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Housing Catalyst is a housing authority that participates in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing, Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV), and Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) programs.
Housing Catalyst serves Larimer County.
The Housing Catalyst (HC) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list for Non-Elderly Disabled Homeless or In Transition households is currently closed. It was last open for two weeks in May, 2019. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
Please note: according to HC, "This opportunity is only for households that meet ALL these requirements:
There were two ways to apply during the opening period:
Once the paper application was completed, it must have been either:
There were no preferences.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the HC website.
Last Updated on 07/15/2019.
The Housing Catalyst (HC) Section 8 Housing Voucher waiting list is currently closed. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
For more information, visit the HC Housing Assistance page, or the HC website.
Last Updated on 05/16/2019.
The Housing Catalyst Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 1, 2, 3 and 4-Bedroom apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from March 8, 2021 until March 15, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
There were two ways to apply during the opening period:
Once the application was completed, it was either:
The maximum income limits for each household size were as follows:
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 Housing Catalyst website.
Sources: This information was verified by the Housing Catalyst public notice on March 8, 2021.
Last Updated on 03/28/2022.
The Housing Catalyst (HC) Wellington Public Housing waiting list is currently closed. It is not known when this waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.
For more information, visit the HC Wellington Public Housing page, or the HC website.
Last Updated on 05/16/2019.
Last Updated on 05/16/2019.
Last Updated on 05/16/2019.
More information about Housing Catalyst can be found on its website at https://housingcatalyst.com/.
Representatives of Housing Catalyst may be available by phone at (970) 416-2910. Unless otherwise noted above, applications will not be provided or accepted by phone.
As of 05/27/2022, it is not known if Housing Catalyst is either absorbing or billing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher portability requests for porting in. Learn more about porting Housing Choice Vouchers to a new area here.
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Housing Catalyst manages 1,170 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following is a summary of the types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of September 30th, 2021:
Standard | Homeownership | Family Unification | Tenant Protection | Ported Out | VASH | Non-Elderly Disabled | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vouchers | 629 | 34 | 47 | 25 | 6 | 148 | 188 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $932 | $893 | $1,056 | $638 | $957 | $818 | $807 |
Monthly Cost | $586,513 | $30,348 | $49,614 | $15,952 | $5,744 | $121,085 | $151,642 |
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 11% having issued approximately 92 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 7 years and 4 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 22 months on the waiting list1.
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.1 persons and has a household income of $13,317 per year. 96% of households were very low income (VLI) and 78% were extremely low income (ELI). 25% of households had wages as a major source of income, 5% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 64% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
2% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 47% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 26% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 25% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 1% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.
39% of households included children, 5% of which had two adults in the household. 34% of households with children have a female head of household. 63% of all households were headed by a female.
28% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 4% of all heads of households being Black and 0% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Housing Catalyst Housing Choice Voucher program, 27% include at least one person with a disability. 50% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 64% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
32% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 39% with 2 bedrooms and 29% with 3 or more bedrooms. 26% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.
The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Housing Catalyst voucher holders in 2016 was $341 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $846. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $118.
1. This Picture of Subsidized Households data field is the average wait time of those who received a voucher in the preceding 12 months. Due to special voucher programs like VASH, recent waiting list purges, or waiting list preferences the average wait time can vary significantly from one year to the next and it is entirely possible many current applicants on the waiting list have been waiting for assistance for far longer.