https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVII/Chapter121b/Section3
Boston Authorities Housing was established on October 1, 1935
Laws were created under the Boston mayor John F and the city council of Boston of 1938 and 1942 ” Massachusetts general law ” allowed Massachusetts to establish housing authorities.
The program provides a decent, “safe and sanitary housing for families unable to afford housing without public subsidies and for clearing substandard, decadent or blighted open areas under the provisions of MGLA c. 121B. To carry out these responsibilities BHA develops and manages housing projects and leases housing when necessary. It also performed the functions of an urban redevelopment authority until such a body was established separately pursuant to St. 1957, c. 150”.