Cambridge Housing Authority
Michael Johnston,
Executive Director
362 Green Street
Cambridge, MA
(617) 864-3020
(617) 868-5372
By The numbers
Public Housing Units 119
Vouchers 7492
Total Units 7611
Latest News
3.25.26
Members Making News
From the Cambridge Housing Authority's press release:
The Board of Commissioners of the Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA) voted unanimously to appoint Clara Fraden as the agency’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). CHA is charged with providing deeply affordable housing and housing subsidies to over...
1.20.26
Members Making News
From Shelterforce:
Back in 2006, Cambridge, Massachusetts’s aging public housing stock needed serious work. Some of the housing authority’s nearly 2,500 apartments were in 70-year-old buildings with deteriorating and outdated infrastructure, Cambridge Housing Authority officials say, and a few...
10.9.24
Members Making News
From the Cambridge Housing Authority's press release:
The Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA), along with its partners, employees, and residents, will gather on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, celebrated the groundbreaking of the Revitalization of Jefferson Park Federal. This project marks a significant...
6.10.24
Members Making News
From the Cambridge Housing Authority's website:
CHA’s Resident Services department has taken a pioneering step lately towards digital inclusion with the recent launch of a specialized intergenerational computer training and internet access program for senior residents being served at select CHA...
2.28.24
CLPHA Member Update, Members Making News
8 CLPHA Members Earn VASH Awards
We are pleased to announce that several of our members have been awarded crucial funding to support homeless veterans in finding permanent housing. HUD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently awarded $14 million in HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive...
1.30.24
Members Making News
From WBZ News Cambridge:
The Cambridge Housing Authority has a unique program for teens in Cambridge Public Housing where they address specific educational issues.
"Being the first in their family to graduate high school, to go to college. So we started saying, 'How can we get them through...
11.14.23
Members Making News
From the Cambridge Housing Authority's press release:
The Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA) is delighted to announce the fortification of its collaboration with The Home for Little Wanderers (The Home) through the acquisition of The Home’s Somerville Village property in Somerville, Massachusetts...
6.22.23
Members Making News
From the Cambridge Housing Authority's website:
A vibrant crowd of almost 200 attendees assembled for the ribbon cutting event, commemorating the revitalization of the Daniel F. Burns Apartments following an extensive three-year modernization project. The program unfolded with inspiring remarks,...
6.21.23
Members Making News
From the Boston Globe:
Almost a quarter-century ago, the word came down from Washington, D.C.: The federal government was done building public housing.
A new law capped the number of deeply affordable apartments Washington would subsidize in any given city at whatever existed in 1999,...
7.6.22
Members Making News
From Cambridge Day:
The Cambridge Housing Authority’s Workforce Program that helps youths living in public housing prepare for college or a career has received a $100,000 grant from the Cummings Foundation. The grant, to be distributed over two years, will support the program while government aid...
Job Openings
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The Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA), a Moving to Work (MTW) public housing authority, non-profit housing developer and property manager of high-quality homes for families, elders, and people with disability, is seeking a dynamic Chief Executive Officer to lead the organization with intelligence,...
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Posted on 1.21.26
Applications due by 1.30.26
Position Title:
Assistant Housing Manager
Grade: 10
Department: Operations
Reports To: Senior Housing Manager/ Housing Manager 1
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt union: Teamsters Local #122
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Posted on 8.25.25
Applications due by 9.10.25