Newburyport Housing Authority is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Newburyport Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 50 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Newburyport Housing Authority administered a total of 102 Section 8 Vouchers. Newburyport Housing Authority currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Newburyport Housing Authority is located at 25 Temple Street, Newburyport, MA, 01950 and serves the city of Newburyport. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Newburyport Housing Authority at, (978)465-7216 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

The Newburyport Housing Authority (NHA) was established in 1948 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and City of Newburyport to provide decent, safe, affordable housing opportunities for the residents of Newburyport. A political subdivision of the state, the Housing Authority is governed by a five member board of commissioners. Four members are appointed by the mayor and one member is appointed by the governor. All members serve five year terms. The Board sets the policy of the Housing Authority and employs an Executive Director to administer the operations of the agency. The NHA was chartered as a Federal Housing Authority in 1951.

The board also retains legal counsel and a fee accountant. All operations of the Housing Authority are subject review of private and public annual audits and management reviews from several regulatory agencies, mainly the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of housing and Community Development (DHCD) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). There is also some private sector funding.

Newburyport Housing Authority is dedicated to the provision of safe, decent and sanitary affordable housing options for low and moderate income individuals and families in the city of Newburyport through the administration of appropriate local, state and federal housing programs. NHA staff is dedicated to providing these options to all applicants, residents and participants in a thorough, competent and trustworthy manner. NHA staff is further dedicated to responding to resident needs in similar fashion and is committed to maintaining a productive, supportive and professional workplace in which to do so.