Massachusetts Apartment
Low-rent apartment search - HUD
Low rent apartments: the government gives funds directly to apartment owners, who lower the rents they charge low-income tenants. You can find low-rent apartments for senior citizens and people with disabilities, as well as for families and individuals. ... [Read More]
Housing Discrimination Complaints - HUD
Housing discrimination based on your race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status, or disability is illegal by federal law. If you have been trying to buy or rent a home or apartment and you believe your rights have been violated, you can file a fair housing complaint. ... [Read More]
Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
Rental assistance programs provide financial aid to help low-income persons rent apartments other than apartments in public housing developments. There are several types of rental assistance in Massachusetts. The three largest programs are: The three largest programs are: The ... The Commonwealth of Massachusetts provides rental assistance through the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP). The program is funded annually by the state legislature. State funded "mobile" vouchers can be used anywhere in Massachusetts, but "project-based" vouchers are only available in specific apartments. As of January 2004, most waiting lists are closed to new applicants. ... [Read More]
HUD-Multifamily Housing - Section 8 Assigned Contracts
This inventory is designed to assist prospective applicants with locating units in HUD insured and HUD subsidized multifamily properties that serve the elderly and/or persons with disabilities. If you are searching for all HUD subsidized properties, please go to HUD's Subsidized Apartment Search . The data in this inventory will only be updated on an annual basis, therefore property status is subject to change prior to the next update. This site does not provide eligibility and waiting list information, unit availability, tenant selection preferences, or types of accessible features for these properties. Therefore, please contact the Property Manager/Management Agent for additional information. ... [Read More]
City Of Cambridge - PROPERTY DATABASE SEARCH, CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS
APARTMENTS APT-BSMT-PRK APT-BSMT-UNT APTS-LUXURY ARMORY ASTD LIVING AUTO-SHWROOM BANK BOATHOUSE BOWLNG-ALLEY CAR-WASH CHURCH CINEMA CITY-CLUB CLUB-HOUSE COLL CAFETERIA COLL CLASSRM COM SHOP CTR COM-GRGE-STG COM-GRGE-SVC DAY-CARE-CTR DEPT-STORE DISTRIB-WHSE DORMITORY ELEM SCHOOL ENCL MALL FAST-FOOD-RS FIREHOUSE FRATERNITY GAS STATION GEN-OFFICE GRG-BSM-PARK GRG-UNDERGND GYM GYMNASIUM HIGH SCHOOL HOSPITAL HOTEL ICE SKATE RINK INDUST-MFCTR LAB CLASSRM LIBRARY LIFE SCI HI TECH LIVE THEATRE LUMBER SHED MARKET MEDICAL-OFC MINI-LUB-GRG MIX NBHD CTR W/COM MIX NBHD CTR W/RES MORTUARY MULT-RESDNCE MULTIPURP COLL MUN. GOVT BLDG MUSEUM OFFICE OFFICE-BSMT PARKG-STRUCT POST-OFFICE R & D REC POOL BLDG RESID DESIGN OFFICE REST-BSM-FAC RESTAURANT RETAIL-STORE RETIRE-HOME STORAGE-WHSE SVC-STATION WATER PLANT ... [Read More]
Massachusetts 5th District - Help With Government Agencies: Housing
Click here for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Subsidized Apartment Search website. ... [Read More]
Board of Real Estate Brokers & Salesman - Frequently Asked Questions
If you hire a broker to assist you in finding an apartment you can be charged for that service. Always find out up front if you will be charged for such service since many times the landlord of the apartment is paying a broker to help find a tenant. Also, make sure you get in writing a description of the services the broker will offer in finding you an apartment and if you are charged a fee for such services when it will be due. If the fee is to obtain an apartment for you make sure you are only obligated to pay such fee if you, in fact, have an apartment (e.g. having a lease for the apartment signed by you and the landlord). ... [Read More]
Memorial to the Massachusetts Legislature (1843)
Long before reaching the house, wild shouts, snatches of rude songs,imprecations and obscene language, fell upon the ear, proceeding from theoccupant of a low building, rather remote from the principal building towhich my course was directed. Found the mistress, and was conducted tothe place which was called "the home" of the forlorn maniac,a young woman, exhibiting a condition of neglect and misery blotting outthe faintest idea of comfort, and outraging every sentiment of decency.She had been, I learnt, "a respectable person, industrious and worthy.Disappointments and trials shook her mind, and, finally, laid prostratereason and self-control. She became a maniac for life. She had been atWorcester Hospital for a considerable time, and had been returned as incurable."The mistress told me she understood that, "while there, she was comfortableand decent." Alas, what a change was here exhibited! She had passedfrom one degree of violence to another, in swift pr ... [Read More]
About the 8th District of Massachusetts
The 8th's neighborhoods exude an abundance of charm, and those interested in architecture or history will be impressed with the area's housing stock, which ranges from turn-of-the century apartment buildings, to rambling Victorians, colonials and multi-family dwellings. There is truly something for everyone in this, one of the nation's most diverse congressional districts. ... [Read More]
Information for Renters
helps fund the production of affordable rental housing throughout the Commonwealth. You will be able to use the searchable list of rental developments that have been built with the Division of Housing Development’s financial assistance to find an apartment by location. You will also be able to use it to find developments with apartments that may meet a specific need, such as accessible apartments, elderly or assisted living housing, or apartments with supportive services. ... [Read More]
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