Boston Housing Authority
Kenzie Bok,
Administrator & CEO
52 Chauncy Street
Boston, MA
(617) 988-4000
(617) 988-4133
By The numbers
Public Housing Units 10179
Vouchers 15938
Total Units 26117
Latest News
10.28.25
Members Making News
From Next City:
Boston is racing to decarbonize its public housing by 2030. The latest tool it’s deploying to reach that goal? Window-straddling heat pumps.
Last week, the Boston Housing Authority announced that it’s piloting the electric technology at Hassan Apartments, a 50-year-old public...
9.3.25
Members Making News
From the City of Boston's press release:
Mayor Michelle Wu announced $200,000 in funding for the SHORE-UP pilot (“Stabilizing Housing for Our Resident Elders Under Pressure”), a program designed to keep vulnerable older adults in their homes until they can access...
7.9.25
Members Making News
From the Boston Housing Authority's press release:
Mayor Michelle Wu yesterday joined federal and state colleagues and residents of the Mary Ellen McCormack public housing community to celebrate the start of a long-awaited effort to redevelop Boston’s oldest public housing community, breaking...
6.24.25
Members Making News
Kenzie Bok, CLPHA board member and Boston Housing Authority administrator, spoke with CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jennifer Smith on The Codcast to discuss the threat of President Trump’s budget on rental assistance spending. Listen now.
5.7.25
Members Making News
From the City of Boston's press release:
The City of Boston today announced that Boston Saves, the City’s children’s savings account program, is offering an incentive to eligible Boston Housing Authority (BHA) families. Currently, all Boston Public Schools (BPS) students in K2-5th grade have...
3.27.25
CLPHA Member Update, Notice / Announcement
Yvonda Bean, Indianapolis Housing Agency, Kenzie Bok, Boston Housing Authority, Michael Gerber, Housing Authority of the City of Austin, and Terri Lee, Atlanta Housing Elected to CLPHA’s Board
CLPHA is pleased to announce the election of four new board members: Yvonda Bean, CEO of the...
3.27.25
Members Making News
From Affordable Housing Finance:
Officials have closed on the financing for the construction of a new $62 million apartment development and $8 million in major infrastructure work for the redevelopment of the Mary Ellen McCormack public housing complex in Boston.
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11.21.24
Members Making News
From Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's press release:
Mayor Michelle Wu today announced she will be filing a $110 million appropriation to create the City’s Housing Accelerator Fund at the next City Council meeting on December 4, 2024. The new fund is intended to kickstart the production of housing by...
4.9.24
Members Making News
From Boston Housing Authority's press release:
March 27, 2024 - Today, Mayor Michelle Wu joined Boston Housing Authority Administrator Kenzie Bok to welcome home the new residents and celebrate the opening of 34 East Springfield Street, a 100% affordable veteran housing community...
3.26.24
Members Making News
From the Boston Housing Authority's website:
Mayor Michelle Wu yesterday celebrated the completion of J.J. Carroll House, a deeply affordable housing development in the Brighton neighborhood built in partnership between 2Life Communities, the Boston Housing Authority, and the City of Boston’s...
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