Boston Housing Authority
Kenzie Bok,
Administrator
52 Chauncy Street
Boston, MA
(617) 988-4000
(617) 988-4133
By The numbers
Public Housing Units 10179
Vouchers 15938
Total Units 26117
Latest News
6.2.26
Members Making News, CLPHA Member Update
We are pleased to congratulate eleven CLPHA members who received FY25 Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) grants:
Housing Authority of Birmingham District
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles ...
5.28.26
To The Point Podcast
Recorded live at the 2026 Housing Is Summit in Washington, D.C., this episode features CLPHA Board Member and Boston Housing Authority Administrator Kenzie Bok. Kenzie tells Jeffery K. Patterson about BHA’s innovative eviction prevention partnership with HomeStart, efforts to improve residents’...
2.2.26
Members Making News
From the Boston Housing Authority's press release:
Mayor Michelle Wu, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), and residents today joined federal, state, and local partners to celebrate the completion of The Amp, the third and...
10.28.25
Members Making News
From Next City:
Boston is racing to decarbonize its public housing by 2030. The latest tool it’s deploying to reach that goal? Window-straddling heat pumps.
Last week, the Boston Housing Authority announced that it’s piloting the electric technology at Hassan Apartments, a 50-year-old public...
9.3.25
Members Making News
From the City of Boston's press release:
Mayor Michelle Wu announced $200,000 in funding for the SHORE-UP pilot (“Stabilizing Housing for Our Resident Elders Under Pressure”), a program designed to keep vulnerable older adults in their homes until they can access...
7.9.25
Members Making News
From the Boston Housing Authority's press release:
Mayor Michelle Wu yesterday joined federal and state colleagues and residents of the Mary Ellen McCormack public housing community to celebrate the start of a long-awaited effort to redevelop Boston’s oldest public housing community, breaking...
6.24.25
Members Making News
Kenzie Bok, CLPHA board member and Boston Housing Authority administrator, spoke with CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jennifer Smith on The Codcast to discuss the threat of President Trump’s budget on rental assistance spending. Listen now.
5.7.25
Members Making News
From the City of Boston's press release:
The City of Boston today announced that Boston Saves, the City’s children’s savings account program, is offering an incentive to eligible Boston Housing Authority (BHA) families. Currently, all Boston Public Schools (BPS) students in K2-5th grade have...
3.27.25
CLPHA Member Update, Notice / Announcement
Yvonda Bean, Indianapolis Housing Agency, Kenzie Bok, Boston Housing Authority, Michael Gerber, Housing Authority of the City of Austin, and Terri Lee, Atlanta Housing Elected to CLPHA’s Board
CLPHA is pleased to announce the election of four new board members: Yvonda Bean, CEO of the...
3.27.25
Members Making News
From Affordable Housing Finance:
Officials have closed on the financing for the construction of a new $62 million apartment development and $8 million in major infrastructure work for the redevelopment of the Mary Ellen McCormack public housing complex in Boston.
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