Insights & Resources

Oct
30
2025

According to his mother Kayla, 20-year-old Brennan Hurst has spent most of his life falling through the cracks. When their family was awarded a “Supporting Success” scholarship from Mainstay, Brennan...

Aug
14
2024

Most parents can understand Joe Iannoni’s fears about having his daughter, Allie, move out of the house for the first time. Allie has Down Syndrome and lived with her father...

May
7
2024

May
2
2024

Liz is an adult woman with Autism who lives at a Mainstay Supportive Housing home. Mainstay operates homes for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Newton, Norwood and Malden,...

Nov
7
2023

Karen Broughton’s son Andrew has been living at a home operated by Mainstay Supportive Housing in Boston for close to a decade. When the family was searching for a place...

Oct
10
2023

For Carla Fireman, living in a Mainstay supportive home has provided a launching pad for her to live on her own. Carla, who is 46 years old and has low...

May
25
2023

Sandy Slavet compares her daughter’s Mainstay supportive home in Norwood to the apartment on the hit TV show “Friends.” “Mainstay Supportive Housing has provided her the kind of life that...

May
25
2023

When Joe and Susan Iannoni started looking for a supportive housing option for their adult daughter Allie, who has Down Syndrome, they quickly became overwhelmed. “It was challenging to say...

May
25
2023

Vickie Cox-Lanyon remembers the stress and confusion of trying to find the right supportive housing program for her adult son Drew, who has intellectual disabilities.  “It was so hard. I...