Welcome to Harwich Housing Authority

The mission of the Harwich Housing Authority is to provide affordable, decent, safe, and sanitary housing through the maintenance of our existing units and the development of new units; to create an environment that enables residents to live responsibly and with dignity; to support residents in their effort to achieve self-sufficiency; to honor public commitments in a fiscally and ethically responsible manner; to create and maintain public confidence in the Authority’s operations and staff; to ensure that the facilities owned and managed by the HHA are marketable to the community and are appealing to residents; to enable the HHA staff to improve their performance through appropriate vision, training, and career development; to establish performance goals that meet or exceed industry standards and that optimize the use of available resources to achieve our performance objectives; and to assist the Town, State and National governments in identifying and addressing housing needs.  Eligibility for housing subsidized through the Harwich Housing Authority is governed by rules and regulations promulgated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).