This housing agency serves Alexander County, Burke County, Caldwell County, Catawba County, North Carolina.
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Closed: Alexander, Burke, Caldwell and Catawba County, North Carolina Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
Closed: Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
The Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority (RHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.
The RHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from July 1, 2022, until August 15, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
This waiting list had the following preferences:
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the RHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the RHA public notice on May 31, 2022; and updated on July 27, 2022.
The Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority (WPCOG) last accepted Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from August 12, 2015, until April 30, 2023. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
Please note: According to the RHA public notice, "These vouchers are for households with a disabled person between the ages of 18-61."
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received.
For more information, visit the RHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the RHA application page on December 12, 2022 and updated on April 14, 2023.
Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 1,109 low- and moderate-income households through its public housing programs.
Monday | 7:30am-5:30pm |
Tuesday | 7:30am-5:30pm |
Wednesday | 7:30am-5:30pm |
Thursday | 7:30am-5:30pm |
Friday | 7:30am-11:30am |
1880 2nd Avenue Northwest, Hickory, NC
Visit Website — (828) 322-9191Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority serves 1,127 low-income households. The agency manages 1,375 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 67 percent of households served by Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 97 percent of Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 180 households and make up 16 percent of households served by Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority.
There are 912 female-headed renter households living in Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 81% of those served by the Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority.
Black | 440 |
Native American | 11 |
Asian-Pacific Islander | 11 |
White | 620 |
Hispanic | 45 |
There are 349 households headed by seniors served by the Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority. Senior households are 31% of households in Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority housing.
There are 371 persons with disabilities living in Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 33% of households served by the Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority.
Western Piedmont Council of Governments Regional Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on July 1, 2022 and closed on August 15, 2022.
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