Boston and Massachusetts have a severe housing crisis; costs are high, and there’s not enough affordable housing. Homelessness has doubled in the last decade. Shelters serve 1,000 families nightly; 80 state-funded shelters are fully occupied, more than one-third of the homeless are single-mothers, average age 32, with 3 children, spending 9 months in shelter -- an eternity for a child. Most of these mothers had their first pregnancy as teenagers; over 70% lack high school diplomas; 85% depend on welfare or other government benefits. Work available to them is poorly paid: their income averages $614/month, $7,368 per year, far below the poverty line. These are basic impediments to gaining a home. Brookview is an excellent program helping homeless working-mother families move into better jobs and housing. Founded in 1990, it serves 250 women and children annually, providing not only every kind of counseling and skills training, but also transitional and rental housing. Brookview requires its women to be motivated and drug-free. Its youth program in Dorchester and Roxbury serves 175 successfully -- in 2003, 99% passed the MCAS, and all improved their behavior. Brookview’s programs are described on its website. The purpose of this capital campaign is to increase its housing capacity and build a youth center for school-age children -- both are urgently needed.