CAMBRIDGE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE YOUR HOUSING NEEDS

Bread and Jams
1151 Massachusetts Avenue /Phone: 497-9200
Provides transportation for homeless individuals to shelters

Cambridge Banks Housing Association (CBHA)
Lending Division at Cambridge Trust Company, Cambridge Savings Bank, Cambridgeport Bank, or East Cambridgeport Savings Bank
Provides flexible loans to Community Development Corporations working to eradicate homelessness and assist those with housing needs.

Cambridge Cares About AIDS
17 Sellers St. /Phone: 661-3040
Executive Director: John Gatto
Provides home-connections, Section 8 certificates, emergency housing, SRO rooms, and housing search assistance to individuals and families with AIDS and HIV.

Cambridge Dispute Settlement Center
60 Gore St./Phone: 876-5376
Executive Director: Gail Packer
Provides direct mediation to help tenants and landlords cooperate to work through problems and disagreements.

Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (CEOC)
11 Inman Street/Phone: 868-2900
Executive Director: Elaine DeRosa
Three counselors assist tenants in a variety of ways including educational programs and advocacy.

Cambridge Historical Commission
831 Mass. Ave./Phone: 349-4683
Executive Director: Charles Sullivan
Provides technical assistance to homeowners who are refurbishing houses and offers paint consultation for a fee.

Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA)
675 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor/Phone: 864-3020
Executive Director: Gregorg Russ
Provides low-income, special needs and subsidized housing for families and individuals, including the elderly.

Cambridge Neighborhood Apartment Housing Services, Inc.
280 Franklin Street/Phone: 491-1545
Senior Program Manager: Robert Costa
Works with owners to refurbish deteriorating multifamily buildings while keeping rents affordable to tenants.

Commission for Persons with Disabilities
51 Inman Street/Phone: 349-4692
Executive Director: Michael Muehe
Works to uphold the rights of persons with disabilities, serves as their liaison with the City, and provides information and technical assistance regarding disability-related issues.

Cambridge and Somerville Cooperative Apartment Project (CASCAP)
678 Massachusetts Avenue/Phone: 492-5559
Executive Director: Michael Haran
Manages 14 sites which provide housing and supervision for adults with chronic mental illness.

Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services (CASLS)
60 Gore St./Phone: 876-0445
Interim Manager - Susan Hegel Provides legal representation to low income, elderly and disabled people regarding evictions, housing and landlord/tenant issues.

Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcoholism Rehabilitation (CASPAR)
315 Highland Avenue, Somerville/Phone: 628-3850
Executive Director: Gail Enman
Operates five halfway houses in Cambridge and Somerville for individuals recovering from alcoholism.

Central House/YMCA
820 Massachusetts Avenue/Phone: 876-4626
S-C Management: Antoinette La Rosa
A 128-unit single resident occupancy supportive service housing program.

Community Development Department (CDD)
344 Broadway, 3rd Floor/Phone: 349-4600
Executive Director: Beth Rubenstein
Provides programs for economic development, housing, conservation and stabilization of neighborhoods. It administers substantial state and federal funds, including those from the Federal Block Grant Program.

Community Legal Services and Counseling Center (formerly Cambridgeport Problem Center)
1 West Street/Phone: 661-1010
Executive Director: Leslee Klein
Represents low-income Cambridge tenants who are being evicted or have been denied public housing.

Concilio Hispano
105 Windsor Street/Phone: 661-9406
Executive Director: Sylvia Saavedra-Keber
Counselors assist in housing referral

Council on Aging
801 Mass. Ave/Phone: 349-6220
Executive Director: Eileen Ginnetty
Assists elderly homeowners in a variety of ways, including the provision of small repairs and the "home-match" program.

Fuel Assistance
51 Inman Street/Phone: 349-6247
Director: Kathleen Mitchell
Provides direct payments of up to $330 to utility vendors for households that are income eligible.

Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
23 Everett St., 1st Floor /Phone: 495-4408
Administrative Director: Susana Arteta
Provides legal services to low income tenants facing eviction.

Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center
614 Massachusetts Avenue/Phone: 491-5752
Executive Director: Joyce Trotman
Provides temporary emergency shelter on a closed referral basis.

Homeowner's Rehab, Inc. (HRI)
280 Franklin Street/Phone: 868-4858 ext.207
Executive Director: Peter Daly
Offers several programs that enable lower income families to obtain both affordable first time homeownership and rental housing. Provides financial and technical assistance for the rehabilitation of residential units.

Inspectional Services Department
831 Massachusetts Avenue/Phone: 349-6100
Building Commissioner: Ranjit Singarayagam
Enforces all laws and city ordinances pertaining to electrical, plumbing, elevator and building codes.

Just-A-Start, Corp.
432 Columbia Street/Phone: 494-0444
Executive Director: Gordon Gottsche
Sells and rents homes, apartments and condominiums to low income families, provides technical and financial assistance. Additional services are available.

Shelter, Inc.
109 School Street/Phone: 547-1885
Executive Director: Susan Duley
Provides emergency night shelter for men and women, a daytime "drop-in" for women, and transitional housing for women.

University Lutheran Church Shelter
66 Winthrop Street, Basement/Phone: 547-2841
Contact: Julia Kiechel or Michelle Koo
Provides shelter for homeless individuals and offers a transitional program.

Walnut Street Center Corporation
300 Somerville Avenue, Somerville
Phone: 776-1448
Executive Director: John Keegan
Provides comprehensive services, including community residential programs, for mentally retarded people.

Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
7 Temple Street/Phone: 491-6050 ext.236
Executive Director: Julia Perez-Kennedy
Offers temporary shelter to women over 18 without children.