Mass. Alliance of HUD Tenants

The Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants (MAHT), a tenant-controlled alliance of resident organizations in HUD and MassHousing subsidized housing, seeks experienced staff committed to tenant empowerment to serve as a Lead Organizer. Founded in 1983, MAHT has saved and improved more than 13,600 apartments at risk of conversion to market rents, as permanently affordable housing, including 1,400 in resident-controlled ownership, one building at a time, through tenant organizing. MAHT is the oldest and most accomplished local HUD tenants union nationwide. HUD has recently awarded MAHT, jointly with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a $10 million grant to subcontract with Section 8 tenant organizing groups to build tenant capacity nationwide.

MAHT has pioneered creative, progressive housing policies at the local, citywide, statewide, national and global levels, by mobilizing tenants to Save Our Homes. MAHT currently staffs Leaders and Organizer for Tenant Empowerment (LOFTE), a national Network empowering federally-assisted tenants in dialogue with the Administration and Congress to advance tenants’ rights. The Lead Organizer will help build MAHT’s membership, power, and effectiveness to sustain the organization for the long haul. MAHT anticipates an award of three VISTA Volunteers in fall 2026 to build MAHT’s tenant organizing capacity.