Section 8.fyi

Massachusetts · MA003

Cambridge Housing Authority

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

Waitlist status

Contact

Cambridge Housing Authority office

The dot is the office location HUD published.

362 Green St
Cambridge, MA 02139

Open in MapsOpenStreetMap

Phone: (617) 864-3020

Email: ed@cambridge-housing.org

Housing authority website

Programs

HUD lists this authority as Combined: Housing Choice Voucher and Public Housing.

HUD directory record

Section 8 units reported to HUD: 7,597 (6,946 occupied). This is not the number of people on a waitlist.
Office county: Middlesex (25017).
Metro area: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
HUD performance designation: Advisory.
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 02139, fiscal year 2027. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area
Home sizeMonthly rent
Studio (efficiency)$3,320
1 bedroom$3,420
2 bedrooms$4,090
3 bedrooms$4,870
4 bedrooms$5,380

HUD’s income-limit file has no row for the county code on this housing authority (Middlesex). 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

Email me if this opens

Email alerts are not turned on yet. You can follow this housing authority’s RSS feed instead.

Report a status

If you saw the housing authority’s own page say the waitlist opened or closed, tell us. A person checks that page before we publish anything.

Report a status This opens a GitHub issue. Do not include your phone number or a case number.

RSS feed for this housing authority