Learn more about Chelmsford Housing Authority.
This housing authority participates in the Massachusetts Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List, which is a partnership between most of the housing authorities in Massachusetts. Applicants submit one application to apply to a centralized waiting list. Selected applicants will be placed on the centralized waiting list, and will be under consideration for every participating housing authority.
The Massachusetts Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List is currently open.
The Massachusetts Centralized waiting list will accept applications from January 6, 2003, until further notice.
There are three ways to apply during the opening period:
Once the paper application has been completed, it can be mailed or hand delivered to any participating housing authority. Participating housing authority address information can be found here.
Income limit information can be found here.
The waiting list will be sorted differently by each housing authority according to its own preferences.
Participating housing authorities may have any of the following preferences: Activated military personnel to Persian Gulf; Board of Health condemnation; Disabled; Displaced by hate crime or reprisal, Displaced by landlord non-renewal; Displaced by natural disaster; Displaced by public action; Displaced by domestic violence; Elderly (62+); Near elderly (55+); Extremely low income; Health disability affecting housing need; Homeless; Participant in Metro Program in Wayland school; Rent burdened 50% of income; Rent burdened 40% of income; one-person family; substandard housing; tenants of Project-Based units; clients for Project-Based units; Veteran; Working. Further explanation of each preference can be found here.
Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application has been received, by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the website here, or contact a participating housing authority listed here.
Sources: This information was verified by the Massachusetts Centralized page on December 28, 2022.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via 1-877-868-0040.
Last Updated on 08/08/2023.
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Chelmsford Housing Authority (CHA) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list is currently open, since at least May, 2019, until further notice. Waiting lists for a specific community or bedroom size may be closed.
There are two ways to apply:
Once the application is completed, it must be dropped off at the CHA office located at the address above during office hours.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information visit the CHA website.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (800) 439-0183 for voice and the Massachusetts Relay number of (800) 439-2370 for TTY.
IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.
Last Updated on 06/30/2020.
The Chelmsford Housing Authority (CHA) waiting list for 2-Bedroom townhomes at Merrimac Commons is currently closed. Applications were last accepted on August 18, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to print the paper application that was available online.
Once the application has been completed, it was either:
The maximum income limits for each household size were as follows:
This waiting list had the following preferences:
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the CHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the CHA, as of June 30, 2020.
This waiting list is for Other rental assistance in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts.
Last Updated on 08/18/2020.
The Chelmsford Housing Authority (CHA) waiting list for apartments at Beaver Brook Crossing is currently closed. Applications were last accepted on August 21, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to print the online paper application.
Once the application has been completed, it was mailed to the Chelmsford Housing Authority.
The maximum income limits for each household size were as follows:
This waiting list had the following preferences:
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the CHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the CHA, as of June 30, 2020.
This waiting list is for Other rental assistance in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
Last Updated on 08/21/2020.
The Chelmsford Housing Authority (CHA) waiting list for Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from July 1, 2020, until July 10, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
Please note: This is not the HUD Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. This is a program by the State of Massachusetts.
There were four ways to apply during the opening period:
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the CHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the Lowell Sun public notice, as of June 30, 2020.
This waiting list is for Other rental assistance in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
Last Updated on 07/10/2020.
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Chelmsford Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 706 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..
In addition, Chelmsford Housing Authority offers other programs for eligible households, including:
Low-income housing managed by Chelmsford Housing Authority is located in Chelmsford, MA.
Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.