Hawkley Apartments Affordable Housing Lottery: Units, Eligibility and Application Status
As of August 4, 2026, the Hawkley Apartments Affordable Housing Lottery is open for 65 income-restricted rental apartments at 300 Deer Street in Milford, Massachusetts. SEB Housing is accepting applications through September 9, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. The official materials do not state a time zone, so applicants should submit well before the listed closing time. Before applying, compare your household size, annual income, preferred bedroom size, and ability to pay the listed rent with the project rules.
Quick answer: Hawkley Apartments offers studios and one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments at 80% of Area Median Income. Monthly rents range from $1,706 to $2,435. The lottery is scheduled for September 16, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. Applying or receiving a lottery number does not guarantee an apartment because leasing screening and final income, asset, and household certification occur later.
Applicants unfamiliar with the regional listing system can first review the Boston Metrolist complete income-restricted housing guide. This page focuses exclusively on Hawkley Apartments and owns all project-specific rent, deadline, preference, lottery, waiting-list, and leasing updates.
Hawkley Apartments Affordable Housing Lottery Current Status
Status: Open and accepting applications as of August 4, 2026.
Application deadline: September 9, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
Time zone: The official information packet and property page do not expressly identify one.
Public information session: August 12, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. through Zoom. Attendance is not required.
Lottery drawing: September 16, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. through Zoom. Applicants do not need to attend.
Expected first occupancy: October 2026.
Opportunity type: Income-restricted rental housing lottery.
Lottery agent: SEB Housing.
Developer entity: Fairfield Milford Vista, LLC.
Official project location: 300 Deer Street, Milford, Massachusetts 01757.
The official SEB Housing materials identify the property as being in Milford.
Applicants comparing this project with other regional listings can use the open Boston and Greater Boston affordable housing opportunities page. All Hawkley-specific rents, deadlines, preferences, drawing results, and selection updates must remain on this permanent project page.
How Many Affordable Apartments Are Available?
Hawkley Apartments is a new 260-unit garden-style rental community. The lottery covers 65 apartments distributed throughout the development, all restricted to households earning no more than 80% of the applicable Area Median Income for the Eastern Worcester County Housing and Fair Market Rent Area.
Studio Apartments
Number available: Three apartments.
Bathrooms: One.
Approximate size: 539 square feet.
Monthly rent: $1,706.
One-Bedroom Apartments
Number available: 33 apartments, including two apartments with mobility- and hearing-accessible features.
Bathrooms: One.
Approximate size: 695 to 735 square feet.
Monthly rent: $1,787.
Two-Bedroom Apartments
Number available: 23 apartments, including one apartment with mobility- and hearing-accessible features.
Bathrooms: Two.
Approximate size: 1,067 to 1,137 square feet.
Monthly rent: $2,122.
Three-Bedroom Apartments
Number available: Six apartments.
Bathrooms: Two.
Approximate size: 1,333 square feet.
Monthly rent: $2,435.
The official information packet lists 33 one-bedroom apartments in total. Two of those one-bedroom apartments are placed on a separate accessible-unit waiting list, which may cause some summary listings to display only 31 standard one-bedroom apartments.
What Do the Hawkley Apartments Rents Include?
The advertised rent is not the household’s complete monthly housing cost. Review the utility arrangement and any later move-in charges before deciding whether the apartment is affordable for your household.
Electricity: Paid by the tenant.
Heat: Electric and paid by the tenant.
Cooking: Electric and paid by the tenant.
Hot water: Electric and paid by the tenant.
Water and sewer: Included in the rent.
Parking: Included for residents.
Pets: Permitted subject to property restrictions.
Security deposit and other move-in charges: The official lottery materials do not publish a required amount. Ask for a written move-in cost statement if you are invited to lease an apartment.
Residents pay the full listed affordable rent each month. The rent is not automatically calculated as a percentage of each applicant’s income unless the household already has a Section 8 voucher or similar rental subsidy.
The property’s restricted rents may change in later years when the applicable AMI or utility allowance changes.
For help distinguishing restricted rent, tenant-paid utilities, maximum income, and leasing-office affordability tests, review Boston housing income and rent limits. The Hawkley Apartments packet and leasing terms control this project.
Hawkley Apartments Maximum Household Income Limits
All 65 apartments are offered at the 80% AMI tier. AMI means Area Median Income, a regional benchmark that changes by location and household size.
Hawkley Apartments uses the Eastern Worcester County limits listed in its official 2026 lottery packet.
One-person household: Maximum annual income of $74,800.
Two-person household: Maximum annual income of $85,450.
Three-person household: Maximum annual income of $96,150.
Four-person household: Maximum annual income of $106,800.
Five-person household: Maximum annual income of $115,350.
Six-person household: Maximum annual income of $123,900.
The maximum is applied to anticipated household income for the next 12 months. SEB Housing may also review prior income to determine whether the projection is reasonable.
Applicants should report every requested source, including:
Wages and salaries.
Overtime.
Bonuses and commissions.
Social Security.
Unemployment compensation.
Child support or alimony.
Recurring financial contributions.
Self-employment income.
Income generated by assets.
The broader meaning of an 80% AMI apartment is explained in how Area Median Income affects affordable housing eligibility. The Hawkley Apartments income figures still control this application.
Minimum Income and Housing Subsidy Rules
The affordable housing program does not impose the project’s minimum-income estimates. They come from the leasing office’s policy, which generally requires monthly income to be approximately twice the monthly rent, or a rent-to-income ratio of about 50%.
Studio: Approximate minimum annual income of $40,900.
One bedroom: Approximate minimum annual income of $42,800.
Two bedrooms: Approximate minimum annual income of $50,900.
Three bedrooms: Approximate minimum annual income of $58,400.
A household earning less may still pass the leasing review when it has sufficient savings that the leasing office accepts.
Applicants with a Section 8 voucher or another qualifying housing subsidy are not subject to these minimum-income estimates, but they must still meet:
The maximum-income limit.
Household and occupancy rules.
Final program certification.
The property’s permitted screening standards.
Voucher holders should confirm with the agency issuing the subsidy that the apartment rent fits its payment standard.
The difference between the project maximum and the leasing office’s minimum-income test is covered in minimum and maximum income rules for income-restricted housing.
Hawkley Apartments Asset and Homeownership Rules
Hawkley Apartments does not impose a maximum asset limit on applying households.
Assets still affect eligibility because the program adds the higher of the actual income earned from assets or imputed income equal to 0.06% of the asset value to household income.
Assets that may be reviewed: Checking and savings accounts, stocks, bonds, retirement accounts, real estate, cash, and other capital investments.
Retirement funds: The net cash value after applicable withdrawal penalties must be disclosed when requested.
Current homeowners: Home equity is included in the asset review, and the home must be sold before the household may lease an affordable apartment.
Outside financial help: Recurring payments from someone outside the household must be reported and may count as income.
Co-signers and guarantors: Not permitted. Only household members who will live in the apartment may sign the lease.
Do not decide independently that an account, payment, or asset is excluded. Report the requested information and allow SEB Housing to apply the official calculation.
Household Size and Bedroom Eligibility
Income eligibility does not guarantee priority for every bedroom size.
The waiting lists give priority to households considered appropriately sized for an apartment under Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities guidance and the Massachusetts State Sanitary Code.
General occupancy: At least one person and generally no more than two people per bedroom.
Studio and one bedroom: One- and two-person households are generally the appropriately sized group.
Two bedrooms: Priority depends on household size, relationships, dependents, and any documented disability-related need.
Three bedrooms: Larger households receive priority.
Two-person households: Cannot occupy a three-bedroom apartment unless an additional bedroom is approved as a reasonable accommodation.
One-person households: Cannot occupy a two-bedroom apartment unless an extra bedroom is required as a reasonable accommodation.
Pregnancy: An unborn child may be counted as a household member when the required pregnancy verification is later provided.
A smaller household may sometimes request a larger apartment, but appropriately sized households are ranked first.
Do not add a person who will not genuinely occupy the apartment or leave out a person who will live there.
Milford Local Preference
Applicants do not have to live in Milford to apply.
The Town of Milford has established local preference for 70% of the affordable apartments. This affects ranking among otherwise qualified households rather than basic eligibility for the lottery.
A household may qualify for Milford local preference when an applicant or household member fits at least one of the following categories:
Current resident: Lives in Milford.
Municipal employee: Works for the Town of Milford.
Local-business employee: Works for a business located in Milford.
School connection: Has a child attending a Milford school, including a qualifying METCO student.
Meeting several local-preference categories does not provide more priority than meeting one category.
Households displaced by the development may receive priority over other local-preference households of the same household type.
Local preference does not override accessible-unit priority or the rules that favor appropriately sized households.
Non-Milford households remain eligible for the open drawing and may also appear on relevant waiting lists after household size, composition, and accessibility needs are applied.
Accessible Apartments and Reasonable Accommodations
Three apartments have both mobility-accessible and hearing-accessible features:
Two one-bedroom apartments.
One two-bedroom apartment.
Separate waiting lists are used for these apartments.
Highest priority: Households that need both sets of accessible features.
Next priority: Households that need one of the two feature sets.
Local preference: Does not override a verified need for the accessible features.
Other unit choices: A household requesting an accessible apartment may also remain on waiting lists for apartments without those features.
Verification: SEB Housing may request reliable documentation showing that the household needs the specific features.
Reasonable accommodation: A person with a disability may request a reasonable change to a rule, policy, practice, service, or housing feature when needed for equal use and enjoyment of the housing.
Applicants who need an accommodation to apply should contact SEB Housing before the deadline.
Free translation assistance is also available through the lottery agent.
How to Apply for Hawkley Apartments
SEB Housing is the authorized lottery agent.
Applicants may complete the official online Hawkley Apartments application or use the current project application supplied by SEB Housing.
Before Submitting the Application
Read the official packet.
Review the deadline, rents, utility responsibilities, income limits, bedroom rules, preferences, and selection timeline.
Choose only apartment sizes your household may occupy and understands it may be ranked for.
Confirm whether the household may claim Milford local preference or accessible-unit priority.
Completing the Application
List every household member who will live in the apartment.
Report all requested income and assets.
Include recurring financial contributions and assets that do not currently generate cash.
Claim preferences only when the household meets the official definition.
Complete every required field.
Incomplete applications are not accepted for the lottery.
Submit through an authorized method.
Save proof of submission.
Completed applications must be submitted online or delivered by September 9, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
The official packet also permits applications to be:
Emailed to info@sebhousing.com.
Faxed to (617) 782-4500.
Mailed to SEB Housing, Re: Hawkley Apartments, 257 Hillside Avenue, Needham, MA 02494.
Applicants may call (617) 782-6900, extension 1, for affordable-unit information.
TTY users may dial 711.
The deadline notice does not expressly state a time zone. Submit early enough to avoid relying on an unstated assumption or a last-minute technical problem.
Documents Needed After Selection
The initial lottery application does not require the complete income, asset, and tax package.
Supporting documents are required later if the household’s waiting-list position is reached and it reserves an apartment.
Possible document categories include:
Employment income: Pay statements, employer verification, W-2 forms, overtime, commissions, and bonus records.
Benefits and recurring payments: Social Security, pensions, unemployment, child support, alimony, and periodic contributions.
Tax records: Requested federal and state returns, schedules, transcripts, W-2 forms, and 1099 forms.
Bank and asset records: Complete statements for checking, savings, payment applications, investments, and retirement accounts.
Self-employment: Business returns, profit-and-loss statements, account records, and supporting evidence requested by the reviewer.
Household composition: Identification, custody records, school records, pregnancy verification, or other evidence relevant to unit size.
Preference evidence: Current proof of Milford residence, municipal employment, local-business employment, school attendance, displacement, or accessible-unit need.
Prepare records before the drawing, but provide the exact documents requested in the written notice.
The documents needed for affordable housing guide explains general preparation without replacing SEB Housing’s project-specific request.
What Happens After the Application Deadline?
The Hawkley Apartments process has several project-specific stages.
Initial Lottery Review
SEB Housing reviews applications for initial compliance.
Households indicating income above the maximum limit and unsubsidized households well below the leasing-office minimum may not be entered.
An accepted household receives an application number used to protect its identity during the drawing.
The application number records the application but does not itself become the final waiting-list position.
Hawkley Apartments Lottery Drawing
The drawing is scheduled for September 16, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. through Zoom.
Attendance is optional.
SEB Housing will conduct:
An open or general drawing.
A Milford local-preference drawing.
The drawings use randomly ordered application numbers.
The raw drawing order does not determine apartment offers by itself.
Household size, household composition, local preference, apartment size, and the need for accessible features are applied when separate waiting lists are created.
Waiting Lists and Lottery Results
Waiting lists are expected to be compiled immediately after the drawing and sent to lottery applicants.
Hawkley Apartments uses separate lists for:
Standard apartments.
Local-preference apartments.
The three apartments with mobility- and hearing-accessible features.
A household’s position may differ by apartment size and waiting list.
A low application or drawing number is not final approval. A higher number does not necessarily mean the household will never be contacted.
The meaning of application numbers, rankings, and later review is explained in affordable housing lottery results and log numbers.
Leasing-Office Review and Unit Selection
Households with reachable waiting-list positions may be invited to complete a lease application one to 30 days after the lottery, depending on unit availability.
The leasing office must provide at least five days to schedule the appointment and complete the lease application.
The leasing review may consider:
Employment and income: Whether the household meets the leasing standard or has an accepted subsidy or savings basis.
Credit: Credit history or reports under the property’s permitted screening policy.
Rental history: Prior lease performance and landlord records.
Criminal-background screening: Applied under the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities model policy.
Unit match: The apartment must correspond to the waiting list from which the household was contacted.
Missing the appointment or a later document deadline may remove the household from the waiting list.
A lower-ranked applicant completing paperwork first does not move ahead of a higher-ranked applicant because the established waiting-list order must be preserved.
Final Affordable Housing Certification
After reserving an affordable apartment, the household must submit all requested income, asset, and tax documents within 10 days.
The leasing office and SEB Housing review the information for final affordable housing eligibility.
A household may lose the reservation if it:
Does not submit complete documents within the deadline.
Exceeds the maximum income limit.
Fails the leasing review.
Cannot verify a claimed preference.
Cannot verify a material household fact.
Eligible households may then sign a lease and move in on the date arranged with the leasing office.
Is Hawkley Apartments a Lottery, Waitlist, or First-Come Opportunity?
Hawkley Apartments is an open lottery as of August 4, 2026.
It is not currently an open waitlist or a first-come, first-served listing.
Those terms describe different allocation stages, as explained in Boston housing lotteries and open waitlists.
After September 9, this page should be updated from “open” to “closed, lottery pending.”
After September 16, the status should be updated again when official results or waiting-list information becomes available.
Any later first-come availability, reopened list, or completed leasing status belongs on this same permanent URL.
Hawkley Apartments Application Checklist
Confirm that the lottery remains open before submitting.
Use the Hawkley Apartments application supplied by SEB Housing.
Compare total household income with the correct household-size maximum.
Check the approximate leasing-office minimum unless the household has a qualifying housing subsidy.
Add expected electricity costs to the monthly rent.
Choose apartment sizes that fit the household and priority rules.
Report all household members, income sources, recurring payments, and assets.
Claim Milford or accessibility priority only when it can be documented.
Submit a complete application before September 9, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
Save proof of submission.
Monitor email, postal mail, and telephone messages.
Prepare financial and household documents before the September 16 drawing.
Do not end a current lease based only on an application number or preliminary contact.
Current Hawkley Apartments Application Decision
The Hawkley Apartments Affordable Housing Lottery is open as of August 4, 2026, for 65 apartments at 300 Deer Street in Milford.
The development offers studios through three-bedroom apartments at 80% AMI, with rents from $1,706 to $2,435 per month.
Water, sewer, and resident parking are included. Tenants pay electricity used for ordinary electric service, heat, cooking, and hot water.
Submit the official SEB Housing application by September 9, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., keep proof of submission, and prepare for the September 16 lottery and later leasing review.
The most common mistakes are:
Using the wrong household size.
Overlooking electricity costs.
Claiming an unsupported preference.
Submitting an incomplete application.
Treating an application or lottery number as final approval.
Last verified: August 4, 2026.
Official sources reviewed: SEB Housing’s Hawkley Apartments property page, official information packet and application materials, and Boston Metrolist.
Update note: The application status, lottery result, waiting-list stage, leasing progress, and any later unit availability must be updated on this permanent project page.