B'nai B'rith Housing

BBH is a nonprofit developer whose mission is to ease the housing crisis in the Greater Boston area.

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Distinguished Achievement Award Honorees

B’nai B’rith Housing owes it success and reputation to the real estate industry partners that both founded our organization and carry on our important work to this day. The following individuals have been honored with the B’nai B’rith Housing Distinguished Achievement Award for their commitment to building a more equitable society, their dedication to easing the affordable housing crisis, and the support and wise counsel they have generously shared with us.

2017: Kevin G. Honan, Massachusetts State Representative, Committee on Housing  and  Joseph E. Corcoran, Corcoran Jennison Companies
2016: Barry Bluestone, Dukakis Center, Northeastern University  and  The Commonwealth Housing Task Force
2015: Karen Fish-Will, Peabody Properties
2014: Pamela Goodman, Beacon Communities Development
2013: David Abromowitz, Goulston & Storrs
2012: Richard Henken, Schochet Companies
2011: Bill Kargman, First Realty Management
2010: John Keith, Keith Construction  and  Shelley Hoon Keith, Hoon Companies
2009: Franklin W. Simon, The Simon Companies
2008: Mel Barkan, The Barkan Companies
2007: Bruce Polishook, CWC Builders
2006: Joseph Flatley, MA Housing Investment Corp (MHIC)
2005: Dan Sullivan, Goulston & Storrs
2004: Ted Tye, National Development  and  Tom Alperin, National Development
2003: Larry Curtis, WinnDevelopment
2002: Andrew Chaban, Princeton Properties Management
2000: Ed Zuker, Chestnut Hill Realty
1998: Jerome L. Rappaport Jr., New Boston Fund
1997: Jonathan G. Davis, The Davis Companies
1996: Susan Winston Leff, Fleet Bank
1995: Jordan P. Krasnow, Goulston and Storrs
1992: Arthur Ullian, Boston Land Company
1991: William Leatherbee Jr., Leatherbee Companies
1982: Marvin Siflinger, HUD/Housing Partners
1980: Isadore “Z” Wasserman, State Properties of NE (aka NE Development)

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Being able to stay in my hometown, near friends and family was great. And now I have a whole new community at The Coolidge to socialize with, too. It is wonderful!
~ Resident, The Coolidge at Sudbury

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