Chelmsford 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: William Harvey Estates, 2-Bedroom Project-Based

The Chelmsford Housing Authority (CHA) is accepting Affordable waiting list applications for 2-Bedroom apartments at William Harvey Estates from the earliest confirmed open date of May 20, 2024, until July 19, 2024 at 4:30 pm ET.

This waiting list is for the following property:

• William Harvey Estates - located at 57 Carlisle, MA 01824.

Preferences

This waiting list has the following preferences:

1. A Chelmsford Resident
2. Employed in the Town of Chelmsford or its school system
3. Households of students enrolled in the Chelmsford school system.

Selection Process

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

Application Method

To apply while the waitlist is open, print the paper application.

Once the paper application has been completed, it must be:

1. Mailed to CHOICE, Inc., RE: Carlisle, 10 Wilson Street, Chelmsford, MA 01824.

For more information, visit the CHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the CHA public notice on June 6, 2024.

Service Area

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

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (978) 256-7425 x10.

Last Updated on 06/06/2024.

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Open: Harvey Estates, 2-Bedroom Project-Based

The Chelmsford Housing Authority (CHA) is accepting Affordable waiting list applications for 2-Bedroom apartments at Harvey Estates from the earliest confirmed open date of May 20, 2024, until July 19, 2024 at 4:30 pm ET.

This waiting list is for the following property:

• Harvey Estates - located at 73 Dalton Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824.

Preferences

This waiting list has the following preferences:

1. A Chelmsford Resident
2. Employed in the Town of Chelmsford or its school system
3. Households of students enrolled in the Chelmsford school system.

Selection Process

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

Application Method

To apply while the waitlist is open, print the paper application.

Once the paper application has been completed, it must be:

1. Mailed to CHOICE, Inc., RE: Carlisle, 10 Wilson Street, Chelmsford, MA 01824.

For more information, visit the CHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the CHA public notice on June 6, 2024.

Service Area

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

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (978) 256-7425 x10.

Last Updated on 06/06/2024.

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Open: Tyngsborough, 2 and 3-Bedroom Project-Based

The Chelmsford Housing Authority (CHA) is accepting Affordable waiting list applications for 2 and 3-Bedroom apartments in Tyngsborough from the earliest confirmed open date of May 29, 2024, until August 27, 2024 at 4:30 pm ET.

This waiting list is for the following property:

• Tyngsborough Development - located at 60-62 Sherburne Ave, Tyngsborough, MA 01879.

Preferences

This waiting list has the following preferences:

1. Current CHA resident
2. Municipal employees
3. Employees of local businesses
4. Households of students enrolled in the Chelmsford school system.

Selection Process

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

Application Method

To apply while the waitlist is open, print the paper application.

Once the paper application has been completed, it must be:

1. Mailed to CHOICE, Inc., RE: Carlisle, 10 Wilson Street, Chelmsford, MA 01824.

For more information, visit the CHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the CHA public notice on June 6, 2024.

Service Area

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

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (978) 256-7425 x10 or lottery@chelmsfordha.com.

Last Updated on 06/06/2024.

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Open: Multiple Properties Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Chelmsford Housing Authority (CHA) is accepting Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications since at least May, 2019, until further notice. Waiting lists for a specific community or bedroom size may be closed.

There are two ways to apply while the waitlist is open:

1. Download and print the application online. Select the link for a community with an open waiting list.
2. Pick up an application at the CHA office located at 10 Wilson Street, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824, Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm ET.

Once the application is completed, it must be dropped off at the CHA office located at the address above during office hours.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Local Preference
  • The applicant is a permanent resident of the Town in which they are applying on the date that
    they submitted a preliminary application, the date of screening, and the date of final certification.
• Institutionalization
  • An applicant at risk of being placed in a long-term care facility or currently a resident of a
    long-term care facility.
• Homelessness
  • An applicant that is at risk of being homeless or is currently homeless.

Selected applicants will be 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 on February 12, 2024. 

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Westford, Greater Chelmsford, Devens and Harvard, Massachusetts.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (800) 439-0183 for voice and the Massachusetts Relay number of (800) 439-2370 for TTY.

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 02/23/2024.

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