Exec. Office Housing & Livable Communities

Boston, Massachusetts. We do not take applications. Applying is free, on the housing authority’s own website.

Waitlist status

Closed
Housing Choice Voucher

Other options while the HCVP/Section 8 mobile waiting list is closed

Source: www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-the-section-8-housing-choice-vouchers-program-hcvp
Last verified: October 22, 2026

Waitlist page on the housing authority’s website

Contact

The dot is the office location HUD published.

100 Cambridge St Ste 300
Boston, MA 02114

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Phone: (617) 573-1250

Email: [email protected]

Housing authority website

Programs

HUD lists this authority as Section 8: Housing Choice Voucher.

HUD directory record

Section 8 units reported to HUD: 23,257 (22,803 occupied). This is not the number of people on a waitlist.
Office county: Suffolk (25025).
Metro area: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Directory record date: July 6, 2026. Snapshot pulled 2026-10-21.

Source: HUD Public Housing Authorities on Data.gov.

Rents and income limits

Small Area Fair Market Rent for ZIP 02114, fiscal year 2027. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area
Home size	Monthly rent
Studio (efficiency)	$3,550
1 bedroom	$3,670
2 bedrooms	$4,380
3 bedrooms	$5,220
4 bedrooms	$5,760

HUD’s income-limit file has no row for the county code on this housing authority (Suffolk). Connecticut towns, and some other places, use a different code than the one in the housing authority directory.Look up a county or town by name.

A Fair Market Rent is HUD’s rent figure for a modest home. The housing authority can set a payment standard that is different. The office county or ZIP may not be the whole area the authority serves. Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents, fiscal year 2027 in this copy.Look up another ZIP. Compare a rent with income.

Status history

October 22, 2026: hcv marked closed. Source Read on the housing authority website.

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