Section 8 & Affordable Housing Waitlists in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing waitlists are run by local public housing authorities — not by HUD or by Lease Lantern. Each authority opens and closes its own lists, sometimes for only a few days at a time, so timing and persistence matter.
How to find and join an open waitlist
- Identify the housing authorities that serve where you want to live (listed below).
- Contact each one to ask whether its Section 8 or public housing waitlist is currently open.
- Apply to every open list you qualify for — many people keep several active at once.
- Have your documents ready: ID, income, household members, and current address.
- Keep your contact info updated with each authority so you don’t lose your place.
Waitlist openings change frequently, so always confirm the current status directly with the authority. Eligibility depends on your household income versus the Massachusetts income limits.
Where to apply in Massachusetts
123 authorities administer Section 8 vouchers in Massachusetts. Contact one to check waitlist status:
Abington Housing AuthorityAbington Acton Housing AuthorityActon Adams Housing AuthorityAdams American Training By Chelmsford HousingChelmsford Amesbury Housing AuthorityAmesbury Amherst Housing AuthorityAmherst Andover Housing AuthorityAndover Arlington Housing AuthorityArlington Athol Housing AuthorityAthol Attleboro Housing AuthorityAttleboro Barnstable Housing AuthorityHyannis Belmont Housing AuthorityBelmont Berkshire County Regional Housing AuthorityPittsfield Beverly Housing AuthorityBeverly Billerica Housing AuthorityBillerica Boston Housing AuthorityBoston Bourne Housing AuthorityPocasset Braintree Housing AuthorityBraintree BridgewellPeabody Brockton Housing AuthorityBrockton Brookline Housing AuthorityBrookline Burlington Housing AuthorityBurlington Cambridge Housing AuthorityCambridge Chelmsford Housing AuthorityChelmsford Chelsea Housing AuthorityChelsea Chicopee Housing AuthorityChicopee Community Teamwork, Inc.Lowell Concord Housing AuthorityConcord Danvers Housing AuthorityDanvers Dartmouth Housing AuthorityDartmouth Dedham Housing AuthorityDedham Dennis Housing AuthoritySouth Dennis Dracut Housing AuthorityDracut Easton Housing AuthorityNorth Easton Everett Housing AuthorityEverett Exec. Office Housing & Livable CommunitiesBoston Fall River Housing AuthorityFall River Falmouth Housing AuthorityFalmouth Fitchburg Housing AuthorityFitchburg Framingham Housing AuthorityFramingham Franklin County Regional Housing AuthorityTurners Falls Gardner Housing AuthorityGardner Gloucester Housing AuthorityGloucester Greenfield Housing AuthorityGreenfield Halifax Housing AuthorityHalifax Hanson Housing AuthorityHanson HanssenWare Haverhill Housing AuthorityHaverhill Hingham Housing AuthorityHingham Holbrook Housing AuthorityHolbrook Holden Housing AuthorityHolden Holliston Housing AuthorityHolliston Holyoke Housing AuthorityHolyoke Hudson Housing AuthorityHudson Ipswich Housing AuthorityIpswich Lawrence Housing AuthorityLawrence Leominster Housing AuthorityLeominster Lexington Housing AuthorityLexington Lowell Housing AuthorityLowell Lynn Housing AuthorityLynn