in Roxbury, the Bakery Café is open seven days a week. (Currently on construction-related hiatus.)

Haley House's urban agriculture initiative was piloted adjacent to the Soup Kitchen in the McKinley Collaborative Garden, a school-based community garden that aims to encourage healthy lifestyles and healthy community at the McKinley South End Academy. In 2014, we received permission to break ground at Thornton Gardens in the Highland Park section of our Roxbury neighborhood, in partnership with Hawthorne Youth and Community Center and with the help of strong neighborhood support.