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Pine Street Inn company history timeline

1969

Pine Street Inn began its journey in 1969, offering a safe alternative to the streets of Boston to approximately 200 men suffering from alcoholism.

1969 - Paul Sullivan, one of Pine Street's founders, became the first director and set our program’s fundamental tone of respect.

1983

Pine Street Inn merges with hopeFound, an organization dedicated to ending homelessness in Jamaica Plain. hopeFound operated Shattuck Shelter, which opened in 1983 by Governor Michael Dukakis and offers year-round overnight emergency shelter and support for 120 homeless men and women each night.

1984

1984 - Pine Street Inn became one of the first agencies in New England to develop affordable supportive housing with on-site support staff for homeless individuals when 26 homeless men and women moved into a permanent home in Brookline.

1986

1986 - When a homeless man froze to death just two blocks from Pine Street Inn, Pine Street started a street outreach program with a van that combed Boston's streets during the night offering food, blankets and warm clothing to individuals who chose not to come into shelter.

1987

1987 - Eight new permanent housing residences opened in Roxbury, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain and the South End.

1990

1990 - A 10-week food services training program was established to teach individuals basic food industry skills and to prepare them for employment.

1992

1992 - Recognizing the need for separate facilities for women, Pine Street purchased and renovated a former sewing machine factory adjacent to its main location to provide shelter and transitional services for 110 women.

1996

1996 - Longtime corporate partner, Ninety Nine Restaurants, supported the creation of new kitchen facilities at Pine Street Inn, expanding the food services training program.

2002

2002 - Four houses opened: Three in Brookline and one in Jamaica Plain.Pine Street Inn opened its first permanent housing residence for homeless families in Dorchester.

2005

In a census conducted in 2005, there were an estimated 100 million homeless people in the world along with 1.6 billion living without adequate housing.

2005 - Pine Street Inn expanded partnerships with several community development corporations to address the severe lack of affordable housing in Boston.

2006

2006 - In collaboration with Trinity Church Boston, Pine Street created housing for 22 homeless men and women, bringing the total number of tenants in permanent housing to 400.

2010

2010 - Pine Street Inn expanded to more than 550 units of permanent housing throughout greater Boston, with a goal to add more permanent supportive housing while decreasing the number of men and women in its emergency shelter.

2011

2011 - Pine Street opens two new permanent supportive houses: Sister Virginia Mulhern House in Jamaica Plain and 38-40 Upton Street in the South End.

2019

Pine Street is marking our 50th anniversary in 2019.

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