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ZIP 02121: Section 8 rents and assisted housing

ZIP code 02121 lies mainly in Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file). HUD records 68 assisted, public-housing or tax-credit properties here with 6,790 units in total. Data last updated October 4, 2026.

2-bedroom Small Area FMR
$2,650
County
Suffolk County
HUD-recorded properties
68

FY2027 Small Area Fair Market Rents for ZIP 02121

Small Area FMRs set rents by ZIP code; whether a housing authority uses them depends on the area (how Fair Market Rents work).

Unit sizeFY2027 Small Area FMRHUD basic range (90%–110%)
Studio / efficiency$2,130 / month$1,917 – $2,343
1 bedroom$2,230 / month$2,007 – $2,453
2 bedrooms$2,650 / month$2,385 – $2,915
3 bedrooms$3,180 / month$2,862 – $3,498
4 bedrooms$3,510 / month$3,159 – $3,861

HUD area: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area (METRO14460MM1120). Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents FY2027.

FY2027 Fair Market Rents for Suffolk County

HUD Fair Market Rents for the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area area (how Fair Market Rents work).

Unit sizeStudio1 BR2 BR3 BR4 BR
Monthly rent$2,440$2,518$3,008$3,584$3,953
Unit sizeFY2027 Fair Market Rent
Studio / efficiency$2,440 / month
1 bedroom$2,518 / month
2 bedrooms$3,008 / month
3 bedrooms$3,584 / month
4 bedrooms$3,953 / month

Source: HUD Fair Market Rents FY2027. 91 FR 56156 (published 2026-09-01). Effective 2026-10-01 except areas where HUD received a valid reevaluation request. HUD area code METRO14460MM1120. Imported 4 October 2026.

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Housing authorities

For Suffolk County, see Boston Housing Authority (HUD MA002). Jurisdictions can overlap; confirm which authority serves your address.

HUD-recorded properties in ZIP 02121

  • Blue/Elm Hill (Granite #3) — 168 Seaver St, Boston · 285 assisted units · PD/8 MR
  • Blue Elm United Estates — 168 SEAVER ST, DORCHESTER · 285 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Franklin Highlands — 157 Homestead St, Dorchester · 270 assisted units · PD/8 Existing
  • Franklin Highlands — 278 HUMBOLDT AVE, DORCHESTER · 265 assisted units · LIHTC
  • New Port Antonio — 20 DECKARD ST, DORCHESTER · 227 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Blue Mountain Apartments — 59 Elm Hill Ave, Dorchester · 217 assisted units · PD/8 MR
  • Blue Mountain Assoc — 80 WASHINGTON ST, DORCHESTER · 217 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Granite V/ Blue Mountain — 36 MAPLE ST, DORCHESTER · 217 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Theroch — 129 Columbia Rd, Dorchester · 191 assisted units · PD/8 Existing
  • Marksdale Gardens Coop. — 2 Crestwood Park, Dorchester · 178 assisted units · PD/8 MR
  • Washington Columbia Phase II — 95B WASHINGTON ST, DORCHESTER · 176 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Washington Heights — 86 Crawford St, Dorchester · 175 assisted units · PD/8 Existing
  • Washington Columbia II — 90 Columbia Rd, Boston · 175 assisted units · PD/8 MR
  • Franklin Park — 20 Mount Bowdoin Ter, Boston · 156 assisted units · HFDA/8 SR
  • Washington Columbia Apartments — 173 Columbia Rd, Boston · 151 assisted units · PD/8 MR
  • Washington Apartments — 144 GENEVA AVE, DORCHESTER · 151 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Nazing Court — 224 SEAVER ST, DORCHESTER · 151 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Granite III — 504 BLUE HILL AVE, DORCHESTER · 144 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Nazing — 1 NAZING CT, DORCHESTER · 144 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Granite Lena Park Apartments — 4 Esmond St, Dorchester · 143 assisted units · PD/8 MR
  • Granite Iva — 164 SEAVER ST, DORCHESTER · 140 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Quincy Heights — 4 Dunkeld St, Boston · 129 assisted units · Sec 8 NC
  • Grove Hall — 12 Castlegate Rd Apt 9, Dorchester · 104 assisted units · PD/8 Existing
  • Sonoma Maple Schuyler — 25 Schuyler St, Dorchester · 100 assisted units · PD/8 Existing
  • Lbb Housing — 756 BLUE HILL AVE, BOSTON · 96 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Quincy-Geneva Granite — 9 CRESTON ST, DORCHESTER · 94 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Quincy Geneva, Granite #11B — 9 Creston St, Boston · 94 assisted units · PD/8 MR
  • School House Brookledge Cummins — 60 Brookledge St, Dorchester · 90 assisted units · Sec 8 SR
  • School House Brookledge & Cummins — 60 BROOKLEDGE ST, BOSTON · 90 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Intervale-Magnolia — 97 INTERVALE ST, DORCHESTER · 88 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Boston Bay Assoc — 201 QUINCY ST, DORCHESTER · 88 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Boston Bay — 530 Warren St, Boston · 88 assisted units · HFDA/8 SR
  • Holgate Apartments — 125 Elm Hill Ave, Dorchester · 81 units · Public Housing
  • Wayne at Bicknell 2 — 92-94 ESMOND STREET, BOSTON · 72 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Wayne at Bicknell — 92-94 ESMOND STREET, BOSTON · 72 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Wayne at Bicknell — 57 Bicknell St, Boston · 72 assisted units · Sec 8 SR
  • Ceylon Field Apartments — 54 STANWOOD ST, DORCHESTER · 62 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Wilder Gardens Apartments — 32 BISHOP JOE L SMITH WAY, DORCHESTER · 61 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Wilder Gardens — 20 Bishop Joe L Smith Way, Boston · 61 assisted units · PD/8 Existing
  • The Clarion — 295-311 BLUE HILL AVENUE, BOSTON · 61 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Trinity Terrace — 12 TRINITY TER, DORCHESTER · 59 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Bcn Properties — 25 NAZING ST, DORCHESTER · 53 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Olmsted Green III — 232 SEAVER ST, DORCHESTER · 50 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Erie-Ellington — 31 ERIE ST, DORCHESTER · 50 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Erie Ellington — 135 ELLINGTON ST, DORCHESTER · 50 units · LIHTC
  • Wayne at Blue Hills — 1439 Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester · 48 assisted units · Sec 8 SR
  • Columbia Road Properties — 200 COLUMBIA RD, DORCHESTER · 48 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Phillips Brooks School — 5 PERTH ST, DORCHESTER · 47 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Geneva Apartments — 231 Geneva Ave, Dorchester · 47 assisted units · PD/8 MR
  • Geneva Elderly Housing — 22 Beechwood St, Dorchester · 45 assisted units · PRAC/202
  • Hope Bay Apartments — 43 Normandy St, Dorchester · 45 assisted units · HFDA/8 SR
  • Norwell Apartments (Hope Bay) — 5 NORWELL ST, DORCHESTER · 45 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Hope Bay Apartments — 25 NORWELL ST, DORCHESTER · 45 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Brunswick Holborn Phase II — 572 WARREN ST, DORCHESTER · 43 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Howland One Three/Walnut Two Four Seven — 1 Howland St, Dorchester · 41 assisted units · PD/8 MR
  • Maple Commons (Dorchester) — 15 MAPLE ST, DORCHESTER · 41 assisted units · LIHTC
  • Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse — 495 Blue Hill Ave, Dorchester · 30 assisted units · PD/8 MR
  • Vbc Apartments-Granite — 495 BLUE HILL AVE, DORCHESTER · 30 units · LIHTC
  • Wilshire Apartments — 49 Cheney St, Dorchester · 29 assisted units · PD/8 Existing
  • Cass House (Roxbury Hills) — 230 HAROLD ST, DORCHESTER · 28 assisted units · LIHTC

Showing the 60 largest of 68 recorded properties.

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Where this information comes from

  • HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents FY2027 · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (HUD User) · source updated 1 September 2026 · retrieved 4 October 2026
  • HUD Fair Market Rents FY2027 · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (HUD User) · source updated 1 September 2026 · retrieved 4 October 2026
  • U.S. Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA to County Relationship File · U.S. Census Bureau · source updated 1 January 2020 · retrieved 4 October 2026
  • HUD Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Properties · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · source updated 14 May 2025 · retrieved 22 September 2026
  • HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · source updated 21 July 2026 · retrieved 22 September 2026
  • HUD Public Housing Developments · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · source updated 21 July 2026 · retrieved 22 September 2026
  • HUD Public Housing Authorities · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · source updated 18 August 2026 · retrieved 22 September 2026
  • HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agencies · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Housing Counseling · source updated not published by the provider · retrieved 4 October 2026

Sources: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents FY2027 (retrieved 4 October 2026); HUD Fair Market Rents FY2027 (retrieved 4 October 2026); U.S. Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA to County Relationship File (retrieved 4 October 2026); HUD Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Properties (retrieved 22 September 2026); HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted (retrieved 22 September 2026); HUD Public Housing Developments (retrieved 22 September 2026); HUD Public Housing Authorities (retrieved 22 September 2026); HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agencies (retrieved 4 October 2026).

These federal datasets do not show vacancies, waiting-list status or whether a landlord accepts vouchers (about our data).