Newton 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: Nonantum Village Senior/ Disabled Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.

The Newton Housing Authority (NHA) is accepting Elderly/Non Elderly Handicapped Public Housing waiting list applications for Nonantum Village from the earliest confirmed open date of October 3, 2023, until further notice.

Please note: "To be eligible for Elderly/Non-Elderly Handicapped Housing, you must be at least 62 years old or a person with a disability."

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

1. Print the paper application.
2. Pick up an application at the NHA office located at 82 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands, MA 02461, from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. Monday-Friday.
3. Call 617-552-5501 to request an application by mail.

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

1. Dropped off at the NHA office, located at the address above, from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. Monday-Friday.
2. Dropped off at the NHA drop box, located at the address above.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the NHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the NHA applications page on October 3, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior and Disabled Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Newton City, 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) 552-5501.

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 10/03/2023.

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Open: Nonantum Village, Congregate Living Senior/ Disabled Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.

The Newton Housing Authority (NHA) is accepting Elderly/Non Elderly Handicapped Congregate Living Public Housing waiting list applications for Nonantum Village from the earliest confirmed open date of October 3, 2023, until further notice.

Please note: "To be eligible for Congregate Program Housing, you must: Be at least 62 years old or a person with a disability; Be interested in residing in a shared living environment. In Congregate Housing, each tenant has their own private bedroom and half bath and shares a kitchen, living room, and shower with 3-4 other individuals; Attend an interview with Springwell, Inc. Housing Care Coordinator."

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

1. Print the paper application.
2. Pick up an application at the NHA office located at 82 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands, MA 02461, from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. Monday-Friday.
3. Call 617-552-5501 to request an application by mail.

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

1. Dropped off at the NHA office, located at the address above, from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. Monday-Friday.
2. Dropped off at the NHA drop box, located at the address above.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the NHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the NHA applications page on October 3, 2023.

Service Area

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

Reasonable Accommodation

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

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 10/03/2023.

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Open: Hamilton Grove Apartments, Multifamily Project-Based Rental Assistance Senior and Disabled

Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.

The Newton Housing Authority (NHA) is accepting Multifamily Senior and Disabled Project-Based Rental Assistance waiting list applications for Hamilton Grove Apartments from the earliest confirmed open date of October 3, 2023, until further notice.

Please note: "You must be 62 years old or Handicapped for this Multifamily Federal Program."

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

1. Print the paper application.
2. Pick up an application at the NHA office located at 82 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands, MA 02461, from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. Monday-Friday.
3. Call 617-552-5501 to request an application by mail.

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

1. Dropped off at the NHA office, located at the address above, from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. Monday-Friday.
2. Dropped off at the NHA drop box, located at the address above.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Newton Residents
• Veterans

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

For more information, visit the NHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the NHA applications page on October 3, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Senior and Disabled rental assistance in Newton, 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) 552-5501.

Last Updated on 10/03/2023.

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