Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)

Citation: Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)
Jurisdiction: Arlington (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.arlingtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/57214/637641171662530000 ↗

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Marital Status
At 6% (±1%), Arlington falls towards the center of municipalities in the comparison region by percentage of
unmarried partner households, and just slightly lower than the aggregated statistic for the comparison region
(7%). The aggregated statistic is likely heavily weighted by more populous municipalities that have a higher
percentage of unmarried partner households, such as Boston, Somerville, and Cambridge.
Figure 12: Percentage of Unmarried Partner Households

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Public and/or Rental Assistance
Public assistance refers to assistance programs that provide either cash assistance or in-kind benefits to
individuals and families from any governmental entity1. It is illegal in Massachusetts to discriminate against an
individual because they receive public assistance. In the context of fair housing, public assistance discrimination is
most commonly based on the use of a housing rental voucher or some other federal, state, or local public
assistance. This most commonly takes the form of a landlord declining to rent to a resident with a housing voucher,
what is commonly called “source-of-income discrimination.”

Figure 13: Percentage of Population Receiving Public Assistance

1 Within the context of housing, public assistance refers to housing vouchers. However, the broader
definition of public assistance also Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental
Security Income (SSI), and similar programs.
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