“Applying for housing for people with disabilities in Massachusetts”: This is a training presentation for families, transition professionals, and family support professionals. The video on slide 2 may be viewed here. If you wish to view it in other languages, translations of this presentation are available here, including subtitled versions of the video on Slide 2.
“Accessing affordable and subsidized housing for people with disabilities in Massachusetts”: This is a longer training, which covers not only applying for housing, but how to prepare while waiting, what to do when someone reaches the top of a list, how to search for housing with a voucher, and how to keep your housing.
Housing search and application grid: a color-coded system to guide you through the application process. (Translations of the grid in Arabic, Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese are available on the Translations page.) A basic list of applications is:
- Section 8 portable (Gold)
- A sample of a completed EOHLC (formerly DHCD) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (regional non-profit) application is here.
- Note, no sample of a completed Centralized Waiting List application can be posted due to copyright restrictions.
- The CHAMP application for state-funded site-based housing (Blue)
- Alternative Housing Voucher Program (AHVP) portable voucher (Blue)
- Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) portable voucher (Blue)
- 2-3 others using www.HousingWorks.net or www.housingnavigatorma.org (Purple)
- A sample of a completed “full” application for a unit in private affordable housing is here.
- Other applications available through Housing Works are not necessarily standardized, but ask questions similar to those on the private affordable housing application.
Personalize your basic list using a checklist. (Translations of the checklist are available in Arabic, Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese on the Translations page.)
Housing application spreadsheet: Track where you have applied and when you have made contact. Note: this is a zipped Excel file, allowing you to enter data and use interactive check boxes. If you will be tracking information by hand, a .pdf file is here. (Translations of the spreadsheet are available in Arabic, Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese on the Translations page.)
(Please note that nothing on this website is intended as legal advice, there is no guarantee the information provided is accurate, and using the information provided does not guarantee one will receive a housing voucher. For a complete legal disclaimer, please click here.)