Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
Boston, MA
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) is a dynamic community building agency dedicated to increasing the social and economic power of individuals and families through education, economic development, technology and arts programming that builds safe, vibrant and culturally diverse affordable housing communities.
In 1968, a group of predominately Puerto Rican community activists stared down Boston's urban renewal bulldozers and organized to gain control over the development of their neighborhood. Forming Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA), these activists developed Villa Victoria (Victory Village), a 435 unit affordable housing community in the city's South End neighborhood. The development of Villa Victoria is an accomplishment considered to be a seminal moment in the history of affordable housing, civil rights and community organizing in Boston. For over four decades, IBA has developed a nationally replicable model for new urbanism that links affordable housing with supportive programming.
To learn more about IBA, visit www.iba-etc.org.
