Emergency Assistance/Tenant Support

If you are renting and need assistance, resources are available to help. Whether you are facing rental payment challenges, need to understand your rights as a tenant, require emergency housing support, or are dealing with a housing crisis, you don't have to navigate these issues alone.

Rental Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) (https://www.metrohousingboston.org/our-programs/homelessness-prevention/residential-assistance-for-families-in-transition/) helps with overdue rent, moving costs, security deposits, and temporary financial crises. 

Mass211 ( https://mass211.org/) provides immediate assistance, shelter, warming centers and crisis support. Call 211.

Aunt Bertha (https://www.findhelp.org/) can help with finding housing and financial assistance. 

South Coastal Counties Legal Services (https://sccls.org/) provides free legal representation for eviction prevention and housing court support.   

Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (https://www.mass.gov/info-details/preventing-foreclosure) provides resources and support for homeowners facing foreclosure. 

Randolph (https://www.randolph-ma.gov/698/Tenant-Resources) provides comprehensive information on tenant rights in multiple languages.

Mass Legal Help (https://www.masslegalhelp.org/housing-apartments-shelter/public-subsidized-housing/grievances-public-housing) helps step by step guidance for tenants in public housing to file their grievances. 

Massachusetts Legal Resource Finder (https://masslrf.org/en/home) provide resources for tenants and residents to explore legal assistance on housing and other matters. 

Massachusetts Tenancy Preservation Program (https://www.mass.gov/info-details/tenancy-preservation-program#program-initiatives) works with tenants, families with children with disabilities to avoid eviction.