Municipality of Arecibo provides affordable housing for up to 928 low- and moderate-income households through its public housing programs.
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Municipality of Arecibo serves 737 low-income households. The agency manages 933 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 65 percent of households served by Municipality of Arecibo. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 81 percent of Municipality of Arecibo households.
Working adults head 250 households and make up 34 percent of households served by Municipality of Arecibo.
There are 670 female-headed renter households living in Municipality of Arecibo housing. Households headed by females are 91% of those served by the Municipality of Arecibo.
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There are 103 households headed by seniors served by the Municipality of Arecibo. Senior households are 14% of households in Municipality of Arecibo housing.
There are 44 persons with disabilities living in Municipality of Arecibo housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 6% of households served by the Municipality of Arecibo.
Housing options for seniors.
Many housing programs have apartments or entire properties restricted to senior residents only, including Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly.Joana Warren says:
"Affordable Housing Online is a good place to see which Section 8 waiting lists are open."