Comprehensive dataset containing 62 verified Low income housing program businesses in Massachusetts, United States with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

This data, maintained by the Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH), is an inventory of all income-restricted units in the city. This data includes public housing owned by the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), privately- owned housing built with funding from DND and/or on land that was formerly City-owned, and privately-owned housing built without any City subsidy, e.g., created using Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) or as part of the Inclusionary Development Policy (IDP). Information is gathered from a variety of sources, including the City's IDP list, permitting and completion data from the Inspectional Services Department (ISD), newspaper advertisements for affordable units, Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation’s (CEDAC) Expiring Use list, and project lists from the BHA, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), MassHousing, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), among others. The data is meant to be as exhaustive and up-to-date as possible, but since many units are not required to report data to the City of Boston, MOH is constantly working to verify and update it. See the data dictionary for more information on the structure of the data and important notes. The database only includes units that have a deed-restriction. It does not include tenant-based (also known as mobile) vouchers, which subsidize rent, but move with the tenant and are not attached to a particular unit. There are over 22,000 tenant-based vouchers in the city of Boston which provide additional affordability to low- and moderate-income households not accounted for here. The Income-Restricted Housing report can be directly accessed here:
https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2023/04/Income%20Restricted%20Housing%202022_0.pdf

Learn more about income-restricted housing (as well as other types of affordable housing) here: https://www.boston.gov/affordable-housing-boston#income-restricted

Data and code to replicate the results "How Affordable Housing Can Exclude: The Political Economy of Subsidized Housing." All data on subsidized housing units provided by Housing Navigator Massachusetts (https://housingnavigatorma.org/). All demographic data retrieved from the 2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-year averages.

2025 HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR) for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program in Massachusetts. Includes rent limits by city and county for studio through 4-bedroom units.

NOTE: Not all properties are mapped - several are confidential locations (e.g. group homes for the disabled) and some have poor address information.NOTE: EOHLC's table includes multiple records for a given site ID (one record for each subsidizing agency involved with the site). NMCOG's GIS version of the data as of 4/5/2024 does not have duplicate points (237 records versus 287 records in EOHLC's table).Excel file with all subsidized housing provided by the MA Department of Housing & Community Development (EOHLC) 4/5/2024. Data was formatted for GIS in Excel, subsidizing agency attributes for duplicate records were consolidated into one record (duplicates were removed), and x/y coordinates were added to the file from NMCOG's 2021 GIS data. Attributes added from 2019 inventory: NMCOG_Note, Label, Geo_Status, and AddressGeo11/4/21 Property ID removed (since 2019): 1654, 1656, 339711/4/21 Property ID added since 2019: 10561 and 10570 (2230 Main St Tewksbury), 10595 (Alder Point), and 10386 (Sugar Maple Lane)4/5/24: Property ID added since 2021: 10645 (Roberta McGuire Senior Residences, 2 Balsam Circle)Data provided 4/5/2024 by: MA Department of Housing & Community Development, 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02114

2025 HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR) for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program in Lowell, MA. Includes rent limits by zip code for studio through 4-bedroom units.

The Low-Income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) Tool was created by the Better Building's Clean Energy for Low Income Communities Accelerator (CELICA) to help state and local partners understand housing and energy characteristics for the low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities they serve. The LEAD Tool provides estimated LMI household energy data based on income, energy expenditures, fuel type, housing type, and geography, which stakeholders can use to make data-driven decisions when planning for their energy goals. From the LEAD Tool website, users can also create and download customized heat-maps and charts for various geographies, housing, energy characteristics, and population demographics and educational attainment.

Datasets are available for 50 states plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C., along with their cities, counties, and census tracts, as well as tribal areas. The file below, "01. Description of Files," provides a list of all files included in this dataset. A description of the abbreviations and units used in the LEAD Tool data can be found in the file below titled "02. Data Dictionary 2022". A list of geographic regions used in the LEAD Tool can be found in files 04-11.

The Low-Income Energy Affordability Data comes primarily from the 2022 U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year Public Use Microdata Samples and is calibrated to 2022 U.S. Energy Information Administration electric utility (Survey Form-861) and natural gas utility (Survey Form-176) data. The methodology for the LEAD Tool can viewed below (3. Methodology Document).

For more information, and to access the interactive LEAD Tool platform, please visit the "10. LEAD Tool Platform" resource link below.

For more information on the Better Building's Clean Energy for Low Income Communities Accelerator (CELICA), please visit the "11. CELICA Website" resource below.

In 2025, households in California needed an hourly wage of over 50 U.S. dollars to afford the rent of a two-bedroom apartment. Hawaii had the second-least affordable two-bedroom apartments, as a household would have to earn at least around 49 U.S. dollars per hour in order to afford rent payments. These figures are considerably higher than the average minimum wage in place in many states. There was no state in which a minimum wageworker could afford rent for the average two-bedroom apartment, if they worked 40 hours a week. Where are the least affordable counties and metros? The least affordable rents were predominately in Californian counties and metropolitan areas in 2025. District of Columbia has the highest minimum wages in the country, which stood at 17.5 U.S. dollars per hour as of January 2025. Thus, the affordability of two-bedroom apartments highlights how disproportionately high housing costs are in the state.

2025 HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR) for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program in Providence Fall River, MA. Includes rent limits by zip code for studio through 4-bedroom units.

United States Massachusetts: Gen Exp: Housing & Community Development data was reported at 2,596,221.000 USD th in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,769,214.000 USD th for 2014. United States Massachusetts: Gen Exp: Housing & Community Development data is updated yearly, averaging 948,715.000 USD th from Jun 1977 (Median) to 2015, with 37 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,936,705.000 USD th in 2012 and a record low of 173,079.000 USD th in 1978. United States Massachusetts: Gen Exp: Housing & Community Development data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.F030: Revenue & Expenditure: State and Local Government: Massachusetts.

Comprehensive demographic dataset for Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee, MA, US including population statistics, household income, housing units, education levels, employment data, and transportation with year-over-year changes.

Comprehensive demographic dataset for Quincy, MA, US including population statistics, household income, housing units, education levels, employment data, and transportation with year-over-year changes.

2025 HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR) for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program in Springfield, MA. Includes rent limits by zip code for studio through 4-bedroom units.

2025 HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR) for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program in Worcester, MA. Includes rent limits by zip code for studio through 4-bedroom units.

Comprehensive demographic dataset for Northbridge, , MA, US including population statistics, household income, housing units, education levels, employment data, and transportation with year-over-year changes.

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