This housing agency serves Coal and Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
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| Closed: Shamokin, Pennsylvania Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
The City of Shamokin Housing Authority (CSHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open in March, 2019. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the open period, applicants were required to pick up an application.
Once the application was completed, it must have been hand delivered to the address listed above.
This waiting list had preferences, and they were listed in the application.
For more information, contact the City of Shamokin Housing Authority.
City of Shamokin Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 423 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
1 East Independence Street, Shamokin, PA
(570) 644-0431Section 8 Application Checklist
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City of Shamokin Housing Authority serves 336 low-income households. The agency manages 225 Housing Choice Vouchers and 183 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 68 percent of households served by City of Shamokin Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 90 percent of City of Shamokin Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 73 households and make up 22 percent of households served by City of Shamokin Housing Authority.
There are 218 female-headed renter households living in City of Shamokin Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 65% of those served by the City of Shamokin Housing Authority.
| Black | 27 |
| Asian-Pacific Islander | 3 |
| White | 269 |
| Hispanic | 40 |
There are 114 households headed by seniors served by the City of Shamokin Housing Authority. Senior households are 34% of households in City of Shamokin Housing Authority housing.
There are 73 persons with disabilities living in City of Shamokin Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 22% of households served by the City of Shamokin Housing Authority.
The City of Shamokin Housing Authority is rated as a standard 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.
City of Shamokin Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on December 27, 2024 and closed on March 14, 2019.
Know your rights as a Section 8 tenant.
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