Housing Resources

Find Affordable Housing:

https://www.boston.gov/metrolist

https://housingnavigatorma.org/

https://www.housingforwardma.org/

https://www.boston.gov/departments/housing

https://bostonhousing.org/en/Home.aspx

https://www.masscap.org/programs/housing-programs/

https://mhsa.net/

https://publichousingapplication.ocd.state.ma.us/

https://www.bostonplans.org/housing/finding-housing/overview

https://www.metrohousingboston.org/about/advocacy-and-public-policy-2/

Affordable Housing Guide:

https://www.bostonplans.org/getattachment/1cb4956d-e69c-4f2f-b47a-efd479504696

Rent/Utility Assistance:

https://www.mass.gov/rental-assistance-programs

https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/how-apply-heat-assistance

https://www.boston.gov/departments/housing/office-housing-stability/rental-relief-fund

https://masslegalhelp.org/covid-19/housing/money-for-rent

https://www.boston.gov/news/options-help-save-your-electricity-and-gas-bills

Legal Assistance:

https://masslegalhelp.org/housing-homelessness

https://bostonbarlawyer.org/

https://www.gbls.org/

https://www.harvardlegalaid.org/

Boston’s Housing Laws Quick Guides:

https://www.boston.gov/top-ten-things-tenants-and-landlords-need-know

Emergency Shelter List:

https://www.boston.gov/departments/housing/services-those-experiencing-homeless

Learn More about Sea-level Rise and Boston’s Mitigation Efforts

Charlestown and East Boston:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iCqRC4GGlkuBJYLFc7P95MyZRHnK2iOS/view

https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/climate-ready-boston/coastal-resilience-charlestown

https://climate.asla.org/ClimateReadyEastBoston.html

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/fa48f4dacaa84144a854fa1808ad9902

https://www.bostonplans.org/planning/planning-initiatives/plan-charlestown

https://www.bostonplans.org/planning/planning-initiatives/plan-east-boston

Dorchester:

https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/climate-ready-boston/coastal-resilience-dorchester

https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/embed/c/crb_leaders_-_focus_area_guide_dorchester.pdf

South Boston:

https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/climate-ready-boston/coastal-resilience-south-boston

https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/embed/file/2018-09/climatereadysouthboston_execsum_v9.1s_web.pdf

Sea Level Rise Maps

https://bostonopendata-boston.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/boston::climate-ready-boston-social-vulnerability/explore

https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/climate-ready-boston-map-explorer

https://data.boston.gov/dataset/climate-ready-boston-social-vulnerability

Learn More about Housing in Boston and the US

https://melvilletrust.org/our-work/the-issues/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9yvz/economists-support-national-rent-control-in-letter-to-biden-admin

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257%2Faer.20181289&ref=mainstreem-dotcom

https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/04/29/investors-low-income-housing-boston-south-end