Finding a Place to Rent in Boston

• Try the classified ads of newspapers. You’ll find the most ads on Sundays.
• Look on bulletin boards at supermarkets and other stores.
• Ask around. Organizations and churches in your area may be able to help.
• Look for vacancy signs in windows.
• Call rental services or real estate agencies or look for them online. (Keep in mind that these companies are usually paid by the landlord, so they’re not always looking out for your interests.)

You can search for apartments by location, number of bedrooms and other features that you want (like parking or a laundry room) on these websites:

Subsidized Apartment Search
Get rental listings that for subsidized apartments. Owners of subsidized apartments have received financial help from the government, so they can offer lower prices to their renters.

Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership
Subsidized rental listings are also provided by the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership. They also provide a listing of organizations that help you with housing searches. 

Mass Access Housing Registry
Mass Access is a free program that lists vacancies of accessible apartments for people with disabilities.

The Boston Globe
This newspaper allows you to search their listings online.

craigslist
This website has postings for apartments and rooms. You can also request an apartment and allow people to respond to you.