This housing agency serves Leachville, Arkansas.
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The Leachville Housing Authority (LHA) is currently accepting Public Housing waiting list pre-applications for families and senior/disabled households.The LHA offers one Public Housing community with 88 units for families and senior/disabled households, ranging in size from 1 to 4 bedrooms.Please note: This waiting list has preferences. This means that applicants who qualify for these preferences will receive assistance before applicants who do not. Because of there preferences, it is likely applicants who do qualify will have a long wait to receive assistance, or will not receive assistance from this office.To apply, visit the LHA office to pick up a pre-application, located at 410 E 5th St., Leachville, AR 72438, from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm CT, Monday-Friday.Once the pre-application has been completed, it must be hand delivered to the address listed above, from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday.Be sure to include these documents with the pre-application: Social Security Cards and birth certificates for all household members, proof of all income, and photo IDs for all adult household members.The LHA does have a preference for: Disabled, elderly, live and/or work in Leachville, or full time student.Important note: Applicants will receive a confirmation number when either applying, or being placed on the waiting list, depending on housing authority policy. It is important to keep that number in a safe, easy to access place. It will be needed any time when referencing your pre-application with the housing authority.If any of your application information changes from the time you submitted the original pre-application (such as contact information, income, and household members), inform the housing authority immediately. In the case that the office sends a notice that does not get returned, or if application information is out of date, your name may be terminated from the waiting list. Please contact the housing authority to find out its policy on updating pre-application information.For more information, call the LHA office at (870) 539-2212 from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday.
Leachville Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 88 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher programs.
410 East 5th Street, Leachville, AR
(870) 539-2212Section 8 Application Checklist
DownloadKeep track of everything you need to apply for a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher in this printable checklist created by Affordable Housing Online
Leachville Housing Authority serves 88 low-income households. The agency manages 0 Housing Choice Vouchers and 88 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 42 percent of households served by Leachville Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 67 percent of Leachville Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 21 households and make up 24 percent of households served by Leachville Housing Authority.
There are 51 female-headed renter households living in Leachville Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 59% of those served by the Leachville Housing Authority.
| White | 85 |
| Hispanic | 3 |
There are 43 households headed by seniors served by the Leachville Housing Authority. Senior households are 49% of households in Leachville Housing Authority housing.
There are 29 persons with disabilities living in Leachville Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 33% of households served by the Leachville Housing Authority.
The Leachville 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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