Advocacy and Organizing
Action for Boston Community Development 617-357-6000
Allston Brighton CDC 617-787-3874
Boston Rental Housing Resource Center 617-635-4200
City Life/Vida Urbana 617-524-3541
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation 617-825-4224
Committee for Boston Public Housing 617-427-3556
East Boston Ecumenical Community Coalition 617-567-2750
Eviction Free Zone Cambridge 617-354-1300
Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation 617-522-2424
Mass. Alliance of HUD Tenants 617-267-2949
Mass. Senior Action Coalition 617-350-6722
Mass. Union of Public Housing Tenants 617-825-9750
Tri-Cap (Malden) 781-322-4125
WATCH CDC (Waltham) 781-891-6689
Legal Assistance
Community Legal Services and Counseling Center (Cambridge) 617-661-1010
Greater Boston Legal Services 617-371-1234
Harvard Legal Advocacy 617-495-4394
Jamaica Plain Legal Service Center 617-522-3003
Volunteer Lawyers Project 617-423-0648
Community Lawyers/Abogados de la Comunidad 617-522-7597
Jose Vargas 617-522-4583
Lawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing 617-723-0885
Robert Warren 617-983-1441
Housing Discrimination
Boston Fair Housing Commission 617-635-4408
Lawyers’ Committee on Civil Rights 617-482-1145
Mass. Commission Against Discrimination 617-727-3990
Public Housing and Section 8
Boston Housing Authority 617-988-4000
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership 617-859-0400
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 617-994-8200
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) 617-854-1000
Affordable and Subsidized Apartment Search
Boston Aging Concerns 266-2257 X203
Boston Center for Independent Living 338-6665
Cambridge Multi Service Center 349-6340
City Life/Vida Urbana 524-3541
Home Start 542-0338
Mass. Coalition for the Homeless 737-3508
Neighborhood for Affordable Housing 567-5882
Living with AIDS
AIDS Action Committee 437-6200
AIDS Housing Corporation 927-0088
Financial Assistance with Late Rent
City Hall 635-3692
City Mission 742-6830
Homeless Donation Assistance 737-3430
St. Vincent Society 542-0883
Salvation Army 542-5420
Heating Oil Assistance
ABCD 357-6012
Citizens’ Energy 877-JOE-4-OIL
Resources for Asthma Management
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America 617-965-7771
Boston School Department 617-635-8079
(for children who may be able to receive tutoring because
they miss school due to asthma)
City Life/Vida Urbana 617-524-3541
Healthy Schools Network 617-635-8176

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