Inn The News

• Boston Globe: Neighbors fiercely protested this housing project for formerly homeless people. It opened anyway.
  October 8, 2026 | A hotel’s journey to a home for formerly homeless people aged 62+. With Pine Street providing on-site services like caseworkers and counseling, this model of support has transformed the lives of tenants while addressing the root causes of homelessness.
• Dorchester Reporter: ‘They’re a friend, a neighbor now’; officials cheer hotel-turned-home for 99 older Bostonians
  October 7, 2026 | Pine Street Inn and The Community Builders celebrated the ribbon-cutting for Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester. With 99 apartments for people aged 62+, this building provides a home and community for tenants moving beyond homelessness.
• Boston Globe: ‘Life sciences lawyer Megan Gates takes over as Pine Street Inn’s new board chair
  August 31, 2026 | Pine Street is proud to announce the appointment of Covington & Burling LLP’s Megan Gates as the new chair of its board of directors. Megan has helped advance solutions to homelessness as the organization continues to increase its housing for people moving beyond the street and shelter.
• WBZ NewsRadio: New Census Shows Boston’s Homelessness Rate Declining
  June 24, 2026 | Together with the City of Boston, Pine Street is making progress on moving people off the street, out of shelter and into a home, leading to one of the lowest unsheltered homelessness rates in the country.
• Boston Business Journal: Pine Street Inn grads land hospital jobs, help fill healthcare vacancies
  June 16, 2026 | Pine Street’s job training program graduates are making waves in the Boston healthcare field. Graduates have been hired at major institutions like Tufts Medical Center and Boston Medical Center, where they use their training to help others.
• Boston Herald: From homelessness to employment, Pine Street Inn heralds new class of workforce training graduates
  June 14, 2026 | Families, friends and staff celebrated the achievements of Pine Street’s job training program graduates, whose job readiness skills paved paths to employment and self-sufficiency.
• WCVB/Channel 5: Boston shelter highlights growing crisis of homelessness among older adults
  May 29, 2026 | Pine Street Inn’s Chief of Programs April Gately and Yawkey House shelter guest Jaqueline discussed the growing issue of elder homelessness and the toll it takes on older adults, and how Pine Street is meeting this issue with support services.