Inclusionary Housing Agent Portal

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SUBMIT NEW INCLUSIONARY RENTAL LEASES HERE

Mayor's Office of Housing

Housing Compliance and Asset Management
617-918-4306
mohhousingcompliance@boston.gov

AGENT HANDBOOK

The Inclusionary Rental Housing Handbook serves as your primary resource for managing Inclusionary apartments. It contains every Inclusionary Housing program rule and policy, along with step-by-step instructions for calculating income and processing applications efficiently.

Quick Table of Contents:

Pages 4-13: Special Unit Types, Populations, and Circumstances

Pages 14-39: Working with the Eligibility Verification Workbook

Pages 40-43: Submitting an Application

Pages 44-49: Recertification

AFFIDAVITS OF ELIGIBILITY

Every household applying to rent an Inclusionary apartment must complete the following steps:

Read through the Rental Rulebook
Complete an Affidavit of Eligibility.
- Households with mobile housing vouchers may choose to fill out the Voucher Holders Affidavit instead of the standard Affidavit of Eligibility.
- Applicants who need Spanish translations should complete the Spanish Affidavit or Spanish Voucher Holders Affidavit. Property managers and leasing agents are required to provide free interpretation and translation services for applicants needing access in other languages.

Optionally, you may also provide applicants with the Rental Application Checklist. Applicants can use this tool to track the documents they need to gather. The Rental Application Checklist does not need to be submitted with the application.

Eligibility Verification Workbook (EVW)

Please download the appropriate Eligibility Verification Workbook to calculate household income and asset eligibility. To preserve built-in calculations, do not edit any greyed-out cells. For detailed instructions on completing the EVW, refer to pages 14–39 of the Handbook.

Supplemental forms

Download and distribute the fillable PDF forms linked below based on each applicant household’s specific circumstances:

Affidavit of Self-Employment / Profit & Loss Statement	Required for self-employed applicants.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure	Required for applicants who have a conflict of interest. City of Boston employees and their immediate family members must instead complete the Appearance of Conflict of Interest form 23(b)(3) and submit it directly to the Boston City Clerk’s Office.
Deposit Clarification & Explanation	Required for applicants who have received non-employment deposits of more than $300.
Domestic Violence / Elder Abuse Certification	Required for applicants claiming lottery preference due to displacement (or potential displacement) from domestic violence and/or elder abuse.
Income Clarification & Explanation	Required only when additional income details are requested. Do not ask applicants to fill this out unless specifically requested by City of Boston staff.
No Income \| No Assets Affidavit	Required for adult applicants who have no income and/or no assets.
Representative Consent & Release	Applicants who want to allow another person to communicate with the Mayor’s Office of Housing on their behalf must complete and submit this form to mohhousingcompliance@boston.gov before their application will be discussed with their representative.
Request for Domestic Violence Exemption	Required for applicants seeking documentation waivers or protections due to domestic violence.
Request for Inclusionary Co-Living Unit Switch	Residents of Inclusionary co-living apartments who want to switch to a different co-living unit in the same apartment community must fill out and submit this form to mohhousingcompliance@boston.gov before moving to the new unit.
Request for Inclusionary Rental Housing Policy Exemption	Required for applicants requesting an exemption to program rules for reasons other than domestic violence or reasonable accommodation.
Request for Reasonable Accommodation	Required for applicants requesting a reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to the Inclusionary Housing program.
Request for Separated Spouse Exclusion	Required for legally married applicants requesting to exclude their spouse from the household application and income calculation. Exclusions are only granted when obtaining income details from the separated spouse is truly impossible (e.g., a spouse who is in a coma, deported, fled the country, or cannot be located).
Self-Certification of Employment Termination	Required for applicants who left, were terminated from, or lost a job within the last 12 months.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION

SUBMIT COMPLETED APPLICATIONS HERE

SUBMIT NEW INCLUSIONARY RENTAL LEASES HERE

Who's Involved:

Housing

617-635-3880

Mayor's Office of Housing

Housing Compliance and Asset Management
617-918-4306
mohhousingcompliance@boston.gov