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WATERWORKS II NEW WAITING LIST

Affordable Housing

SOMERVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
30 Memorial Road, Somerville, Massachusetts 02145
Telephone (617) 625-1152 Fax (617) 628-7057 TDD (617) 628-8889

WATERWORKS II NEW WAITING LIST OPPORTUNITY NOTICE

Elderly (62+) and Non-Elderly Disabled Rental Housing located at 485 Mystic Valley Parkway. Adjacent to SHA’s Waterworks I, Capen Court and the Visiting Nurse Facility. This development is located close to MBTA transportation and shopping.

A new SHA Section 8 Project Based Voucher (PBV) Site-Based Waiting list will be open effective on July 1, 2024, for the Waterworks II project. If you have an active application for any of the SHA’s other Waiting Lists, including the Section 8 Tenant-Based wait list(s), the SHA invites you, should you qualify, to also apply for SHA’s PBV waiting list for Waterworks II.

Income limit (50% of AMI, Very Low): 1 person: $57,000, 2 persons: $65,300

New applicants may apply for the SHA PVB wait list beginning July 1, 2024, and may apply to any other open and available SHA wait lists at any time.

Applications are available online at www.sha-web.org or at SHA, 30 Memorial Road, Somerville, MA 02145. The SHA offices are wheelchair accessible and large print Information is available upon request. Assistance with completing the application including sign language and interpreters available upon request.

For Waterworks II: Seventy percent (70%) of the units will be subject to the Local Residency Preference. The Local Residency Preference will be applied at initial lease up only; following initial lease up, no Local Residency Preference will be applied.

Applications for people with disabilities will be mailed or sent electronically upon request made to the SHA. Failure to apply for this new PBV list will have no effect on current selections for any other SHA wait list.

Important Notice: If you and/or any member of your household is/are a person(s) with a disability according to federal or state laws and you believe that you and/or your household member needs assistance with the PBV wait list application process, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the SHA. If you and/or a member of your household is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking and need certain circumstances considered or reviewed as mitigating circumstances relating to your application you will have the opportunity to inform the SHA.

We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. and Massachusetts policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap/disability, familial status, national origin, age, ancestry, veteran status/member of the armed forces, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, receipt of public assistance or any other State or federal protected class.

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485 Mystic Valley Parkway, Somerville, MA