City life/ Vida Urbana
A grassroots, multi-issue, bilingual organization in Jamaica Plain with a focus on affordable housing and tenants' rights.
City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development
The mission of the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) is to make Boston the most livable city in the nation by working with communities to build strong neighborhoods through the strategic investment of public resources.
City of Boston Home Center
The Boston Home Center offers information on a range of topics, including homebuyer education, credit counseling, foreclosure prevention, and predatory lending.
City of Boston Rental Housing Resource Center
The Rental Housing Resource Center provides a weekly list of units available for rent in Greater Boston as well as access to telephones, a quiet workspace, and staff to answer questions. They also provide the Good Neighbors Handbook, a free informational guide which helps landlords and tenants understand and comply with complex landlord/tenant laws.
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp (CSNDC) is a nonprofit community development corporation (CDC), charged with developing both the physical and social infrastructure of the community.
Commonwealth Land Trust
For over a decade, Commonwealth Land Trust has been providing safe, affordable housing for the people who are most vulnerable in our society - low-income and single-parent families, homeless individuals and families, people with disabilities, and people living with HIV and AIDS.
Cradles to Crayons
Cradles to Crayons provides poor and homeless children with great everyday supplies.
Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston
The only private, nonprofit organization soley focused on ending illegal housing discrimination in the greater Boston area. Serving communities in Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk counties.
HomeStart
HomeStart's mission is to end homelessness in Greater Boston by assisting individuals in obtaining permanent housing and settling into the community, and by developing strategies to address systemic barriers to housing placement.
Homes for Families
Homes for Families is a statewide social change organization dedicated to ending family homelessness.
Just-A-Start
The Just-A-Start Corporation is a nonprofit community development corporation that focuses on three major program activities for the benefit of low- and moderate-income people: the stabilization of occupied housing, education/training/placement, and the development and operation of affordable housing.
Mass Access
The Mass Accessible Housing Registry is a free program that helps people with disabilities to find rental housing in Massachusetts, primarily accessible and barrier-free housing.
Mass Housing
Mass Housing is an independent agency dedicated to creating and preserving affordable housing opportunities across Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance (MAHA)
MAHA is a statewide nonprofit group that works to encourage local and state government and businesses to invest more money in affordable housing.
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless
The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless (MCH) works to address the broad economic and social issues that lead to homelessness.
Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)
DHCD offers programs, housing, and funding to communities to serve those with low to moderate incomes.
Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA)
DTA, formerly known as the Department of Public Welfare, is the state agency responsible for administering public assistance programs for needy citizens of the Commonwealth.
Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety's Lead Program
The Division of Occupational Safety's (DOS) Lead Program seeks to reduce the incidence and the elevated nature of occupational lead exposures and thereby lower the adult blood lead levels (BLLs) in Massachusetts. This site offers a list of currently licensed de-leader contractors.
Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA)
The Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance is a public policy advocacy organization with the singular mission of ending homelessness in the Commonwealth. Founded in 1988 by a dedicated group of “first responders” working with unsheltered adults in Greater Boston, MHSA initiates solutions to move people out of crisis to permanence throughout Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Housing Consumer Education Centers
Housing Consumer Education Centers offer answers to a wide range of questions about all types of housing problems. Tenants, landlords, prospective buyers, and homeowers can access information designed to maximize housing stability, strengthen investments, and minimize disputes.
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
The Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) is a statewide public nonprofit affordable housing organization that works in concert with the Governor and the state Department of Housing and Community Development to help increase the supply of affordable housing in Massachusetts.
One Family Campaign
One Family, created by Paul and Phyllis Fireman and family, is a not-for-profit organization devoted to ending family homelessness in Massachusetts and serves as a model nationwide. One Family brings together elected officials, faith and community organizations, and philanthropic and private leaders to design and implement effective, lasting solutions to family homelessness.
Pine Street Inn
Pine Street Inn is a not-for-profit organization committed to men, women and children in need of shelter, sustenance, and the basic moral and material supports necessary to lead a dignified and stable life.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD's mission is to increase home ownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination.
