This housing agency serves Franklin County, Abington, Acton, Amesbury, Amherst, Andover, Arlington, Attleboro, Bellingham, Belmont, Beverly, Bourne, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Brookline, Burlington, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Chicopee, Concord, Danvers, Dartmouth, Dedham, Dennis, Dracut, Duxbury, Easton, Everett, Fall River, Falmouth, Fitchburg, Framingham, Franklin, Gardner, Gloucester, Halifax, Haverhill, Holbrook, Holliston, Holyoke, Hudson, Ipswich, Lawrence, Leominster, Lexington, Malden, Mansfield, Marlborough, Medford, Melrose, Methuen, Middleborough, Milford, Millis, Milton, Natick, Needham, Newburyport, Newton, North Andover, North Attleboro, North Reading, Norwood, Oxford, Peabody, Pembroke, Plymouth, Quincy, Reading, Revere, Rockland, Rockport, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Shrewsbury, Somerville, Southbridge, Springfield, Stockbridge, Stoughton, Taunton, Tewksbury, Wakefield, Walpole, Waltham, Ware, Warren, Watertown, Wayland, Webster, Wellesley, West Springfield, Westfield, Weymouth, Winchendon, Winchester, Woburn, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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| Open Now: Massachusetts Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List | Learn More |
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.
Massachusetts Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List provides affordable housing for up to 0 low- and moderate-income households through its programs.
Section 8 Application Checklist
DownloadKeep track of everything you need to apply for a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher in this printable checklist created by Affordable Housing Online
Housing options for renters with a criminal record.
A criminal history does not automatically disqualify a renter from federal housing assistance. But more serious offenses may make you inelligible if they were recent.Rose Carr says:
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