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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IBA has come a long way since it first started back in 1968 and that is not only thanks to our supporters and donors but also because of every single person working with us. IBA employs hardworking, committed individuals who all share the same goal: to empower and engage individuals and families to improve their lives through high-quality...
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Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA), es una organización enfocada no sólo en ayudar y apoyar a la comunidad latina en Boston, sino también en reconocer el amor y orgullo de todos los puertorriqueños por su hermosa isla. Como todo inmigrante en este país, nuestra bandera se convierte en un símbolo de pertenencia, de recordar nuestras raíces y de orgullo de ser quienes somos. ...
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As a non-profit organization, IBA has a variety of programs that address various challenges within the community. At times—more so now than in previous years—these programs will coordinate to assess challenges that may impact more than one of them. This allows them to combine efforts and come up with ideas or projects to address these challenges together. ...
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As the Boston mayoral race heats up and the field continues to narrow, affordable homeownership is becoming an important campaign topic for Boston’s remaining candidates. In a recent Boston Globe article, each candidate shared personal stories of...
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Earlier this year, during the demolishing of Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, the construction team found a box under the foundation of the former St. Paul’s (Zion’s) Evangelical Lutheran Church. The mystery box was given to the First Episcopal Church of Boston since—before us— they were the previous owners of that building. “We felt it w...
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