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Housing and Homelessness Resource Guide

Emergency Shelter Listings

Day and Evening Shelter Listings

If you or a member of your household are in immediate danger due to domestic violence, please call 911.

SafeLink’s state-of-the-art technology allows the advocate answering your call to keep you on the line while you are being connected to a shelter program in your area. This allows callers who are in danger to get help with a single call, rather than having to make numerous calls to different shelter programs across the state. 

  • Phone: (877) 785-2020
  • TTY: (877) 521-2601 

To ensure the safety of their residents, most shelters serving survivors of domestic violence do not post their addresses online. Please call a shelter or the SafeLink hotline to find a shelter close by. 

Many (but not all) family shelters require a referral from the Department of Housing and Community Development, a government agency that provides affordable housing options, financial assistance, and other support to Massachusetts communities. 

The tabbed box includes more detailed information about family shelters in Boston. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list, but you can find more shelters through the Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless

The tabbed box includes more detailed information about shelters in Boston. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list; you can find even more shelters through the Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless.

The tabbed box includes more detailed information about shelters in Boston. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list; you can find even more shelters through the Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless.

The tabbed box includes more detailed information about shelters in Boston. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list; you can find even more shelters through the Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless.

The tabbed box includes more detailed information about shelters in Boston. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list; you can find even more shelters through the Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless.

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