JAS Affordable Housing
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We preserve and maintain affordable apartments that are home to low and moderate income Cambridge residents. Property management and community coordinators help ensure that everyone feels at home.
Sign-up Information
Ages: 18 and Adults.
Cambridge residents only.
Cambridge public/subsidized housing residents only.
Registration required
- Sign-up is ongoing
Applications can be found for the available units in each property by clicking on the name of that property via our Affordable Housing page.
Cost
Rental rates for residents of JAS properties are subsidized and generally do not exceed 30% of their income. The prices of JAS-developed or rehabilitated homes sold to first time homebuyers through the City of Cambridge are subject to Affordable Housing restrictions.
- Accepts Vouchers
- Sliding scale based on income
Location
The program serves people at their homes or wherever it is needed or online.
- In-person only.
JAS Real Estate Development and Resident Services work take place across Cambridge in properties owned or being developed by JAS. See the complete list of properties we manage on our Affordable Housing page.
Dates and Times
This is an ongoing program.
Additional information
Just A Start currently preserves and maintains nearly 600 affordable apartments across Cambridge that are home to 1,500 residents. Residents benefit from professional property management and Community Coordinators who are dedicated to helping ensure that everyone feels supported and secure at home. Our properties are managed by Maloney Properties and Wingate. JAS also develops affordable homeownership units, sold pursuant to the Affordable Housing Agreement with the City of Cambridge, allowing the City to repurchase the units when resold at a restricted sale price.
*Please note that as affordable housing is limited in Cambridge we often have multi-year wait lists.
There are more than 500 affordable homes in the City of Cambridge. Just A Start works with the City of Cambridge to maintain and re-sell these homes to provide affordable homeownership opportunities to more people. When a current owner decides to sell their home, a new buyer is selected from the Homeownership Resale Pool administered by the City of Cambridge’s Housing Division. Buyers are selected through a lottery process with preference given to Cambridge residents and families with children. If you are interested in affordable homeownership, please visit the City’s website for more information about the affordable homeownership program.
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Last updated July 25, 2024.
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