Section 8 Waitlist

Massachusetts

Section 8 & Public Housing waiting list status for all housing authorities in Massachusetts.

130
Housing Authorities
374
Open Lists
131
Closed Lists
Local Housing Guide 2026

Complete Guide to Section 8 & Public Housing in Massachusetts

Massachusetts has 130 housing authorities managing a combined 644 waiting lists across Section 8 (HCV), Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher programs. Currently, 374 of those lists are accepting applications — an open rate of approximately 58%. This data was last verified on Mar 2, 2026.

The affordable housing programs tracked in Massachusetts include Public Housing (104 open), Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) (78 open), Project-Based Vouchers (PBV) (36 open), Mainstream (2 open), RAD (2 open), VASH (1 open). Each program has its own eligibility criteria, application process, and wait times. In most cases, applicants can apply to multiple program types at the same housing authority, and there is no limit to the number of housing authorities you can apply to statewide.

The cities with the most open waitlists in Massachusetts right now are Worcester (18), Boston (13), Brookline (13), Chelsea (13), and Chelmsford (12) . Applicants who are flexible about location will generally receive assistance sooner than those who apply to a single waitlist in a high-demand area.

Latest opening: Mansfield Housing Authority — PBV

Eligibility Requirements for Massachusetts

To qualify for assistance in Massachusetts, applicants must meet specific income and household criteria set by the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).

  • Income: Below HUD local limits
  • Citizenship: U.S. Citizen or eligible legal status
  • Background: Criminal background check required
  • Residency: Preferences often given to locals

Real-Time Data Verification

Section 8 Waitlist utilizes advanced Search Grounding technology to scan official Massachusetts legal notices, government press releases, and PHA portal updates. This automated monitoring is cross-referenced with Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to ensure that families receive accurate information for low-income programs.

Browse by City in Massachusetts

644 results

Abington Housing Authority

Abington, Massachusetts · MA079

HCV ● State-Aided Elderly/Disabled Housing ● State-Aided Family Housing ● Public Housing ●

Acton Housing Authority

Acton, Massachusetts · MA057

LIP ● HCV ● Public Housing ● Other ● other ● PBV ● Local Initiative Program (LIP) ● Mainstream ● Acton Local Initiative Program Rental Units ● RAD ●

Adams Housing Authority

Adams, Massachusetts · MA051

HCV ● MRVP ● Public Housing ●

American Training by Chelmsford Housing

Chelmsford, Massachusetts · MA883

PBV ● HCV ● Other ● Public Housing ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program ● MRVP ● other ●

Amesbury Housing Authority

Amesbury, Massachusetts · MA116

Multi-Family ● HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Amherst Housing Authority

Amherst, Massachusetts · MA085

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Other ● Other Affordable Housing ● Affordable Housing ●

Andover Housing Authority

Andover, Massachusetts · MA084

HCV ● Public Housing ● Elderly/Handicapped Housing ● Special Needs Housing ● Emergency Housing ● PBV ●

Arlington Housing Authority

Arlington, Massachusetts · MA048

MRVP ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Special Needs Housing ●

Athol Housing Authority

Athol, Massachusetts · MA100

Rental Voucher Program ● Public Housing ● Other ● HCV ● MRVP ●

Attleboro Housing Authority

Attleboro, Massachusetts · MA018

Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program ● MRVP ● HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ● AHVP ●

Auburn Housing Authority

Auburn, Massachusetts · MA159

PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

Barnstable Housing Authority

Hyannis, Massachusetts · MA046

AHVP ● DIAL ● PBV ● HCV ● RAP ● Public Housing ● MRVP ●

Belmont Housing Authority

Belmont, Massachusetts · MA042

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Beverly Housing Authority

Beverly, Massachusetts · MA044

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ● Other ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Billerica Housing Authority

Billerica, Massachusetts · MA077

Public Housing ● HCV ● Other ● other ●

Boston Housing Authority

Boston, Massachusetts · MA002

Public Housing ● PBV ● Moderate Rehabilitation Program ● Mod Rehab ● Other ● HCV ● Mainstream ● RAD ● Moderate Rehabilitation ●

Bourne Housing Authority

Pocasset, Massachusetts · MA110

Public Housing ● HCV ● MRVP ●

Braintree Housing Authority

Braintree, Massachusetts · MA053

Public Housing ● Scattered Site Housing ● VASH ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) ● MRVP ● HCV ●

Brookline Housing Authority

Brookline, Massachusetts · MA033

LIHTC Affordable Housing - 50 Pleasant LLC ● LIHTC Affordable Housing - 61 Park LLC ● LIHTC Affordable Housing - 90 Longwood LLC ● HCV ● other ● RAD ● PBV ● LIHTC ● Other ● LIHTC Affordable Housing - 32 Marion LLC ● LIHTC Affordable Housing (Various Properties) ● Public Housing ● LIHTC Affordable Housing ● Mainstream ●

Burlington Housing Authority

Burlington, Massachusetts · MA112

Public Housing ● HCV ● RAD ● PBV ● other ●

Cambridge Housing Authority

Cambridge, Massachusetts · MA003

Single Room Occupancy (SRO) ● Public Housing ● Single Room Occupancy ● HCV ● SRO ● PBV ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Chelmsford Housing Authority

Chelmsford, Massachusetts · MA108

Unassisted Age-Restricted ● other ● PBV ● Other ● Unassisted Family Housing ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Affordable Unassisted Units ● MRVP ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program ● Affordable Housing ● Other Affordable Housing ●

Chelsea Housing Authority

Chelsea, Massachusetts · MA016

SRO ● Public Housing ● Voucher Program ● MRVP ● Other ● Other (AHVP & MRVP) ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) ● HCV ● PBV ● AHVP ● State Voucher Program - AHVP ● Alternative Housing Voucher Program (AHVP) ● State Voucher Program - MRVP ● Mainstream ●

Chicopee Housing Authority

Chicopee, Massachusetts · MA008

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Clinton Housing Authority

Clinton, Massachusetts · MA021

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Concord Housing Authority

Concord, Massachusetts · MA098

PBV ● State Elderly / Disabled ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Danvers Housing Authority

Danvers, Massachusetts · MA118

Public Housing ● Federal Housing ● HCV ●

Dartmouth Housing Authority

Dartmouth, Massachusetts · MA172

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Dedham Housing Authority

Dedham, Massachusetts · MA040

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Dennis Housing Authority

South Dennis, Massachusetts · MA138

MRVP ● Public Housing ● State-Aided Rental Voucher (MRVP) ● DMH Vouchers ● HCV ● State Aided Housing ● Other ● DMH ●

Easton Housing Authority

North Easton, Massachusetts · MA122

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Everett Housing Authority

Everett, Massachusetts · MA027

MRVP ● PBV ● Public Housing ● Tenant-Based Voucher ● HCV ●

Exec. Office Housing & Livable Communities

Boston, Massachusetts · MA901

Alternative Housing Voucher Program (AHVP) ● State-Funded Vouchers (MRVP/AHVP) ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) ● Other ● Mod Rehab ● other ● Other - State Rental Assistance (MRVP) ● HCV ● RAD ● Mainstream ● VASH ●

Fall River Housing Authority

Fall River, Massachusetts · MA006

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Falmouth Housing Authority

Falmouth, Massachusetts · MA047

Other ● PBV ● SRO - Mod Rehab Single Room Occupancy ● DIAL - Disabled Individual Adult Living ● SRO ● Mainstream ● MRVP ● HCV ● DIAL ● Public Housing ●

Fitchburg Housing Authority

Fitchburg, Massachusetts · MA037

HCV ● Public Housing ● AHVP ● MRVP ●

Framingham Housing Authority

Framingham, Massachusetts · MA028

Public Housing ● Other ● HCV ● PBV ●

Franklin County Regional Housing Authority

Turners Falls, Massachusetts · MA094

PBV ● MRVP ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ● HCV ● RAD ●

Gloucester Housing Authority

Gloucester, Massachusetts · MA025

MRVP ● Public Housing ● HCV ● SRO ● PBV ●

Greenfield Housing Authority

Greenfield, Massachusetts · MA096

Congregate Housing ● HCV ● Public Housing ● SRO ● SRO (Winslow Building) ●

Groveland Housing Authority

Groveland, Massachusetts · MA132

HCV ● Other ● Public Housing ●

Halifax Housing Authority

Halifax, Massachusetts · MA121

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Hanson Housing Authority

Hanson, Massachusetts · MA155

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Hanssen

Ware, Massachusetts · MA088

Chapter 705 family housing ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Chapter 667 Housing for elderly and disabled ● Chapter 667 ● Chapter 705 ●

Haverhill Housing Authority

Haverhill, Massachusetts · MA087

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) ● Other ● MRVP ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Hingham Housing Authority

Hingham, Massachusetts · MA119

Public Housing ● HCV ● RAD ● Mainstream ● PBV ●

Holbrook Housing Authority

Holbrook, Massachusetts · MA072

Public Housing ● MRVP (Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program) ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) ● Other (MRVP) ● MRVP ● HCV ● PBV ●

Holliston Housing Authority

Holliston, Massachusetts · MA165

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Holyoke Housing Authority

Holyoke, Massachusetts · MA005

Other ● Other Voucher ● Public Housing ● HCV ● other ● MRVP/AHVP ● Congregate Housing ● MRVP-AHVP ● Churchill Homes ● MRVP/AHVP State Voucher Programs ● Congregate House ●

Hudson Housing Authority

Hudson, Massachusetts · MA091

Public Housing ● HCV ● MRVP ● Alternative Housing Voucher Program ● AHVP ●

Ipswich Housing Authority

Ipswich, Massachusetts · MA056

Public Housing ● AHVP ● HCV ● PBV ●

Leominster Housing Authority

Leominster, Massachusetts · MA086

Public Housing ● PBV ● Other ● Supportive Housing ● HCV ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Lexington Housing Authority

Lexington, Massachusetts · MA067

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Lowell Housing Authority

Lowell, Massachusetts · MA001

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ● Mainstream ● Other (LRAP) ●

Lynn Housing Authority

Lynn, Massachusetts · MA023

RAFT ● Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Malden Housing Authority

Malden, Massachusetts · MA022

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Mansfield Housing Authority

Mansfield, Massachusetts · MA134

HCV ● MRVP ● Other ● PBV ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ●

Marlborough C.D.A. - Housing Division

Marlborough, Massachusetts · MA070

667 State Elderly ● AHVP ● Special Needs Housing ● other ● 667 State Elderly Waitlist ● HCV ● Public Housing ● Alternative Housing Voucher Program (AHVP) ● Other ●

Maynard Housing Authority

Maynard, Massachusetts · MA137

HCV ● Public Housing ● other ● Other ● MRVP ● Rental Assistance ●

Medford Housing Authority

Medford, Massachusetts · MA015

HCV ● MRVP ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Medway Housing Authority

Medway, Massachusetts · MA157

State CHAMP ● Public Housing ● MRVP ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) ● HCV ● HUD Housing ● CHAMP ●

Melrose Housing Authority

Melrose, Massachusetts · MA063

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Other ● MRVP ●

Methuen Housing Authority

Methuen, Massachusetts · MA081

HCV ● Public Housing ● MRVP ●

Middleborough Housing Authority

Middleborough, Massachusetts · MA060

State Voucher Program (MRVP) ● PBV ● MA CH. 40B Affordable Housing Program ● 40B Affordable Housing Program ● Other ● Public Housing ● HCV ● 40B Affordable Housing ●

Middlesex North Resources Center, Inc.

Peabody, Massachusetts · MA881

Public Housing ● HCV ● other ● PBV ● Mainstream ●

Milford Housing Authority

Milford, Massachusetts · MA069

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Millis Housing Authority

Millis, Massachusetts · MA154

Other ● Public Housing ● Affordable Housing (40B) ● HCV ● RAD ● PBV ● MRVP ● Mainstream ●

Milton Housing Authority

Milton, Massachusetts · MA147

MRVP ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Mainstream ● VASH ● Other (MRVP) ● Chapter 705 ● other ●

Natick Housing Authority

Natick, Massachusetts · MA092

AHVP ● MRVP ● Other ● HCV ● Public Housing ● Affordable Housing Lottery ●

Needham Housing Authority

Needham, Massachusetts · MA065

HCV ● Public Housing ●

New Bedford Housing Authority

New Bedford, Massachusetts · MA007

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Newburyport Housing Authority

Newburyport, Massachusetts · MA032

Other State Programs ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Newton Housing Authority

Newton Highlands, Massachusetts · MA036

PBV ● Public Housing ● Other Rent Subsidy Programs - Federal ● Federal Elderly/Disabled Program (HUD) ● State Elderly/Disabled Program (EOHLC) ● Other - Domestic Violence Victims Program ● State Family Program (EOHLC) ● Other Rent Subsidy Programs ● State Family Housing ● Federal Elderly/Disabled Program ● State Elderly/Disabled Program ● HCV ● Other Rent Subsidy ● MRVP ● Other ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) ● Mainstream ● Other Rent Subsidy Programs (HUD) ● RAD ●

North Adams Housing Authority

North Adams, Massachusetts · MA034

Public Housing ● HCV ●

North Andover Housing Authority

North Andover, Massachusetts · MA107

Public Housing ● HCV ●

North Attleborough Housing Authority

North Attleboro, Massachusetts · MA170

Public Housing ● HCV ●

North Reading Housing Authority

North Reading, Massachusetts · MA089

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Northampton Housing Authority

Northampton, Massachusetts · MA026

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Norwood Housing Authority

Norwood, Massachusetts · MA109

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Oxford Housing Authority

Oxford, Massachusetts · MA106

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Peabody Housing Authority

Peabody, Massachusetts · MA054

Seeglitz Housing (Supportive Living Program) ● Public Housing ● other ● Alternative Housing Voucher Program (AHVP) ● AHVP ● RAD ● Supportive Living Program ● PBV ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) ● HCV ● Other (Supportive Living) ● Supportive Living ● Other ● MRVP ● Mainstream ● Congregate Housing ● 689 Group Homes ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program ● Other (Congregate Housing) ●

Pembroke Housing Authority

Pembroke, Massachusetts · MA111

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Pittsfield Housing Authority

Pittsfield, Massachusetts · MA029

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Plymouth Housing Authority

Plymouth, Massachusetts · MA059

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Quincy Housing Authority

Quincy, Massachusetts · MA020

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Revere Housing Authority

Revere, Massachusetts · MA014

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Rockland Housing Authority

Rockland, Massachusetts · MA133

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Rockport Housing Authority

Rockport, Massachusetts · MA073

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Salem Housing Authority

Salem, Massachusetts · MA055

Congregate Housing ● Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Salisbury Housing Authority

Salisbury, Massachusetts · MA174

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ● PBRA Housing ●

Sandwich Housing Authority

Sandwich, Massachusetts · MA181

Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program ● PBV ● Other ● MRVP ● Public Housing ● State Rental Voucher ● HCV ● other ●

Saugus Housing Authority

Saugus, Massachusetts · MA099

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Shrewsbury Housing Authority

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts · MA041

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Somerville Housing Authority

Somerville, Massachusetts · MA031

Mainstream ● Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ● Inclusionary Housing Program ● SRO ● Inclusionary Housing ●

Southbridge Housing Authority

Southbridge, Massachusetts · MA076

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Springfield Housing Authority

Springfield, Massachusetts · MA035

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Stockbridge Housing Authority

Stockbridge, Massachusetts · MA080

Public Housing ● HCV ● Heaton Court Housing ●

Stoughton Housing Authority

Stoughton, Massachusetts · MA117

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Taunton Housing Authority

Taunton, Massachusetts · MA017

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Tewksbury Housing Authority

Tewksbury, Massachusetts · MA139

Public Housing ● HCV ●

The Bridge of Central Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts · MA188

PBV ● HCV ● Public Housing ● other ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

Wakefield Housing Authority

Wakefield, Massachusetts · MA074

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Waltham Housing Authority

Waltham, Massachusetts · MA013

Public Housing ● Congregate Housing ● HCV ●

Warren Housing Authority

Warren, Massachusetts · MA105

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Watertown Housing Authority

Watertown, Massachusetts · MA093

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Webster Housing Authority

Webster, Massachusetts · MA123

HCV ● Public Housing ●

West Springfield Housing Authority

West Springfield, Massachusetts · MA078

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Westfield Housing Authority

Westfield, Massachusetts · MA050

PBV ● Alternative Housing Voucher Program (AHVP) ● Public Housing ● HCV ● MA Rental Voucher Program — Mobile ● other ● MA Rental Voucher Program ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Weymouth Housing Authority

Weymouth, Massachusetts · MA045

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Williamstown Housing Authority

Williamstown, Massachusetts · MA066

HCV ● Public Housing ● Special Needs Housing ● Other ● Special Need Housing ● Special Need Housing (Chapter 689) ● Special Need ● Elderly/Handicapped Housing (Chapter 667) ● Family Housing (Chapter 705) ● MRVP ● PBV ● other ● Mass. Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) ● MRVP (Mass. Rental Voucher Program) ●

Wilmington Housing Authority

Wilmington, Massachusetts · MA061

AHVP ● MRVP ● State-Aided Rental Voucher ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Winchendon Housing Authority

Winchendon, Massachusetts · MA039

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Winchester Housing Authority

Winchester, Massachusetts · MA125

AHVP ● HCV ● Other ● Public Housing ● State Elderly Housing ● State Family Housing ●

Woburn Housing Authority

Woburn, Massachusetts · MA019

Public Housing ● State Rental Voucher Program (AHVP) ● State Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) ● HCV ●

Worcester Housing Authority

Worcester, Massachusetts · MA012

Federal Wheelchair ● Federal Mixed Elderly/Handicapped ● State Mass Rental Voucher (Mobile) ● State Alternative Housing Voucher (Mobile) ● Rental Voucher (State) ● PBV ● State Family, Elderly/Handicapped ● Other (State Mass Rental Voucher - Mobile) ● Other (State Alternative Housing Voucher - Mobile) ● Public Housing ● MRVP ● HCV ● Other (State Alternative Housing Voucher Mobile) ● Other (State Mass Rental Voucher Mobile) ● Federal Elderly Only ● A Place to Live ●

Yarmouth Housing Authority

South Yarmouth, Massachusetts · MA095

PBV ● Affordable Rental ● HCV ● Affordable Rental Units ● General Wait List ● Other (Affordable Rental Housing) ● Other ● Public Housing ●

Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority

Pittsfield, Massachusetts · MA187

PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Bridgewell

Peabody, Massachusetts · MA880

HCV ● Mainstream ● EHV ● Federal Emergency Housing Voucher Program (EHV) ● RAD ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Brockton Housing Authority

Brockton, Massachusetts · MA024

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Community TeamWork, Inc.

Lowell, Massachusetts · MA882

Mainstream ● PBV ● HCV ● Public Housing ● MRVP ●

Dracut Housing Authority

Dracut, Massachusetts · MA043

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Gardner Housing Authority

Gardner, Massachusetts · MA127

HCV ● Public Housing ● State-Aided Elderly/Handicapped ● State-Aided Family ● Congregate Elderly Housing ●

Holden Housing Authority

Holden, Massachusetts · MA082

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Lawrence Housing Authority

Lawrence, Massachusetts · MA010

PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ● SRO ● Mass Rental Voucher Program ● MRVP ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program ● Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy ● Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) ●

Reading Housing Authority

Reading, Massachusetts · MA075

Other ● HCV ● Public Housing ● Affordable Rentals ●

Scituate Housing Authority

Scituate, Massachusetts · MA049

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Swansea Housing Authority

Swansea, Massachusetts · MA169

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Walpole Housing Authority

Walpole, Massachusetts · MA140

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Wayland Housing Authority

Wayland, Massachusetts · MA101

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Wellesley Housing Authority

Wellesley, Massachusetts · MA135

Elderly/Disabled Housing Lottery ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

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