Kraft Campaign Sent Mailer to 6,200 Potentially Eligible Boston Homeowners

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BOSTON, MA – Starting this week, more than 6,200 homeowners in Boston will receive a mail piece that contains information from the Josh Kraft campaign about the city’s Residential Exemption, a program that can be worth thousands of dollars to homeowners that live in their home.  

“Under Mayor Wu, the city budget has increased 20% in three years, while residential tax rates have increased by roughly 10%,” said Josh Kraft. “We want homeowners that are potentially eligible for the city’s residential exemption to make sure they are not paying higher taxes that they need to – particularly seniors and anyone living on a fixed income.”

“Property taxes can be a burden for many, and this program provides real financial relief for residents who own and live in their homes – especially seniors and others on a fixed income,” said Kraft. “In contrast to Mayor Wu, who isn’t interested in making sure residents are aware of this program, we feel it is important to let people know they could be paying thousands less in taxes than they currently are.”

This fiscal year, the residential exemption will save qualified homeowners up to $3984.21 on their tax bill.
Click here for Josh’s mail piece. The deadline to submit an application for FY2025 is April 1.

About Josh

Josh Kraft has spent his 35 year career working in disadvantaged communities in and around Boston. He was most recently President of the New England Patriots Foundation, and for three decades he worked with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, including 12 years as its President and CEO.

Josh’s commitment to service began with his first job out of college as an outreach coordinator at a South Boston nonprofit. There he was responsible for making sure at-risk youth attended school in the morning, regularly visiting their families at home. It was in this role that Josh saw firsthand truancy, addiction and domestic violence, but also what is possible for communities when like minded individuals engaged in a common goal.

In 1993, he founded the Boys & Girls Club in Chelsea at a time when the city and its schools were in state receivership. Located in the basement of a public housing development, Josh went door-to-door raising money from local businesses to rehabilitate the facility and organize and fund a summer basketball league coached and refereed by local police officers he had personally recruited. Josh would serve as executive director of the Chelsea Boys & Girls Club for the next 15 years, building and managing an extremely loyal staff and deeply engaged local Board, leading major local fundraising campaigns and piloting innovative programming to create a safe haven for thousands of young people in one of Massachusetts’ most underserved communities.

Unanimously selected to serve as the Boys & Girls Club of Boston’s President and CEO in 2008, Josh fostered a community of more than 200 program partners throughout Boston and Chelsea, doubling the club’s budget to $26 million and leading a five-year campaign which raised nearly $132 million. During his tenure, Josh doubled the organization’s membership, deepened its impact and expanded its reach to Boston’s Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, and Mattapan neighborhoods.

For more on Josh and the campaign, visit www.joshforboston.com

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