First, in Massachusetts, there is a law against income source discrimination which prevents any landlord or corporation from refusing to accept a rental subsidy. Next, one must apply for a rental subsidy such as the Section-8 (federal) or the MRVP-mobile (Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program - Mobile.) One can receive "local preference" from a local housing authority in your city or town, providing the authority has taken up its dual role: administrating local public housing and administrating local rental subsidies. One can apply for section-8 on a centralized list where other applicants are subjectively put ahead of you, making the wait twenty-plus years. According to Lawyers for Civil Rights in Boston, "Here in Massachusetts, submitting a rental assistance application is like sending it into a black hole..."Ann KarnofskyHopkinton

Source: MetroXpress October 08, 2021 12:56 UTC