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Meriden Housing Authority is a housing authority that participates in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing, Family Self-Sufficiency, Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV), and Homeownership programs.
Meriden Housing Authority offers Project-Based Voucher Housing, Public Housing and Section 8 Housing rental assistance in Meriden.
Waiting List | Status |
---|---|
Meriden, Connecticut Housing Choice Voucher | Closed |
11 Crown Project-Based Voucher | Closed |
Yale Acres Project-Based Voucher | Closed |
Meriden Housing Authority Public Housing | Closed |
Moderate Income Housing Program | Closed |
The Meriden Housing Authority (MHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from March 17, 2021 until March 31, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
There were three 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:
2,000 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the MHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the MHA on March 12, 2021.
Last Updated on 09/14/2021.
The Meriden Housing Authority (MHA) waiting list for 1, 2 and 3-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher at 11 Crown is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from February 18, 2020, until February 21, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete an online application.
The maximum income limits for each household size were as follows:
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
500 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the MHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the MHA website, as of February 12, 2020.
This waiting list is for Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Meriden, Connecticut.
Last Updated on 03/25/2022.
The Meriden Housing Authority (MHA) waiting list for 1, 2 and 3-Bedroom Project Based Voucher apartments at Yale Acres is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from June 9, 2020, until June 11, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening time, applicants were required to complete the online application.
The income limits per each household size were as follows:
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
500 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the MHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the MHA, as of June 8, 2020.
This waiting list is for Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Meriden, Connecticut.
Last Updated on 03/18/2022.
The Meriden Housing Authority (MHA) is not accepting Public Housing waiting list applications. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
For more information, visit the MHA website.
Last Updated on 03/12/2021.
The Meriden Housing Authority (MHA) is not accepting Moderate Income Housing Program waiting list applications.
For more information, visit the MHA website.
Last Updated on 03/12/2021.
More information about Meriden Housing Authority can be found on its website at http://meriden-ha.com/.
Representatives of Meriden Housing Authority may be available by phone at (203) 235-0157. Unless otherwise noted above, applications will not be provided or accepted by phone.
As of 07/06/2022, it is not known if Meriden Housing Authority 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, Meriden Housing Authority manages 947 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 | |
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Vouchers | 769 | 16 | 3 | 137 | 15 | 7 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $980 | $535 | $848 | $963 | $1,081 | $996 |
Monthly Cost | $754,003 | $8,555 | $2,545 | $131,921 | $16,210 | $6,974 |
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 5% having issued approximately 150 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 8 years and 11 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 19 months on the waiting list1.
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.6 persons and has a household income of $16,280 per year. 94% of households were very low income (VLI) and 77% were extremely low income (ELI). 36% of households had wages as a major source of income, 4% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 60% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
1% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 60% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 22% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 16% 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.
50% of households included children, 2% of which had two adults in the household. 49% of households with children have a female head of household. 90% of all households were headed by a female.
78% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 16% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Meriden Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 18% include at least one person with a disability. 28% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 69% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
18% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 38% with 2 bedrooms and 44% with 3 or more bedrooms. 20% 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 Meriden Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $395 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $1,009. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $155.
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.