OPEN: Family Site-Based is currently open and does not have a predetermined closing date.

The Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA) is accepting Family site-based waiting list applications from September 1, 2018, until further notice.

To apply while the waitlist is open, complete the online application.

Income eligibility and community information can be found on public notice here.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Cambridge Resident – You are permanently living in Cambridge on the date that you submit this form.
• Cambridge Shelter or Transitional Facility – You are living in a Cambridge shelter or transitional facility or you were living in a Cambridge shelter or transitional facility and were relocated by the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) or other service provider to a facility outside of Cambridge.
• Employment in Cambridge - You are not a resident of Cambridge; however, you are employed or about to be employed in Cambridge on the date that you submit this form.
• Veteran’s Status - Someone in your household is an honorably discharged individual that performed wartime services or the spouse, surviving spouse, parent or other dependent of a honorably discharged veteran.

Selected applicants will placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the CHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the CHA application portal on September 12, 2023.