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 Brighton Parade

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.