Brookline Housing Authority

Open: Massachusetts Housing Choice Voucher Centralized

This housing authority participates in the Massachusetts Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List, which is a partnership between most of the housing authorities in Massachusetts. Applicants submit one application to apply to a centralized waiting list. Selected applicants will be placed on the centralized waiting list, and will be under consideration for every participating housing authority.

The Massachusetts Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List is currently open.

The Massachusetts Centralized waiting list will accept applications from January 6, 2003, until further notice.

There are three ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Complete the online application available here. 
2. Download and print the application online. Select the link titled "Preliminary Application" in your native language.
3. Contact a participating housing authority request an application by mail. Participating housing authority contact information can be found here.

Once the paper application has been completed, it can be mailed or hand delivered to any participating housing authority. Participating housing authority address information can be found here.

Income limit information can be found here.

The waiting list will be sorted differently by each housing authority according to its own preferences.

Participating housing authorities may have any of the following preferences: Activated military personnel to Persian Gulf; Board of Health condemnation; Disabled; Displaced by hate crime or reprisal, Displaced by landlord non-renewal; Displaced by natural disaster;  Displaced by public action; Displaced by domestic violence; Elderly (62+); Near elderly (55+); Extremely low income; Health disability affecting housing need; Homeless; Participant in Metro Program in Wayland school; Rent burdened 50% of income; Rent burdened 40% of income; one-person family; substandard housing; tenants of Project-Based units; clients for Project-Based units; Veteran; Working. Further explanation of each preference can be found here.

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

For more information, visit the website here, or contact a participating housing authority listed here.

Sources: This information was verified by the Massachusetts Centralized page on December 28, 2022.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via 1-877-868-0040.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Open: Beacon Park, 1 and 2-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Brookline Housing Authority (BHA) is accepting Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1 and 2-Bedroom apartments at Beacon Park Apartments from the earliest confirmed open date of January 10, 2024, until further notice.

This waiting list is for the following property:

• Beacon Park - located at 1371 Beacon St, Brookline, MA 02446.

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

This waiting list has the following preferences: 

• Families with the Local Preference who have been displaced due to flood, fire, or other natural disaster that renders the family’s dwelling uninhabitable.
• Families with the Local Preference who have been displaced due to Board of Health Condemnation and that renders the family’s dwelling unit uninhabitable.
• Families with Local Preference who have been displaced due to DV. The family member has been or is currently a victim of DV, dating Violence, sexual assault or stalking.
• RAD Part I conversion households and for households displaced due to demolition/redevelopment.
• Local residents are defined as families who are living in Brookline, work 20+hrs in Brookline OR who have children in the Brookline Public Schools.

It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the BHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BHA application page on January 10, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (617) 277-2022.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 01/10/2024.

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Open: Village at Brookline Apartment, 1, 2, 3 and 4-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Brookline Housing Authority (BHA) is accepting Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1, 2, 3 and 4-Bedroom apartments at Village at Brookline Apartments from the earliest confirmed open date of January 10, 2024, until further notice.

This waiting list is for the following property:

• Village at Brookline - located at 77 Village Way, Brookline, MA 02445.

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

This waiting list has the following preferences: 

• Families with the Local Preference who have been displaced due to flood, fire, or other natural disaster that renders the family’s dwelling uninhabitable.
• Families with the Local Preference who have been displaced due to Board of Health Condemnation and that renders the family’s dwelling unit uninhabitable.
• Families with Local Preference who have been displaced due to DV. The family member has been or is currently a victim of DV, dating Violence, sexual assault or stalking.
• RAD Part I conversion households and for households displaced due to demolition/redevelopment.
• Local residents are defined as families who are living in Brookline, work 20+hrs in Brookline OR who have children in the Brookline Public Schools.

It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the BHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BHA application page on January 10, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (617) 277-2022.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 01/10/2024.

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Open: Village at Brookline-Kent St., 1 and 2-Bedroom Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Brookline Housing Authority (BHA) is accepting Senior Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1 and 2-Bedroom apartments at Village at Brookline-Kent St. Apartments from the earliest confirmed open date of January 10, 2024, until further notice.

This waiting list is for the following property:

• Village at Brookline-Kent St. Apartments - located at 52-54 Kent St, Brookline, MA 02445.

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

This waiting list has the following preferences: 

• Families with the Local Preference who have been displaced due to flood, fire, or other natural disaster that renders the family’s dwelling uninhabitable.
• Families with the Local Preference who have been displaced due to Board of Health Condemnation and that renders the family’s dwelling unit uninhabitable.
• Families with Local Preference who have been displaced due to DV. The family member has been or is currently a victim of DV, dating Violence, sexual assault or stalking.
• RAD Part I conversion households and for households displaced due to demolition/redevelopment.
• Local residents are defined as families who are living in Brookline, work 20+hrs in Brookline OR who have children in the Brookline Public Schools.

It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the BHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BHA application page on January 10, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (617) 277-2022.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 01/10/2024.

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Open: 1500 Beacon St. and 100 Centre St. Apartments, Studio and 2-Bedroom Senior/ Disabled Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Brookline Housing Authority (BHA) is accepting Section Senior or Disabled 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for Studio and 2-Bedroom apartments at 1500 Beacon St. and 100 Centre St. Apartments from the earliest confirmed open date of January 10, 2024, until further notice.

This waiting list is for the following properties:

• The Diane and Mark Goldman Family Residences - located at 1550 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA.
• The Marilyn and André Danesh Family Residences - located at 100 Centre Street, Brookline, MA.

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

This waiting list has the following preferences: 

• Families with the Local Preference who have been displaced due to flood, fire, or other natural disaster that renders the family’s dwelling uninhabitable.
• Families with the Local Preference who have been displaced due to Board of Health Condemnation and that renders the family’s dwelling unit uninhabitable.
• Families with Local Preference who have been displaced due to DV. The family member has been or is currently a victim of DV, dating Violence, sexual assault or stalking.
• RAD Part I conversion households and for households displaced due to demolition/redevelopment.
• Local residents are defined as families who are living in Brookline, work 20+hrs in Brookline OR who have children in the Brookline Public Schools.

It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the BHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BHA application page on January 10, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior and Disabled Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (617) 277-2022.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 01/10/2024.

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Open: Federal, 1-Bedroom Senior / Disabled Public Housing

The Brookline Housing Authority (BHA) is accepting Federal Elderly and Disabled Public Housing waiting list applications for 1-bedroom apartments from the earliest confirmed date of January 11, 2024, until further notice.

To apply while the waiting list is open, complete the online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the BHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BHA application page on January 11, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior and Disabled Public Housing rental assistance in Brookline, Massachusetts. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (617) 277-2022.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 01/11/2024.

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Open: 61 Park St, 90 Longwood Ave and 50 Pleasant St Apartments, 1-Bedroom LIHTC Project-Based

The Brookline Housing Authority (BHA) is accepting Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments at 61 Park St, 90 Longwood Ave and 50 Pleasant St Apartments from the earliest confirmed open date of January 10, 2024, until further notice.

This waiting list is for the following properties:

• 61 Park St Apartments - located at 61 Park St, Brookline, MA.
• 90 Longwood Ave Apartments - located at 90 Longwood Ave, Brookline, MA.
• 50 Pleasant St Apartments - located at 50 Pleasant St, Brookline, MA.

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

This waiting list has the following preferences: 

• Families with the Local Preference who have been displaced due to flood, fire, or other natural disaster that renders the family’s dwelling uninhabitable.
• Families with the Local Preference who have been displaced due to Board of Health Condemnation and that renders the family’s dwelling unit uninhabitable.
• Families with Local Preference who have been displaced due to DV. The family member has been or is currently a victim of DV, dating Violence, sexual assault or stalking.
• RAD Part I conversion households and for households displaced due to demolition/redevelopment.
• Local residents are defined as families who are living in Brookline, work 20+hrs in Brookline OR who have children in the Brookline Public Schools.

It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the BHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BHA application page on January 10, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Project Based rental assistance in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (617) 277-2022.

Last Updated on 01/10/2024.

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