Housing Corporation of Arlington is a community-driven nonprofit organization. Our mission is to provide affordable, stable housing and empower residents in order to build a supportive and equitable community.
Are you concerned about housing affordability? Do you need help to make sure your family is stable and healthy? Would you like to get more involved in your local community? We invite you to join us!
Don’t hesitate to contact the staff to learn more, get help, or get involved.
2026 is HCA’s 40th Anniversary Year!
Learn more about how to celebrate with us all year long.
About the Federal Government Context
Policies and actions coming from our federal government are directly and indirectly hurting people in our community. Many of our immigrant neighbors are fearful of traveling freely to conduct the normal business of their lives. Some immigrant children are staying home from school so that their families will remain safe. Many HCA tenants have seen threats to, or losses of, vital food benefits or health care coverage, and some of our program partners who support some of our tenants’ rents are seeing their program budgets (funded by HUD) slashed. We are seeing many, many Arlington residents coming to us for help, since they are unable to pay rent as the financial pressures on their household budgets keep mounting.
Below is the link we shared in March 2025. It is still sound advice to contact your US Senators Warren and Markey, and Congresswoman Clark. But now, thank them for the work they have been doing to protect and support our community. Urge them to keep fighting to protect democracy, due process, and vital social programs for people whose incomes fall way short of what is needed to survive, let alone thrive, in today’s exorbitantly expensive economy.
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A message from Erica Schwarz, our Executive Director, on attempts to slash the federal budget and how that could impact HCA’s mission:
Read the message from our March 2025 newsletter
We encourage you to contact your Congressperson and Senators to fight against these harmful federal cuts, which are being made as our federal government seeks to create or extend deep tax breaks for extremely wealthy tax payers. Income inequality in the US is already horrifically, inexcusably bad, and this would make it worse. This moves us in the opposite direction of the kind of equitable community HCA works to build.
Look up all of your elected officials here.
Stay up to date on our latest development projects:
10 Sunnyside Ave
HCA is building 43 affordable apartments on the site of a former auto body shop. Construction is now underway! Learn more on the project’s webpage.
Emma’s Court
HCA is planning to build 40 affordable apartments along Mass Ave and on Newman Way. The project’s zoning has been approved and we are now seeking funding from the state. Learn more on the project’s webpage.
Check out the slideshow from HCA’s Fall 2025 Annual Meeting:
252 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, MA 02474 info@housingcorparlington.org – 781-859-5294
HCA is a 501(C)3 tax-exempt organization. Our federal tax ID is 04-2944144.