This housing agency serves Derby, Connecticut.
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| Closed: Derby, Connecticut Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
The Derby Housing Authority (DHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open for one day in July, 2019. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
There were preferences, and they were listed on the application.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences.
The waiting list closed after 500 applications were submitted. It was open for 10 minutes.
For more information, visit the DHA website.
Derby Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 283 low- and moderate-income households through its public housing programs.
101 West 4th Street, Derby, CT
Visit Website — (203) 735-6652Section 8 Application Checklist
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Derby Housing Authority serves 227 low-income households. The agency manages 292 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 77 percent of households served by Derby Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 98 percent of Derby Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 93 households and make up 41 percent of households served by Derby Housing Authority.
There are 190 female-headed renter households living in Derby Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 84% of those served by the Derby Housing Authority.
| Black | 84 |
| White | 89 |
| Hispanic | 54 |
There are 63 households headed by seniors served by the Derby Housing Authority. Senior households are 28% of households in Derby Housing Authority housing.
There are 40 persons with disabilities living in Derby Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 18% of households served by the Derby Housing Authority.
Derby Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on July 3, 2019 and closed on July 3, 2019.
Know your rights as a Section 8 tenant.
In many areas, private landlords with an available unit can refuse interested tenants who have a Section 8 voucher. Check your local laws.Josie Shivers says:
"Affordable Housing Online is a very helpful website. I was able to put it in a Section 8 application, and received a letter that I was chosen to be on a waiting list!"