Welcome to the Chelsea Housing Authority!

Home AlEwing 2We are committed to providing a full range of safe, secure, suitable and affordable housing opportunities to low income family, elderly and disabled households in a fair manner. We are committed to fair and non-discriminatory practices throughout all of our programs and activities.

We have developed this website to better serve our residents, applicants, advocates and the larger community by providing helpful information about the agency, its policies and application process. Please take the time to enjoy the site and feel free to contact us with suggestions regarding information that would be helpful to you or ideas about how the site can be improved.

Albert Ewing - Executive Director

MISSION STATEMENT

The Chelsea Housing Authority (CHA) is committed to providing a full-range of safe, secure, suitable, and appropriate affordable housing opportunities to extremely low, very-low, and low-income family, elderly, and disabled households in a fair manner. The CHA is committed to assisting residents who are moving from welfare-to-work with affordable housing opportunities that do not act as disincentives to economic advancement. The CHA is committed to deconcentrating poverty within its federal conventional public housing developments and attempting and support wider access to affordable housing opportunities throughout the entire community. The CHA is committed to fair and non-discriminatory practices throughout all of its housing programs and activities

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

1) To provide a fair, equitable, non-arbitrary procedure for resident selection which takes into consideration the needs of individual applicants for public housing, and the statutory purpose in developing and operating socially and financially sound public housing developments which provide a decent home and a suitable living environment and foster economic and social diversity in the resident population as a whole.

2) To provide a fair, equitable, non-arbitrary procedure for transferring residents from one CHA owned unit to another.

3) To assure that no discrimination on the basis or race, creed, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, sex, sexual preference, disability or handicap is practiced in the selection or assignment of applicants, or in transferring residents.

4) To avoid concentrations of the most economically and socially deprived families in any one or all of the Authority’s low-income housing developments.

5) To preclude admission of applicants who may be expected to have a detrimental effect on the residents or the environment of the housing development.

6) Subject to the requirements and limitations of federal regulations, within a reasonable period of time, to attain a resident population in each development composed of residents with a broad range or incomes and rent paying ability that is generally representative of the range of incomes of lower income rental families in the City of Chelsea.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS and LINKS:

Board Meeting: Wednesday, June 26th, 4:00pm @ Administrative office, 54 Locke Street

Lower Payment Standards: Click here to view information from the April 24th Board Meeting on the new Payment Standards effective July 1, 2013.

Utility Allowance Chart - May 13th, 2013: As required by HUD regulations, …”schedules, rules and regulations may be modified from time to time by the PHA provided that the PHA shall give at least 30-day written notice to each affected tenant setting forth the proposed modification, the reasons therefore, and providing the tenant an opportunity to present written comments which shall be taken into consideration by the PHA prior to the proposed modification becoming effective.

Accordingly, the Chelsea Housing Authority has attached a proposed schedule, Utility Allowance Chart for your review. This schedule was last updated and implemented October 2012. The proposed schedule is to be implemented effective July 2013. Click here to view the Utility Allowance Chart.

As required, the Chelsea Housing Authority is providing a 30-day public comment period. The Chelsea Housing Authority will consider all written comments received by June 18, 2013. Please direct written comments to the attention of Diane Cohen, Deputy Director.

Resident Charges for Services or Repairs - June 5th, 2013: As stated in 24 CFR 966.5, ..."schedules, rules and regulations may be modified from time to time by the PHA provided that the PHA shall give at least 30-day written notice to each affected tenant setting forth the proposed modification, the reasons therefore, and providing the tenant an opportunity to present written comments which shall be taken into consideration by the PHA prior to the proposed modification becoming effective.

Accordingly, the Chelsea Housing Authority has attached a proposed schedule. Resident Charges for Services or Repairs for your review.  This schedule was last updated and implemented August 2012.  However, increased costs and labor charges require the Chelsea Housing Authority to update this schedule.  The proposed schedule is to be effective August 2013.

These charges will be made to a resident only when necessary by an act or the failure to act on the part of the resident, household member or guest.

Cargos A Los Residentes Por Servicios De Maintenimientos - 7 de junio, 2013: Según lo indicado en 24 CFR 966.5, las reglas y las regulaciones se pueden modificar de tiempo a tiempo por el PHA con la condición de que la PHA de por lo menos 30 días de aviso por escrito a todos los residentes que sea afectado por dicha propuesta, las razones por el cambio y darle a los residentes la oportunidad de hacer comentarios por escrito, para que esta oficina tome en consideración sus comentarios para la nueva propuesta.

Adjunto van a encontrar la nueva lista de cargos a los residentes para los servicios de reparación para su revisión. Esta lista fue actualizada y implementada agusto 2012. Pero el costo de vida a subido y los cargos de CHA han cambiado y esta lista fue actualizada y será efectiva en 1 de agosto, 2013.

Estos cargos se harán únicamente si la reparación fue necesaria por culpa del los residentes, familiares o visitas.

Job Postings: Interested candidates my submit resumes by mail or e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

as instructed in the job posting.

No job postings at this time.

Massachusetts Law About Carbon Monoxide Detectors: Click here for more information and links provided specifically for Landlords.

Advertisement for Bid (Project): General Contractors for the Comprehensive Modernization of Paving at Scrivano 16-1; Mace 16-2 and Margolis 16-4. The Project consists of: Resurfacing, removal and resetting of concrete and bituminous sidewalks and driveways. General Bids will be received until 11:00 AM, Wednesday July 3, 2013 and publicly opened, forthwith. Click here for more information.

Contact Us: Directions, hours, org chart and staff directory available on the Contact Us page.

Helpful Links: Check on the Links page for more information on Industry Groups, Regulator Agencies, Massacusetts Housing Authorities and Chelsea.

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