Largest Housing Authorities in Massachusetts
By voucher allocation. These five PHAs administer the bulk of Section 8 vouchers in Massachusetts.
All 136 Housing Authorities in Massachusetts
Click any PHA card for current payment standards, contact info, and the ZIPs they serve.
Abington Housing Authority
Acton Housing Authority
Adams Housing Authority
American Training by Chelmsford Housing
Amesbury Housing Authority
Amherst Housing Authority
Andover Housing Authority
Arlington Housing Authority
Athol Housing Authority
Attleboro Housing Authority
Auburn Housing Authority
Barnstable Housing Authority
Belmont Housing Authority
Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority
Beverly Housing Authority
Billerica Housing Authority
Boston Housing Authority
Bourne Housing Authority
Braintree Housing Authority
Bridgewell
Brockton Housing Authority
Brookline Housing Authority
Burlington Housing Authority
Cambridge Housing Authority
Chelmsford Housing Authority
Chelsea Housing Authority
Chicopee Housing Authority
Clinton Housing Authority
Community TeamWork, Inc.
Concord Housing Authority
Danvers Housing Authority
Dartmouth Housing Authority
Dedham Housing Authority
Dennis Housing Authority
Dracut Housing Authority
Easton Housing Authority
Everett Housing Authority
Exec. Office Housing & Livable Communities
Fall River Housing Authority
Falmouth Housing Authority
Fitchburg Housing Authority
Framingham Housing Authority
Franklin County Regional Housing Authority
Gardner Housing Authority
Gloucester Housing Authority
Greenfield Housing Authority
Groveland Housing Authority
Halifax Housing Authority
Hanson Housing Authority
Hanssen
Haverhill Housing Authority
Hingham Housing Authority
Holbrook Housing Authority
Holden Housing Authority
Holliston Housing Authority
Holyoke Housing Authority
Housing Assistance Corporation
Hudson Housing Authority
Ipswich Housing Authority
Lawrence Housing Authority
Leominster Housing Authority
Lexington Housing Authority
Lowell Housing Authority
Lynn Housing Authority
Malden Housing Authority
Mansfield Housing Authority
Marlborough C.D.A. - Housing Division
Maynard Housing Authority
Medford Housing Authority
Medway Housing Authority
Melrose Housing Authority
Methuen Housing Authority
Metro Housing Boston
Middleborough Housing Authority
Middlesex North Resources Center, Inc.
Milford Housing Authority
Millis Housing Authority
Milton Housing Authority
Natick Housing Authority
Needham Housing Authority
NeighborWorks Housing Solutions
New Bedford Housing Authority
Newburyport Housing Authority
Newton Housing Authority
North Adams Housing Authority
North Andover Housing Authority
North Attleborough Housing Authority
North Reading Housing Authority
Northampton Housing Authority
Norwood Housing Authority
Oxford Housing Authority
Peabody Housing Authority
Pembroke Housing Authority
Pittsfield Housing Authority
Plymouth Housing Authority
Quincy Housing Authority
RCAP Solutions
Reading Housing Authority
Revere Housing Authority
Rockland Housing Authority
Rockport Housing Authority
Salem Housing Authority
Salisbury Housing Authority
Sandwich Housing Authority
Saugus Housing Authority
Scituate Housing Authority
Shrewsbury Housing Authority
Somerville Housing Authority
South Middlesex Opportunity Council
Southbridge Housing Authority
Springfield Housing Authority
Stockbridge Housing Authority
Stoughton Housing Authority
Swansea Housing Authority
Taunton Housing Authority
Tewksbury Housing Authority
The Bridge of Central Massachusetts
Wakefield Housing Authority
Walpole Housing Authority
Waltham Housing Authority
Warren Housing Authority
Watertown Housing Authority
Way Finders
Wayland Housing Authority
Webster Housing Authority
Wellesley Housing Authority
West Springfield Housing Authority
Westfield Housing Authority
Weymouth Housing Authority
Williamstown Housing Authority
Wilmington Housing Authority
Winchendon Housing Authority
Winchester Housing Authority
Woburn Housing Authority
Worcester Housing Authority
Yarmouth Housing Authority
About Section 8 in Massachusetts
The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program is administered locally by each Public Housing Authority. In Massachusetts, 136 PHAs administer approximately 102,385 vouchers. 0 PHAs use Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMR) — ZIP-code-level rent caps that more accurately reflect neighborhood rental markets.
Each PHA sets its own payment standards — typically between 90% and 110% of HUD's Fair Market Rent — that determine the maximum monthly Housing Assistance Payment. Landlords participating in the program can charge rent up to the payment standard (or higher with tenant approval at lease initiation, capped by rent reasonableness).