2024–25 · City-wide
Housing for homeless BPS students and families
Resident asks to use funds to house BPS students and families experiencing homelessness, spend all $5 million on participatory budgeting, and raise it to 1% of the budget.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
1% of BPS students and their families experienced homelessness last year. Use funds to house these children and their families. Use all $5 mil for participatory budgeting and increase to 1% of budget in the future.
Who it helps and why
In 2023, the homelessness rate for Black people was 11 times higher than the comparable white rate. [link removed]
Details
- Cycle
- 2024–25
- Submitted
- August 15, 2024
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Human Services
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
The same need in other cycles
City-wide ideas in Homelessness & shelter from the other cycles, up to 3 from each.
2026–27 (26 matching)
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- Portable home village for people experiencing homelessnessBuy about 1,000 portable homes to form a small village for homeless residents, with social workers on hand to help them regain independence.2026–27City-wide
- Heating and cooling centers for those without A/C or heatResident asks for heating and cooling centers for people lacking A/C or heat, or installing heating and cooling systems in buildings that lack them.2026–27City-wideSubmitted in Korean
2025–26 (30 matching)
- Sleeping pods, veteran shelters and food programsResident asks for free sleeping pods for people experiencing homelessness, more shelters for homeless veterans, and food programs for disadvantaged residents.2025–26City-wide
- Convert vacant hotel near Mass Ave into housingResident asks to renovate a large empty hotel near Massachusetts Avenue to house homeless people without restrictive evictions, to advance equity.2025–26City-wide
- Help homeless residents get housingThe resident asks for help getting homeless people into homes and for more affordable rent, especially for minority residents.2025–26City-wide