This housing agency serves Carteret, New Jersey.
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Carteret Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 538 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
96 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, NJ
(732) 541-6800Carteret Housing Authority serves 578 low-income households. The agency manages 646 Housing Choice Vouchers and 49 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 80 percent of households served by Carteret Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 96 percent of Carteret Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 196 households and make up 34 percent of households served by Carteret Housing Authority.
There are 479 female-headed renter households living in Carteret Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 83% of those served by the Carteret Housing Authority.
Black | 156 |
Asian-Pacific Islander | 23 |
White | 69 |
Hispanic | 329 |
There are 225 households headed by seniors served by the Carteret Housing Authority. Senior households are 39% of households in Carteret Housing Authority housing.
There are 115 persons with disabilities living in Carteret Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 20% of households served by the Carteret Housing Authority.
The Carteret Housing Authority is rated as a high performer by HUD.
HUD rates the performance of Public Housing Agencies. The department looks at physical condition of properties, financial condition, management operations, and use of Public Housing Capital Funds for improvements.
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