This housing agency serves Dyersburg, Tennessee.
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Dyersburg Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 502 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher programs.
541 Hike Avenue, Dyersburg, TN
(731) 285-6771Dyersburg Housing Authority serves 477 low-income households. The agency manages 0 Housing Choice Vouchers and 477 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 75 percent of households served by Dyersburg Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 90 percent of Dyersburg Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 119 households and make up 25 percent of households served by Dyersburg Housing Authority.
There are 405 female-headed renter households living in Dyersburg Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 85% of those served by the Dyersburg Housing Authority.
Black | 324 |
White | 143 |
Hispanic | 10 |
There are 76 households headed by seniors served by the Dyersburg Housing Authority. Senior households are 16% of households in Dyersburg Housing Authority housing.
There are 81 persons with disabilities living in Dyersburg Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 17% of households served by the Dyersburg Housing Authority.
The Dyersburg 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.
Section 8 vouchers can be moved to another area.
Once certain conditions are met, a Section 8 voucher may be transferred to another area (known as "porting").Sandra Lewis-Kidd says:
"I received daily updates from Affordable Housing Online on waiting list openings not only in my city, but also other states and cities accepting applications. I was able to apply, and was actually chosen for the Section 8 housing lottery!"