Cambridge Public and Affordable Housing

This map is an attempt to show every Cambridge property which includes at least one “affordable” housing unit. “Affordable” is broadly interpreted to mean properties owned, managed or funded by many entities including

• Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA)
• Cambridge Community Housing (CCH)
• Cambridge Affordable Housing (CAH)
• Urban Redevelopment Corporations (121ACorp Corp) including CRA
• Community Preservation Act (Cambridge Affordable Housing Trust) (CPA)
• Just A Start
• Other Housing Providers listed by the CDD

Assembling this information has been challenging. I used many sources including

• Cambridge assessors database from https://data.cambridgema.gov/Assessing/Assessing-Building-Information/crnm-mw9n
• Parcel data from http://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Assessing/FY2015/ASSESSING_ParcelsFY2015.aspx
• Additional data from pre-release of Assessors open data and agency sites
• Cambridge CDD Active and Recent Development Projects http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/housing/housingdevelopment/projects.aspx
• CHA Development Directory http://cambridge-housing.org/iam/applicant/directory/default.asp
• Map of CPA Supported Affordable Housing Projects http://www.cambridgema.gov/CPA/affordablehousing/mapofcpafundedaffordablehousingprojects.aspx
• CDD list of Other Housing Providers http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/housing/resourcesandadditionalinformation/otherproviders.aspx
• http://www.lowincomehousing.us/MA/cambridge.html
• http://affordablehousingonline.com/housing-search/Massachusetts/Cambridge/

This map shows 187 parcels containing 305 assessed units (buildings, condos, etc.). The number of parcels in each category is

121ACorp	CAH	CCH	CHA	CPA	JustAStart	Other
9	10	43	47	18	24	36

The table following the map shows all the assessed units.

121ACorp	CAH	CCH	CHA	CPA	JustAStart	Other

This table shows all parcels and assessed units included in the map. Not all assessed units shown here are affordable; every unit in each parcel is shown. The account number links to the Cambridge property pages for the individual parcels.