Analysis by Joshua Cappell
Last Updated: December, 16th 2025
This waiting list is for Centralized rental housing assistance in Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List is currently open indefinitely for applicants across Massachusetts.
How to Apply: To apply, complete your application online at Mass.gov.
The application may be completed online at https://www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-the-section-8-housing-choice-vouchers-program-hcvp.
Massachusetts has preferences for: Near-Elderly, Elderly, Displaced by Natural Disaster, Victims of Domestic Violence, Live, Work, or Attend School Locally, Disabled. Preferences are not required but Centralized applicants that meet these criteria will be moved up the waiting list.
Massachusetts Centralized Waiting List is managed by Massachusetts Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List.
Massachusetts Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List provides affordable housing for up to 0 low- and moderate-income households through its programs.
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.
Looking for landlords who will take a Section 8 voucher?
Ask your housing authority if they have a list of landlords who accept Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.Lisa Selby says:
"After years of applying for Section 8 and never being called, this website is the reason I finally received my voucher, and just moved into my new apartment! If I had not started receiving alerts from Affordable Housing Online of waiting list openings in my area, I would not be where I am today!"