MBTA Trolley

Section 8 apartments near the MBTA Route 1

Route 1 runs along Massachusetts Avenue from Nubian Square in Roxbury through the South End, Back Bay, Cambridge (Central & Harvard), to Dudley. High-ridership bus connecting voucher-relevant Boston + Cambridge neighborhoods.

Voucher discrimination is illegal here

Under Boston’s Fair Housing Ordinance and Massachusetts state law, it is illegal for a landlord in Boston to refuse an applicant because they use a housing voucher. Boston’s ordinance predates state law and carries additional municipal enforcement by the Boston Fair Housing Commission.

Boston Fair Housing Commission

2-bedroom Section 8 payment standards along the line

NeighborhoodZIP2BR payment standard / mo
Back Bay02116$4,170
Kenmore02215$3,820
South End02118$2,630
Nubian Square02119$2,560
Roxbury02119$2,560

Stations

  1. 1Nubian— Nubian Square
  2. 2Mass Ave & Melnea Cass— Roxbury
  3. 3Mass Ave & Newton Street— South End
  4. 4Mass Ave & Boylston— Back Bay
  5. 5Mass Ave & Beacon— Kenmore

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