ABCDC History
The Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation
(ABCDC) takes its shape from the diverse voices and efforts
of the many community members who share a vision of a
strong, vibrant and inclusive community. Since forming
in 1980, we have renovated and preserved more than 500 units of
affordable housing and helped more than 1440 low- and moderate-income
families buy homes.

At the Allston
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We have educated hundreds of tenants about their rights
and organized them to defend these rights. Throughout
our thirty years, we have fostered mutual respect
and greater understanding among the ethnically and economically
diverse population of Allston Brighton. We have organized
neighborhood residents to improve parks, renovate schoolyards,
and plant trees on barren streets. We were the first organization
to create an Individual Development Account program in
Boston.
As a community-based, community-controlled, nonprofit
organization, ABCDC’s mission is to engage neighborhood
residents in the on-going process of shaping and carrying
out a common vision of a diverse and stable community.
This vision is carried out through community-led projects
that protect and produce affordable housing, create greenspace,
foster a healthy local economy, provide avenues for economic
self-sufficiency, and increase understanding among and
between the diverse residents of our neighborhood.
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