Programs and Events

We assists low-income households from the City of Cambridge and Somerville with winter heating costs incurred.

Our City programs connect renters, homeowners and landlords to resources that help save money on their utility bills while also addressing climate change through renewable energy and efficiency.

Just A Start's Home Improvement Program (HIP) provides low and no-interest loans and technical assistance to income-qualified Cambridge homeowners with their repair and rehab projects.

The Cambridge Alert Network is comprised of multiple services that help keep residents and businesses informed of important City information.

We manage a homeless shelter for men and women on Green Street in Cambridge. Solutions also runs an evening meals program for unhoused individuals 5 days a week in Central Square.

We provide homeless people with a safe, caring place to stay in the winter, plus counseling resources and transitional supports for anyone employed and saving money towards secure housing.

We provide shelter and permanent housing for our clients in several ways.

Housed in Cambridge: Information to Open Doors webinar recordings.

We help Cambridge residents access and navigate affordable housing opportunities, obtain eviction and tenant displacement prevention, and other housing related resources and services.

This is a new, city-funded temporary emergency homeless shelter at the Spaulding Hospital will host 58 beds and serve as an adult homeless shelter for guests who test negative for COVID-19.

We can help you with many housing-related services, including signing up for the Cambridge Affordable Housing list, preventing eviction, resolving issues with property managers, and more.

We help people apply for and resolve problems with Social Security, SSI, SSDI, TAFDC, EAEDC, MassHealth and Medicare.

Our drop-in is open to eight people at a time. Check website for updated hours. Use a computer, cook in the kitchen, get help from a volunteer, pick up food & supplies, T-passes, clothing closet.

Housed In Cambridge: Information to Open Doors is a citywide campaign designed to educate and inform residents on housing opportunities and housing-related resources and services.

The guide is organized around six key themes: affordable housing, emergency housing, housing rights, legal and mediation services, safe & healthy homes, and financial assistance.

We help prevent homelessness through mediation to resolve disputes between tenants and landlords and by administering emergency financial assistance.

Keep The Keys is a housing stabilization program for On The Rise women, trans, and non-binary people who transition out of homeless and into housing of their own.

We currently provided a list of resources and information for people of color and immigrants to common situations resulting from COVID-19.

The City of Cambridge can help address concerns and questions about housing resources, tenants, homeowners, landlords and property management companies, and court-related information.

This online guide contains information on many different types of resources that may be useful to individuals and families who are homeless.

We provide facts, tips, and sound advice to homeowners that are struggling to make mortgage payments during COVID-19.

We help low to moderate income homeowners in Cambridge by offering unconventional financing and loans to facilitate the repair, renovation, and restoration of your home to help you stay in your home.

This list contains several programs that provide low-cost or free internet and phone services to low-income households and individuals, including the Lifeline Program and Comcast Internet Essentials.

We work directly with survivors of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse and their loved ones to assist with their immediate and long-term health, housing, financial, and safety needs.