Housing And Utilities

We provide lunch at noon every day and a continental breakfast six days each week through our drop-in Day Shelter.

We work to stabilize housing for eligible Cambridge tenants through mediation and dispute resolution services.

The guide is organized around six key themes: affordable housing, emergency housing, housing rights, legal and mediation services, safe & healthy homes, and financial assistance.

We currently provided a list of resources, information, and legal advice for people of color and immigrants.

We assists low-income households from the City of Cambridge and Somerville with winter heating costs incurred.

We can help you with many housing-related services, including signing up for the Cambridge Affordable Housing list, preventing eviction, resolving issues with property managers, and more.

Keep The Keys is a housing stabilization program for On The Rise women, trans, and non-binary people who transition out of homeless and into housing of their own.

Our drop-in is open to eight people at a time. Check website for updated hours. Use a computer, cook in the kitchen, get help from a volunteer, pick up food & supplies, T-passes, clothing closet.

Housed In Cambridge: Information to Open Doors is a citywide campaign designed to educate and inform residents on housing opportunities and housing-related resources and services.

This list contains several programs that provide low-cost or free internet and phone services to low-income households and individuals, including the Lifeline Program and Comcast Internet Essentials.

Our City programs connect renters, homeowners and landlords to resources that help save money on their utility bills while also addressing climate change through renewable energy and efficiency.

This pocket guide contains information on many different types of resources that may be useful to individuals and families who are homeless

The City of Cambridge can help address concerns and questions about housing resources, tenants, homeowners, landlords and property management companies, and court-related information.

We provide an daycare and preschool center for families in-need, particularly those trying to break the cycle of homelessness and attain self-sufficiency.

We provide a shelter for men that includes counseling, meals, clothing, a medical clinic, and day programs.

As part of our program, we hand out various combinations of sandwiches or bagged lunches, juice boxes, snacks, socks, some seasonal items, toiletry kits, and more to the community.

Our program offers meals to homeless and the community.

We provide meals and materials to individuals who are low-income or extremely low-income, and who are experiencing homeless, are housing insecure, or living in persistent poverty.

We offer access to affordable rental and homeownership units for low, moderate, and middle-income households.

We connect people who are homeless in Cambridge to appropriate housing opportunities using our assessment tool.

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.

We extend access to technology like Chromebook laptops and mobile WiFi hotspots by allowing patrons to check out devices.

We manage a homeless shelter for men and women on Green Street in Cambridge.

Contact the MSC if you are living on the street, in emergency shelters or at risk of losing your housing and need help.

We are Boston’s largest provider of domestic violence awareness efforts and of shelter and supportive services to survivors.

This is a new, city-funded temporary emergency homeless shelter at the Spaulding Hospital will host 58 beds and serve as an adult homeless shelter for guests who test negative for COVID-19.

We are one of two shelters in Massachusetts that accept people who are using drugs and alcohol and are homeless.