The Shelter System in Lowell
If you are in danger of eviction or becoming homeless, call CTI for an appointment to get help 978-459-0551. Help is out there.
Community Teamwork Inc.'s (CTI) Housing and Community Development provides housing and community services to low- and moderate-income families and individuals in 42 cities and towns in the Merrimack Valley and along the North Shore, including Northern Middlesex County and most of Essex County. CTI is a regional nonprofit housing agency offering a wide range of rental assistance programs, elderly housing services, first-time home-buyers' program, housing advocacy and two homeless family shelters.
| CTI's Section 8 housing programs are operated with federal funds under contract with the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development. In addition, CTI has a 60-unit Elderly and Handicapped Housing Development in Methuen. |
For more complete information on the shelter situation in Lowell, including qualifications and limitations: http://www.comteam.org/housing.html
Lowell Shelters (beds)
- Alternative House - Battered women and their children
- Brigid's Crossing (MV Cath. Charities) - Young mothers
- GRIP (CFYS) - Teen shelter
- Hart House - Women in recovery and their children
- House of Hope - Family shelter
- Pathfinders Safe Haven - Residential and outreach for single adults
- Lowell House - Recovering addicts
- Lowell Transitional Living Center - Single adults
- Millie's Place - Family shelter (communal living)
- Merrimack House- Family shelter (apartment style)