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The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), formerly called the Fuel Assistance Program, helps income-eligible residents who live in Cambridge or Somerville pay winter heating bills between November 1 and April 30. Renters and homeowners are eligible to apply if they meet federal income guidelines.

We invite you to look back at some of the biggest accomplishments across various City departments over the past year, including Arts, Community Development, Human Services, Public Safety, Public Health, and the Public Library.

Polity Research Consulting conducted a random telephone survey among 400 adult residents of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts between September 15th and September 19th 2025.

Meeting minutes of the Human Services Commission meeting held May 13th, 2015

The City of Cambridge’s Shade Is Social Justice program will provide cooling and use the power of design to prompt imagination, community-building, and action to help the community adapt to global warming.

Meeting minutes of the Cambridge Public Library Board of Trustees meeting held October 8, 2024

Meeting minutes of the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission meeting held November 7th, 2010

Notes from EAP Meeting

The Cambridge Community Foundation and the City of Cambridge have joined forces to launch a new Cultural Capital Fund with grant funding of over $600,000 to address urgent needs in the local arts and culture sector due to the COVID-19 Pandemic as an initial step.

Information for current owners of City Assisted Affordable Homeownership units.